Do celebrities deserve private lives?

[butterfly]

Do actors, singer, musicians or any entertainers deserve to have private live?


just because they entertain us and we all know who they are,does that give us a right to intrude in their day to day lives when not on screen or stage?

[Cheshire]

Intrude, no. When people are getting spied on and such... it's just rude. Enjoy the contributions they make and leave it there.

Gawk and rubberneck, sometimes.

See the results of people who call paparazzi and inform them of when and where they will be, and the ensuing train wrecks... well, they (in some cases) decided to make their life less- or non-private. As ye sow, so shall ye reap.

[dancebaby]

Do actors, singer, musicians or any entertainers deserve to have private live?

i'm not sure why it is that the public (in general) is so interested in the private lives of celebrities to begin with...

[butterfly]

supposedly the theory is that the facination with celebrity lives will distract you from the futility of your own life.
That or your just a lookie loo who like to watch other peoples lives.

but when did thier personal lives become entertainment?
When did it become ok for people to stalk your baby?
or flash pictures of you as your having a nice dinner
or making notes about what your buying at safeway?

When did celebrity lives become entertainment for the unwashed masses?
sometime between the 70's and the 80's they lost the ability to privacy
Does it take a law siut to get it back?

[JymmyZ]

I've said it before on here: I take a very guilty pleasure in watching the train-wrecks that are the lives of what was the 3 blonde bimbos, but is now just one certifiably insane waste of trailer-trash. Some of them bring on the invasion themselves and use it to build a name for themselves and then pout and cry and throw hissy-fits when they are too famous and don't want the attention they brought to themselves. As for climbing walls to get pictures of people in the privacy of their homes or of chasing them down until they take drastic measures to avoid the flashes (and die in the process), that's way too much, but it's part of the game many of these people choose to play and I don't feel much sympathy when somewhat invasive or embarrasing pictures or stories show up about them, especially if it happens to be around the time some project of theirs is about to be made public (ie a new movie).

[.miaou]

I'm not taking a stab at anyone. But, typically I find people who are enthralled with celebrity gossip are seriously lacking in their own lives.

A lady at my work sometimes tries to engage conversation like this

"So i guess Britney is gonna <insert something "tragic" here>"
Her most exciting personal stories are about going shopping.

I think it's a sad day when another person's life is more interesting than your own....

Celebrity worship makes me sick.

On topic though, I think that instrusion aside, celebrities get the publicity they deserve. Somethings you can't avoid obviously, but you are being watched, people are gonna judge you, so keep yourself in check...There are plenty of celebrities who do not make any headlines and it's because they're smart about their lives and don't spill their bullshit all over hollywood for people to lap up.

[dancebaby]

I'm not taking a stab at anyone. But, typically I find people who are enthralled with celebrity gossip are seriously lacking in their own lives.

if you're right, this bizarre fascination with celebrities' private lives has little to do with celebrities themselves, but is more reflective of the general dissatisfaction with and lack of fulfillment in a person's own life???

[.miaou]

does that seem like such a far stretch?
I don't think so... obviously, it isn't the case ALL of the time.

[butterfly]

back in the day though, celebraties had personal lives that are not even remotely possible now.
The big news was who married who and who got divorced.
They had photo ops for certain occasions, but basically they could go about their business with a certain amount of normallicy.

The thing that got me was watching gwenith Paltrow leaving the hospital. Her husband and her are obviosly upset but yet the press are right in thier faces and the big news is her husband knocking one of the guys on thier ass for intruding into their private moment.
at some point they deserve to have moments to them selves that should never be intruded upon.
like say mental break down, birth of children, miscarriges, deaths.
but no.
you have a Danni Lyn Smith, not even two who can't even leave her house or go through corrective eye therepy with out flash bulbs going off and a mob of reports swarimg her because her mother was who she was and lived the life she did.
how fair is that

[Ali Starfucker]

back in the day though, celebraties had personal lives that are not even remotely possible now.
The big news was who married who and who got divorced.
They had photo ops for certain occasions, but basically they could go about their business with a certain amount of normallicy.

