Is it worth being a celebrity?!
Question: I used to think yeah when I was growing up in my teens. Now that I'm in my 20s, it doesn't seem like such a hot thing. Like with Britney Spears, all those people that meet her always sell her out. Its really sad. Some celebs are able to build good lives through good choices but others go down a really bad path. I don't know if its the celeb thing, maybe it also has to do with ones upbringing and what their parents instilled in them. What do you guys think?
Answers: I used to think yeah when I was growing up in my teens. Now that I'm in my 20s, it doesn't seem like such a hot thing. Like with Britney Spears, all those people that meet her always sell her out. Its really sad. Some celebs are able to build good lives through good choices but others go down a really bad path. I don't know if its the celeb thing, maybe it also has to do with ones upbringing and what their parents instilled in them. What do you guys think?
I agree. If you were brought up in a good envirenment, you would be a good adult, regardless of your wealth, fame, looks.
Britney grew up with a mother that cared more for her career then her, and it shows in the way she lets people walk all over her.
Oprah grew up poor, and she's the opisit of Britney, she's strong, and she's doing a lot to help the less fortunate, not spending $30,000 to send her private jet out to get coffee.
Well, I used to think it'd totally be worth it when I was younger,
but a few years ago, when I actually thought about it, I decided no.
At my age, most people I know want to be famous, but I don't know. I think a little fame would be nice, like, some people know my name, but not to the point where I'd be stopped on the street or have the media be interested in my life. Of course, it would be nice if like, once a month someone recognized me and asked for my autograph.....but nothing more than that....
I'm 14, by the way.
NO! The paparazzi never leaves you alone,you get no privacy. You can't kiss someone without getting your picture taken. You get so wound up you use all your money on partying,drugs and alchohol. Sure it's nice being able to have fans and have a mansion in Hollywood,but not worth all that.
i agree. when certain kinds of celebs (like britney spears for example) start going down the wrong path, and they get more publicity, i think it makes them even crazier, or want to do it even more. i think it being a celebrity could be a good thing if you know how to handle it. i mean, there's ALOT of celebs out there who have remained sane and aren't completely wild or on drugs or party 24/7. sometimes, i just think that they let the fame go to their head, or the paparazzi is annoying the heck out of them and they just lose it.
There's no way I'd want to be a celebrity. I could not imagine walking out of the house and having people take my picture, follow me around, comment on my weight, flip out when I don't wear layers of makeup, and hate me for no good reason. And to have a tiny disagreement with my boyfriend blown out of proportion to the point that Star is reporting I'm a skank who's being dumped because I slept with the entire offensive line of the Green Bay Packers? No thanks.
The only thing I would want from the celebrity world is the chance to make a difference; they have such exposure, and people listen to them (even if it's a bad idea, lol), plus the money backing.
I don't think it has to do with upbringing necessarily, although I'm sure good parenting can't hurt. Take Britney (yes, dear, sweet Britney). She skyrocketed to fame -- it wasn't gradual, it was like a sudden, overnight boom of popularity. Then she gets all this weird attention from perverts, tons of money and no sense to save any ... and it just spiraled down from there. I think a celebrity has a chance to make it if the fame doesn't go to their head and comes on gradually, so they have a chance to adjust.
i think 60% of it has to do with their upbringing and 40% of it has to do with just the famous thing. (Making good choices and bad choices)
Some of them know better than to do drugs and some of them don't...most of that has to do with what u were brought up to learn..
You only have to be a Celebrity if you want to; It's rather easy to fade into obscurity...
Celebrities get that attention because they want the attention; They need it to build up their fame which is how they earn their pay. The more famous you are, the more money you get per movie. The only problem they have with it, is that it's an all or nothing package, you either have paparazzi follow you everywhere you go, never getting a break... or you don't and everyone forgets about you, and you end up being a "where are they now?" segment on some entertainment show 10 years later...
I'd say Angelina Jolie seems to have learned how to deal with fame best; stay out of the country most of the time, and just show up whenever you feel the need to make a statement for something important to you or make publicity for an upcoming movie for another 10-20 million...
Britney Spears could merely announce her retirement from the music industry and retire with her millions of dollars, her mansion etc. and have a happy life; and everyone would more or less leave her alone after a few months once they figured out she was serious... It's her personality though. She wants (needs?) the fame.