Why would she want to deal with reality when she can create her own?

Philip was a dependent, pathetic loser, just the way Laurita likes her men. He's probably the character her second husband identified so strongly with that he created the cyber-shrine to Laurell and devoted himself to worming himself into her life. She created her ideal man, then he walked into her life. The other president of her fan club was Darla, a woman who is both fanatically devoted to her, and too unattractive to be any sexual competition, just the way Laurita likes her women.

Maybe her crotch writing really does have magical, wish-fulfilling properties?