The thing that got me was watching gwenith Paltrow leaving the hospital. Her husband and her are obviosly upset but yet the press are right in thier faces and the big news is her husband knocking one of the guys on thier ass for intruding into their private moment.
at some point they deserve to have moments to them selves that should never be intruded upon.
like say mental break down, birth of children, miscarriges, deaths.
but no.
you have a Danni Lyn Smith, not even two who can't even leave her house or go through corrective eye therepy with out flash bulbs going off and a mob of reports swarimg her because her mother was who she was and lived the life she did.
how fair is that

the case of danielynn is definately not fair... to her...
not her mother or her father who decided to whore themselves out for the spotlight and pimp their child out as well...
a lot of celebrities do things to attract attention ... any publicity is good publicity
but then they complain when people start intruding on their lives... you can t have it both ways

there are celebrities who do try to maintain a low profile and do carry on semi-normal lives
however the press is an essential part of their success... the selling of these magazines, stories and pictures often translates to big earnings for the celebrity
they are brands and they are selling a product ... the more we buy the more they make...
they ve sold themselves and that is something that is not easy to undo.

[.miaou]

there are celebrities who do try to maintain a low profile and do carry on semi-normal lives
however the press is an essential part of their success... the selling of these magazines, stories and pictures often translates to big earnings for the celebrity
they are brands and they are selling a product ... the more we buy the more they make...
they ve sold themselves and that is something that is not easy to undo.

word.
Obviously it would suck to be under the microscope, but there are ways around it... You get what you give and some people (like britney) give away a lot of headlines.

[butterfly]

If they only privacy you have is the walls of your house, no matter what your behavior is, your news as soon as you leave your property.

helicopters over head trying for shots of you at your pool, dozens of photographers swarming you as you get gas. taking your kid for a walk becomes a media circus of who can get the best shot of which kid.

Lindsey Lohan- grew up on camera, wanted to party in her late teens early twenty's. So she goes out with her friends, binge drinks does bumps goes dancing and has a few "wierd" nights. Sound like any of us on here as we grew up having sketch adventures and learning stuff? But since she has a public entertainment career, she has to be TV/tabloid canon fodder for her mistakes. No laying in a field at a rave with friends giggling because she had too much acid and can't stand up. Or running to the bathroom cause her pill kicked. or staying up a few hours too long with a bunch of Dj's bumping the night away until you know you should stop , but hey there's still more.
Can you imagine if any of you had people snapping shots of you on a sketch adventure at your worst and making news out of it. Money says, some of us have been in situations much worse and no one dragged as to rehab and decried what a train wreck we were. Most likely, your parents brought it up and hoped you'de grow out of it in a few years, like most young people do. And low and behold, you did and your fine now.

Was brittany always this unstrung, or did the public scrutiny in to her life for so long finally take it's toll. No one can live in a glass house forever.

[.miaou]

of course....but with the exception of cases like danielynn, supermegastars choose the life they live.
It's not like this is the only era in which stars' tragedies are making the front page... There is a level of responsibility that people have take for their lives and their choices... No one could pay me enough to be famous like that.

Celebrities can't be ignorant to the fact that their whole lives will change once they make it.... Some sink, and some swim. I think it also involves not living in Hollywood. Not falling to the pressure of that whole scene.

I don't think that people should worship these people as much as they do, but it is a very harsh reality for famous people but there are ways around it.


I'm not disagreeing with you. I just don't totally buy into the sob story.

[butterfly]

I guess watching other peoples lives train wreck gives one a feeling of moral superiority.
knocking one down a peg and all that.
It really doesn't matter if your rich or famous, as long as you train wreck and get on TV...ie Jerry Springer.

[anx]

who is danielynn