Hemlock B Bootsalotta

There are people who like to spread bad news. Some of them make a point of finding out and spreading actual bad news, relevant or otherwise: if they can't tell you about a natural disaster or the death of a relative, they'll tell you that two people you've never heard of are getting divorced. (These are people who would never tell you that two people you never heard of are newly in love, nor "A and B are splitting up, but it's pretty friendly," even if it was friendly.)

And maybe Sue was that sort of person and couldn't find enough real bad news that people would listen to.