--- title: Breakfast and chat shows: celebrity gossip on the sofa — a lesson of Mova's school · trees and pragmatics description: «Breakfast and chat shows: celebrity gossip on the sofa», a lesson of the adult life course of Mova's primary school, sentence by sentence with dependency trees and pragmatics. It begins: Breakfast shows and chat shows feel like friends chatting on a comfy sofa, but they are a job: the presenters ar --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/adult-life/53-breakfast-and-chat-shows-celebrity-gossip-on-the-sofa/) [home](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) / [corpora](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/) / [school](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/) / [Adult life](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/adult-life/) / Breakfast and chat shows: celebrity go… # Breakfast and chat shows: celebrity gossip on the sofa Lesson 53 of the adult life course of Mova's primary school: 21 sentences, each with its syntax tree and pragmatics. The lessons are written for Mova, and their agreed trees are part of Mova corpus 0.4 (CC BY-SA 4.0). How Mova does on its tests: [the lesson at school](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/school-run/adult-life/53-breakfast-and-chat-shows-celebrity-gossip-on-the-sofa/). - [0](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/adult-life/53-breakfast-and-chat-shows-celebrity-gossip-on-the-sofa/0/) — Breakfast shows and chat shows feel like friends chatting on a comfy sofa, but they are a job: the presenters are paid, the chat is planned, a voice in their earpiece tells them what comes next, and the guests usually come to sell a film, a book or a song. - [1](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/adult-life/53-breakfast-and-chat-shows-celebrity-gossip-on-the-sofa/1/) — Mixed in with the news and the weather is celebrity gossip: who is dating whom, who is splitting up, who has a new haircut. - [2](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/adult-life/53-breakfast-and-chat-shows-celebrity-gossip-on-the-sofa/2/) — A lot of it is guessing, and the famous person did not choose to have it on TV. - [3](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/adult-life/53-breakfast-and-chat-shows-celebrity-gossip-on-the-sofa/3/) — Vivid example: in a kitchen in Cork, Mum watches the breakfast show while Oscar eats his cereal. - [4](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/adult-life/53-breakfast-and-chat-shows-celebrity-gossip-on-the-sofa/4/) — The presenter giggles about a singer's "secret heartbreak". - [5](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/adult-life/53-breakfast-and-chat-shows-celebrity-gossip-on-the-sofa/5/) — Mum laughs too, then says, "Ah, I shouldn't laugh, really. - [7](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/adult-life/53-breakfast-and-chat-shows-celebrity-gossip-on-the-sofa/7/) — A bit of light gossip is fun, and most grown-ups enjoy it. - [8](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/adult-life/53-breakfast-and-chat-shows-celebrity-gossip-on-the-sofa/8/) — The line is crossed when it becomes unkind, untrue, about someone's body, or about things that are private. - [9](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/adult-life/53-breakfast-and-chat-shows-celebrity-gossip-on-the-sofa/9/) — Breakfast-show presenters are paid professionals working from a running order and an earpiece; the friendly chat is planned. - [10](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/adult-life/53-breakfast-and-chat-shows-celebrity-gossip-on-the-sofa/10/) — Stars go on chat shows mainly to promote a new film, book or tour, and their funny stories are often practised beforehand. - [11](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/adult-life/53-breakfast-and-chat-shows-celebrity-gossip-on-the-sofa/11/) — Gossip about a famous person's love life is entertainment, not real news, and much of it is guessing from photos. - [12](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/adult-life/53-breakfast-and-chat-shows-celebrity-gossip-on-the-sofa/12/) — Asking someone about their weight or guessing that someone is pregnant from a photo is unkind; bodies are their own business, famous or not. - [13](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/adult-life/53-breakfast-and-chat-shows-celebrity-gossip-on-the-sofa/13/) — Paparazzi photos are taken without permission; many famous people hate being followed, and their homes are private, just like ours. - [15](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/adult-life/53-breakfast-and-chat-shows-celebrity-gossip-on-the-sofa/15/) — Celebrity "feuds" may be real, exaggerated or even staged for publicity; fans who take sides do not know the stars at all. - [16](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/adult-life/53-breakfast-and-chat-shows-celebrity-gossip-on-the-sofa/16/) — A famous person crying on TV is a real person in pain; asking how you would feel if your sad moment were shown to millions is a good test. - [17](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/adult-life/53-breakfast-and-chat-shows-celebrity-gossip-on-the-sofa/17/) — Knowing all the names at a royal wedding comes from watching TV and reading magazines; it is not the same as knowing the people. - [18](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/adult-life/53-breakfast-and-chat-shows-celebrity-gossip-on-the-sofa/18/) — Arguments on TV get people watching, so some are allowed or even planned; that does not make shouting a good idea. - [19](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/adult-life/53-breakfast-and-chat-shows-celebrity-gossip-on-the-sofa/19/) — Photos online are often smoothed with filters; real skin has lines and spots, and nobody looks like a filter. - [20](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/adult-life/53-breakfast-and-chat-shows-celebrity-gossip-on-the-sofa/20/) — A public apology is judged by what the person does next; saying sorry in front of millions is hard. - [21](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/adult-life/53-breakfast-and-chat-shows-celebrity-gossip-on-the-sofa/21/) — Studio audiences are warmed up by a comedian and sometimes extra laughter is added later, so laughter does not prove a joke is funny. - [22](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/adult-life/53-breakfast-and-chat-shows-celebrity-gossip-on-the-sofa/22/) — Footballers and other stars are trained to say safe, boring things, because one wrong word can become a headline. - ← previous: [Elections, crime, the weather, breaking news and news vs opinion](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/adult-life/52-elections-crime-the-weather-breaking-news-and-news-vs-opinion/) - next →: [Reality TV: what is staged and what is real](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/adult-life/54-reality-tv-what-is-staged-and-what-is-real/) - ↑ back to [Adult life](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/adult-life/)