Even for those who don't avidly follow the fascinating, poisonous world of celebrity insanity, everyone tends hear about the worst of the worst. The people who are injected by the fame bug and let it completely ruin their lives are the ones who show up on the local evening news, on the covers of tabloids at the grocery store, and even come up in conversation on the radio. I probably don't even have to give examples, as all of them seem to come to mind immediately, most notably of late Charlie Sheen and Lindsay Lohan.
Frankly, our fascination with the crumbling infrastructure of these people's lives is pretty twisted, but at the same time it's hard to feel guilty about. After all, they realize what they've gotten into and know that the world (well, not the entire world) is following their every move. Honestly, I find it hard to believe that it's become appropriate to create a spectacle out of your deplorable lifestyle. And yet, I eat the news up with a spoon like Nutella out of the jar.
So why? Why do we encourage these people to fall apart? Is it to make us feel better about our slightly more mundane lives? is it purely for entertainment? Doesn't that make us just as bad?
While I will never understand why people paid hundreds of dollars to watch Charlie Sheen be an absolute mess on stage or why people will continue to enable Lindsay Lohan to be self-destructive, it happens. And I can think it's shameful and disgusting all I want yet I will be a hypocrite and continually log onto Perez Hilton's blog everyday to stay informed. I suppose that just like Charlie and Lindsay, I am allowed my vices (although mine doesn't quite endanger my life, maybe just a small piece of my sanity). After all, I suppose that at the very core we're not all that different. It's interesting to think about what your life would be like if it had taken just a slightly different path. Would you ever be in Lindsay's Blahniks? Would you ever really be able to know?
I suppose there's hope for them all. Hey, Britney's back! Let's send some positive vibes, shall we?
--Rachael
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