The Relationship Between "Celebrity", the Media & the General Public
I just can't comprehend the obsession with knowing the ins and outs of a duck's arse, when it comes to "celebrities".
There have been many famous people during my life that I felt a genuine affection for. People I've "idolised" and would like to have lived their life, but this is a fantasy, which only really works in your own head.

I think Amy Winehouse has a good soulful voice, but don't care what she puts up her nose.
George Michael, wonderful singer, but does it really affect my appreciation of it knowing what he likes to put in his body.
Cristiano Ronaldo is a fantastically skilled footballer, but I don't care what car he drives.
I can't think of any positives to write about her, so why do I want to know what Victoria Beckham wears to the shops?
The piles of ex-rain forest that fill our newsagents with names like "OK", "Reveal", "Gossip", etc. are full to the brim of pictures of "celebrities" getting married. I'm hard pushed to turn up to the wedding of anyone further related to me than cousin, so why on earth would I be interested in the wedding of someone who's fortunate enough to not have to work because "daddy" has earned lots of money and is famous for getting "off their tits" on daddy's ill-gotten gains.
I could go on, but the bile is rising now.
(ape_hots, Wed 21 Oct 2009, 9:12, Reply)