They're People Too

Why must we treat celebrities as if they are a part of another creed or another race of people?  If nothing else they are human beings, and as far as I’m concerned still among us in mankind.  Imagine that these people are basically the same people that lived down the street from you or came from your same hometown.  They either possessed a talent they had a desire to share, knew the right people with the right kind of “deep pockets”, or had enough courage to step out from said hometown in order to be noticed.  Thus my interpretation of ‘celebrity’ at its finest. 

To solidify my opinion a little further:

Social media has progressed our natural obsession for celebrity life—and for the worse.  There used to be a time where all the information we had on celebrities and their habits outside the movie and music studios primarily came from television and printed periodicals.  Does anybody remember the Variety magazine? Now even the most remote cell phone has camera technology and access to social media outlets.  And now fame and celebrity has been effectively watered down and it means much less; i.e. the Kardashian “empire”.  Mystery needs to be implemented back into the world of fame, all their business shouldn’t be our business. 

What I suggest:

• Consider your actions next time you’re googling someone or following them in social media non-stop, ask yourself: “what am I really getting from this?”
• Just because the information is made available, doesn’t necessarily mean it’s 100% true, so get used to reading between the lines and taking those outlandish images for face-value.
• The only difference between you and them is that now their addresses claim Hollywood Blvd. and their bank accounts don’t look like our account balances.   But once upon a time these celebrities came from that street from your hometown…ok, I exaggerated slightly to get the full effect.  But you get it! LOL