Oh Those Silly Celebrities

Yes, this is yet another celebrity gossip blog. I’m not going to apologize for it, not going to make excuses for it, it is what it is. Celebrities fascinate me, what can I say. I said fascinate, not impress. I think as an anthropology student and amateur historian, I’ve never been able to understand the level of power that the mob gives to a few choice individuals on the planet. Why is Hollywood the centre of the universe? It’s much easier for me to understand why Bollywood is not only popular, but revered, but we’re talking about a completely different culture with an entirely different set of problems. I’ve always wondered why we revere these human beings, and why we’ve hoisted them to these lofty heights. Why have we me created gods out of these flesh and blood creatures?
It’s comical, bizarre, disturbing, and everything in between, so I figured I’d throw my two cents in.

Each and every day, we are inundated with absurd headlines plastered across cheap dish rag magazines. “Newsflash: Pamela Anderson has alien baby”. Okay, in all seriousness, how many of us look at that and go, “oh my god, really?” Hopefully none of us if we have an ounce of intelligence left upstairs! On the flip side however, Tommy Lee isn’t exactly the most attractive individual on the planet, and while Pam was a bombshell in her hey day, has probably had enough plastic surgery to alter her genetics. I’m kidding! Tommy Lee’s not a bad looking guy.  Then we have the more credible sources like People Magazine or US Weekly what’s printed is fairly reliable, unless there’s a retraction. But it can be really hard to keep your finger on what Kim Kardashian’s life when Hello Magazine says one thing and People is saying something else. I mean c’mon, can a girl just get a reliable source? I mean, how the hell am I going to get through my day if I don’t get the latest on the Kardashian-Kanye West romance. Kim, in case you’re reading this, all I have to say to you is: “Really? Kanye? The same dude who upstaged the lovely and innocent Taylor Swift and humiliated her highness, Beyonce Knowles? Shame on you!”

But let’s get serious. Hollywood celebrities are addicting. They live lives that we could only dream of. They order hamburgers from restaurants in New York City only to have them delivered to their villa in the Mayan Riviera. The insure their bodies for millions of dollars, have teams of people to maintain their teams of people, they have temper tantrums, they destroy dressing rooms, tour buses, throw cellphones, assault cameramen, and adopt entire tribes of children on a whim. How could you not be somewhat mesmerized by their every move? They are extraordinarily ordinary, yet, we worship them like they walk on water. We are but their herd of very receptive sheep, and though we may throw the odd rotten tomato every once in a while, when they drive drunk multiple times, or physically assault their significant others, as long as they duck out of the spotlight for a spell, we welcome them with open arms and erase all their wrong doings from our memories.

I worked one summer as an executive assistant to a Canadian celebrity, and let me tell you, it was one wild ride, one that I will soon not forget. And it is this brief experience that inspired me to write a blog about the whacky world of celebrity. At the end of the day, it’s important to remember that their people, and just that, people.