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Originally Posted by MexicanOnABike
when they talk about a celeb, I ask: is she making music/movies right now? why do you care about her and her personal life?!?  I'm sick of the personal lives of random ppl! |
Because it makes the average person feel superior to see the rich and famous fall apart like a house of cards.
If some 18 year old shaved her head and got some tattoos, we wouldn't make a big deal of it and certainly wouldn't devote 4 pages of a nationally known newspaper to her impending 'mental breakdown', we'd probably just mutter something about 'whatever works for ya' and not give it a second thought.
I do find it a bit fascinating that so many who become so famous based on talent go down a path of self-destruction, to the point of death. Judy Garland, Elvis Presley, Marilyn Monroe... lot of good talent and the ensuing adulation did for them.