Ashton and Demi, Kim and Kris, Taylor Armstrong from Real Housewives of BH…..just to name a few. These are people who live their life in the spotlight, on television, big screen magazines. People who put there life on display for others to see, and then in the face of their own troubles, want their privacy. Their good times can be shown in every medium possible, but their bad times, “please give us some privacy”.
I am not saying that they don’t deserve their privacy, let’s get that out right now. I am just saying that it is hard to define when you can leave someone alone when you make them such a part of your life, that total strangers feel like they have a right to judge or comment on your life. We, the general public, the readers of their twitter accounts, the followers on facebook, the ones who watch the entertainment shows, go to their movies and all that we do, don’t know these people. And that is what they are, people, human beings who have a life outside of the their public live and living their mistakes just like you and I.
I am sure we all know people that have had trouble in their lives. I know people who have been cheated on, people who have ended their marriages, suffered illness and loss, people with personal issues that are not in the spotlight. They don’t have ‘good press’ or ‘bad press’, they have live each day in their own spotlight.
I know that earlier this year when I was having my unknown stomach issues, that my own brother had to ask me what was going on. When I asked why, his reply was, “my friends have been reading your status updates and they have been calling me to find out what is going on with you and if you are okay”.
When you put your life out in the public, even if you are not a celebrity making $750,000 for a half hour tv show, or $20 million dollars for a movie, you open yourself up to “YOUR” public. For me, that is my 373 connections on facebook, or my followers here in this blog, or the people that follow me on twitter. This is MY celebrity. Even though I share a lot of my life in my public forums, I try to keep an open mind that you will all read with an open heart and mind.
Thank you for following me, and allowing me to share my life with you. My life the way I see it……
I'm a fan – Laurie
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