I've been thinking about this quite a bit recently, from seeing celebrities in bad press a lot. It made me think how hard it is to be in the limelight, we all think the celeb life is easy and fun, we think its all money, limos, VIP treatment, etc. And yes they are the perks of the job, but sometimes we are too quick to judge a celebrity on something we've seen on the internet or in a magazine, perhaps if they've had a "meltdown" or whatever way the media choose to exaggerate it. We think, "why are they acting like that? they have it all? they're so ungrateful!" etc...
I used to dream of being famous, as I'm sure most little girls/boys did and still do. But to be honest, after thinking about it now I'm older, I'm not sure I'd want to be famous. I don't think I could cope with the pressure and I don't really take criticism very well at all. Nothing frustrates me more than when someone starts a rumor about you, and nearly all of your peers believe it, but you cant prove yourself to them. So imagine how frustrating it is having the whole world believing something the media said about you that wasn't even true, and everywhere you go you have haters shouting at you telling you to "go die", commenting and judging on every little thing you do. Or walking down the street and having paps yell the worst possible things in your face to make you look angry or sad in a picture they can sell to a magazine and use to say that you're having a 'public melt down', or you're on drugs or some other fake story that they know their viewers will believe. As they don't realize that celebrities are HUMAN and they have FEELINGS as well. Hard to believe right?
Imagine the feeling of having no privacy what so ever, making friends would be quite hard too, you wouldn't know who actually likes you and wants to get to know you as a normal human being, and who just wants to use you for publicity/money. I guess you'd feel quite lonely most of the time.
Having to face fans, interviewers, crowds and paps everyday, even when you feel your worst, having to put on a smile and forget about any troubles that you were having behind the scenes, and just 'smile for the camera'. It'd feel like you were living a lie, one that you cant escape.
I take my hat off to any celebrity out there, big or small. As they're willing to give up their life (well a 'normal' life anyway) to live their dream. Its a harder career than it looks.
Think twice before you judge someone on something you've read or seen in the media, you think you know the whole story but you don't, none of us do except them. Remember: the media twist and exaggerate everything and never include the whole story, just the stuff they know will sell and attract more viewers/readers. Its very easy to get caught up in their lies and actually believe everything they're writing, that's what they want us to do.
Comment your views on this topic, I'd love to hear! And as always, thanks for reading.
geeeboo xox
Life is full of compromises. To gain something, you have to lose something. Slander, hate is everywhere. No matter what you do or accomplish, there will always be someone who will hate you. You have to focus on the 99 people who love you than a single person who hates you.
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