Today I was reading yet another article on why people hate Anne Hathaway? Really, there exists an entire mob out there dedicated to spewing out bad things and insults against her on the internet. I am flabbergasted. Why do people do that? Why on earth?
Why do people take special time out of their day to write badly about others on the internet, especially people they do not know?!
Is it okay for us as people to badmouth celebrities and talk terribly about them online and tweet that garbage?
Is it somehow our moral right because they are famous?
Was it okay for the Onion to tweet the c-word about Quvenzhané Wallis because now she is famous?
I mean, I regularly wish I had the paycheck that celebrities have. And it can be annoying to see them look perfect all the time when I personally end up looking like a frazzled hen with my hair all over the place and my braces (yeps, rocking them at over 20). And yes they tend to be seriously successful in their work. And sometimes celebrities annoy me a tiny bit (don´t get me started on the "new mother" covers which make me gag) but it does not affect my daily life. I prefer happiness and not bothering with being annoyed with things that in the end do not matter.
Celebrities are also human. They definitely look and feel grumpy when in private and I am certain they enjoy looking like pigs like the rest of us every once in a while. And they have their own makeup and hair stylist on set so no wonder they look perfect on TV/Film all the time. We'd all look gorgeous all day long if we had that! They probably had money worries before their fame and might still. And they still have their successes and downfalls. And in the end what is success? I know of some incredibly successful people that will leave behind them (and have left) a legacy and have touched so many people with their work. Those folks were/are all teachers. And us normal people get privacy!
And just because celebrities are famous does not make them immune to reality. Fame often has nothing to do with that. And before they were famous, many celebrities actually had a really difficult life. Are we going to call someone that went through verbal/emotional and physical abuse and lived in poverty when younger "immune to reality" because that person achieves fame later on? Former experiences do not fade away with a larger paycheck.
And they continue to have difficulties. Divorces, miscarriages, losing their children, marital difficulties, losing a loved one, drug and alcohol use and the list goes on. Money and fame do not change the fact that those are difficult things to deal with. And celebrities do it in the spotlight with the whole world watching, waiting and judging. The rest of us do it in peace, in quiet.
Behind the glossy pictures in the magazines and the endless smiling perfect interviews and cheesy pictures there is a person. And every person is hurt by words. No matter who they are. No one of like being called names, especially by people that don´t know us and never will. People only see one side of celebrities very often and that often a side that is easy to judge. So very incredibly easy. I have no doubt it hurts like hell to see constant tweets and articles about why people hate you. It pretty hard to ignore when the entire internet becomes hell bent on a personal vendetta against a person. Especially people who do not know squat about who you are.
Some celebrities and famous people do end up acting like absolute gits and idiots. I am not trying to dispute that and in my opinion their actions can be judged, just like with anyone else. Yet again, fame does not stop people from acting like idiots and neither does no fame. There are idiots in every occupation and their actions can be discussed.
But 95% of people are decent, hard working people that are not idiots. Not perfect of course, but not idiots. And I prefer not wasting my time on being annoyed by those people. Because at the end of the day, does it really matter? So lets just quit it and concentrate on the things that really matter in life
(I personally much prefer the occupation of fangirling. Way more fun and brings back the nostalgia of teenage years spent on admiring Orlando Bloom and Heath Ledger. And of course my current regular occupation of listening to Barrett Foa singing as Mitt Romney over and over again while studying and making other people listen to it as well. It just makes me grin from ear to ear each time I hear it)
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