Within the academic field of "recreation studies" there is the "compensatory theory."

Essentially, it boils down to..."opposites attract." The person with a physically strenuous occuptation is more likely to seek passive recreation....the creative person in a repetitive environment seeks out avenues of expression....the individual bombarded by human contact all day, seeks out isolation

As the "soap-opera-lives of the MC's" have played out....(over my four year's observations) this holds true....