As we entered 2008, we are still hearing more news about all these so called singer/actors/actresses and their infamous activities on an hourly basis. We are still reading in the news about all the DUIs and all the rehabs and how many times in rehab and which rehab and name it all. Now the news is overwhelmed by the Spears girl who was the idol of some TV channel and at the age of 16 she is pregnant. Different groups are at each others throat for the morality of this news.
I have to admit that I do follow these news closely too!! I find it very amusing that all these gorgeous and rich young ladies mess up their lives for a bit of attention. One would think that they do have to do a lot to keep up with all the competition in the field, but apparently not! Getting a negative publicity is still publicity.
And the way I see it, this is not about them at all. Once again it is all about me. This is a get away for me to judge some one else instead of judging myself. I get distracted by these news and forget about my problems and misfortunes. These are diversions away from all the sad news that we read on a daily basis in regards of bombings, fires, killings and ......
See, not that the stories of the celebs are not sad, I am sure that in a way or two they are, but I do not quite find it that way. These celebs bring these calamities on themselves, by their own hands. It is hard to sympathize with a 20 year old girl who is rich and famous and ends up in jail for DUI. Or defend the other one who ends up in the rehab, because she needed daddy attention. Kill me, but I am unable to shed a tear or two.
But in a very twisted way, it is nice to hear these tabloids. It is always heartwarming to hear about other's failures to justify our own positions and shortcomings. See, if I were born to the Hiltons, I could have had all the money and the glory and ended up like Paris in jail. Forget about the reality that I am not Paris Hilton and I still can end up jail anyway doing what she did.
Sometimes I am as shallow and vain as..., but believe me that I am only human.
