It's only OK (OK!)

Member Name: mumto3

Product:	OK!
Date:	18/08/09 (40 review reads)
Rating:

Advantages: Celeb gossip - not too many adverts - no real life stories

Disadvantages: expensive - false reporting on the cover - lots of quotes from 'friends'

I have been reading OK magazine for a number of years and even used to have a subscription. I was originally drawn to the magazine because he has lots of gossip on a few celebrities that I was interested in.

I am not obsessed with celebrity but I am quite a nosey person and like to know what is going on. I found that OK gave quite a lot of information about the celebrities that I wanted to know about like Katie Price and Peter Andre, Kerry Katona and other people like that.

The things I like about the magazine are that it is weekly and as I normally read it in one of two sittings to have to wait a month for the next one would mean I would have to go out and buy something else. I like it because it isn't filled with minor royals or other wealthy sorts like Hello and also because it doesn't contain any real life stories. I can't stand those magazines that are full of real life stories about mother's running off with their daughter's boyfriends or people being married to rapists. I was on holiday once and had forgotten to take my book and the only other thing I could find was those sorts of magazines it was awful. The magazine comes with two other 'magazines' inside and they are both really just gossip mags but one is supposed to be from the States so you get all the celeb gossip from America too. I find the whole magazine a really easy read and it is usually up to date with all the latest gossip, divorce and baby news from all the stars and minor celebrities. The other thing that drew me to the magazine was that it isn't crammed with advertising like some of the monthly magazine like Cosmo or Elle. I don't want to see stick thin models wearing a pair of jeans that cost £700 as it isn't something I am ever going to be interested in buying. The makeup ads are just as bad for expensive lipsticks at £30 or cleansers at £25 a bottle. Maybe I am missing something but I don't know anyone who can afford to buy anything like that.

The things I don't like about the magazine are that they often do a big cover item telling you about exclusive information they have and then you get the article and it's all 'from a friend' or 'someone close to...' I find that the cover is often misleading in this way and that things that are sensationalised on the front when read as part of the interview or article are actually very different. I tend not to take much notice of the headlines on the front as they are usually nonsense. The magazine does have an obsession with the Beckhams but they rarely get an interview with them so every week you end up with pages of quotes from old interviews of the opinion of friends or people supposedly close to them. I am not particularly interested so I find that I skim through huge chunks of the magazine because it is random quotes about David and Victoria and where they are living or how the strain is telling on their marriage. The other thing I don't like is that they often do mock up interviews with the cast of Coronation Street for example. The most recent one was an interview with the character Steve Macdonald and his latest wife. The interview is conducted as if Steve macdonald was a real person and I just don't get it. OK, so I may be interested to know what the actor has to say about his characters latest marriage but to pretend to interview the actual character. What is that all about?

I have found lately that I am skimming more and more of the magazine because it is full of the latest Big brother contestants or the latest American Idol contestants or people from a reality show that I just don't watch. Unfortunately I cannot find another magazine that isn't full of ridiculous adverts or horrific real life stories or knitting patterns so I am just going to have to stick with this one and hope things improve. I recently bought Mother & Baby because it came with a free plate and had lots of competitions for me to enter. Although I did find it interesting as I have three children and am pregnant with my forth there wasn't a lot that I hadn't heard before.

I think I currently pay £2.95 for the magazine which isn't cheap when you consider that you can buy other similar magazines for as little as about 60p.

I would recommend OK to anyone who wants their celebrity fix but I wouldn't take it too seriously.

Summary: It's OK but I am losing interest fast