The Celebrity Lifestyle: Should We Really Care?

What is it about celebrities that we care to idolize so much about? It is because they somehow reached the pentacle of success which has seemingly been avertable, hence causing a state of subconscious admiration? Or is it the on-going drama within their personal lives that continuously spirals out of control that catches our attention to stop, stare and care? Hollywood celebrities live a life that is based on mere achievements that is driven by pride which is generated by money and unbounded support from everyday people who crave for “more in life.” On occasion, we as human beings are attracted to things in which we cannot have, which makes the desire of obtaining that specific item or conquest even more glorious and inevitable… but, not everything in life that glitters is gold. I would be the first to say that I was a personal consumer of the tabloids and celebrity standard of living. I was the first to inform my peers on the who, what, when, where and the why of the entertainment industry. I completely enwrapped myself in their life, in their personal matters, as if somehow I knew them or as if it affected me on a intimate level. It was for long that an associate brought this bad habit to my attention through a conversation which led me to tears. She informed me that it was mildly annoying and irrational of me to care about celebrities because their lifestyle is fueled by their own arrogance to get even more richer while the supporters of these artist remain irrelevant in their life as they enclose themselves in a falsified reality of luxury and perfection (This had me thinking: how ironic is it that the gossip tabloids and vicious bloggers that aim to expose the life of these celebutante and socialites inner perfect world just ends up propelling them to a more statuesque position of fame than ever before…?). By the end of the discussion, my frame of mind was refreshed and my heart was shifted in a different direction about this topic. Although a part of me wanted to stay attached to the messiness celebrities give to the little people, I made a vow to myself that unless a roll of hundred dollar bills comes slipping from underneath my tongue every time I mention the Ashanti’s, the Beyonce’s, and the Rihanna’s of the world, I refuse to a be a walking promotional machine for these people. Because they don’t give a rats ass about me or what I can contribute to the world on a daily basis I realized that unless it involves me spending money on their brand, I have to limit my ingesting on worrying about how seeming them on TV does something for me a in personal matter. Don’t get me wrong, now, I haven’t completely swore them off, because that would be like easy a junkie off of their drug of choice. But, since celebrities are pushed in the forefront of everything in the media, it can be difficult to stray away from. In conclusion, I’ve learned that just because you see the glitz and glamour, doesn’t make it your reality or give break to real life that is occurring around you. You are influential to your life, not the faux of what seems splendid.