I’ve never understood why people get so obsessed over celebrities. I understand a love for their work and their personality, but excessively devoting your life to them or trying to be like them is insane to me. They’re just people. For example, people will stalk where celebrities are staying or living, leak their phone numbers or private information and flat out invade their privacy. However, when the celebrities decided to put themselves out there, were they signing up for this? Here’s my two cents.
All celebrities know that being famous means losing some portion of their privacy. If someone sees them out in public, they’re bound to be asked for a photo or autograph. They know this. Celebrities know that once they reach a certain level of fame, that everything they do is now in the public eye. In my opinion, they signed up for this, but hear me out: they shouldn’t have had to.
I love to take pictures of sports and such, so I understand wanting to document celebrities when they’re performing or at an event. HOWEVER, if a celebrity is trying to get coffee and just trying to live their life, leave them alone. I don’t hate paparazzi, but I certainly have a bone to pick with them. I think they’re the annoying mosquitoes equivalent of a person. I understand that their livelihood depends on this, but being rude and invasive about it just means they should find a new career. As annoying as they are though, celebrities know they exist and what they tend to do. So, as heartless as it may sound, celebrities do sign up for these things. I wish people would be less obsessive, and give celebrities more respect and privacy. However, as the world works today, and how celebrities before others speak up about their hardships, it so unfortunately comes with the job. Kudos to all celebrities.
