There is something that annoys me on the internet, be it on blogs and their comments, on discussion forums and even on sites like Twitter. Thinking about it, it actually also happens in real life when you talk to someone in person, not just on the internet. As this site/blog is about young stars developing their careers it’s about people growing up which makes what annoys me even worse (so that is my own fault in that case). What makes it even worse is that I’m guilty of it myself. It’s that other people feel the need to know what’s best for celebrities and/or who they are or should be.
Yes it sounds vague but there is a point to it, I’m not even going to use an example this time seeing it can apply to pretty much every celebrity out there. I’ve also seen it with many celebrities. One thing I can already conclude from looking at a lot of celebrities; every young celebrity out there is growing up too fast, it has been that way years ago and still is the case now. Is it me or is there a pattern there? The thing is that growing up is based a lot on experiences, your average young celebrity has a lot more experiences at a far younger age than “normal” people. Does that mean I’m saying they’re growing up at a normal pace? No I don’t because I simply don’t know. I believe that growing up is something everyone has to do for themselves, there are a lot of things involved in it.
I don’t actually know any celebrity personally. When people judge these celebrities they pretty much never know them personally either. Someone you see in magazines and interviews might not be the person someone actually is. There are so many things involved in a personality; it’s likely that not everything about that is shown in public. So who am I to say what kind of personality a celebrity has? I can only make an estimate based on what I see, I however can never present it as fact.
That leads to people using statements like “she’s not being herself” or the opposite “she’s being herself”. How do we truly know? These are young girls who are still busy finding themselves so how can outsiders judge who they are? In my eyes they just can’t. Even though it’s a normal thing for people to judge situations on little information it’s still wrong. At times it just gets to a level where it’s beyond annoying and I just wonder why on earth people would get upset about it. One little statement or gossip can already get people up in arms making even more judgments.
What it all comes down to is that I think people want their favorite celebrity to be a certain way. When someone becomes a fan they see something they like about that celebrity. When that person then matures in a different way than someone had envisioned the judging starts. I personally would rather see someone being themselves than someone who me or someone else might want them to be. If that makes you like said celebrity a little less; so be it. It can be the same in real life relationships and friendships, people grow apart. It just happens. Someone isn’t a fan anymore because of it? So be it, it’s not like you can change anything about it.
Some people will see that as me saying that I would excuse anything a celebrity does which isn’t true. There are things in many young celebrities that I don’t like, I however have no say in what happens. That’s besides me and everyone else probably not even knowing half the story. Everyone is entitled to their opinion about a situation, in some cases it just seems so frivolous. There are plenty of situations I will not judge on because it’s none of my business. Prime example being that of celebrity relationships, I just don’t involve myself in those. I have no right to judge whether a couple is right for each other or not so I just won’t.
The thing with the media is that they are required to do everything I’m saying that annoys me. A gossip blog isn’t going to survive by not judging, a tabloid isn’t going to sell if they don’t create drama. It’s all part of a business plan they use so for them that is the right thing to do, even though I don’t like it and actually think it’s morally wrong in a lot of cases. I’ve seen many a celebrity make statements as to the media presenting them in a wrong light, sad thing is that that is their job. We really don’t truly know them but we like to believe we do, as I’ve said I’m guilty of it myself. I’ve used “she wouldn’t do that” lines or something similar regarding celebrities. Do I really know? No I don’t and most likely will never know. I doubt anyone else does either (excluding friends, colleagues and family of celebrities in that statement obviously).
