Celebrities and Love - Part 2

It seemed that my last post about celebrities and their difficulties with falling in love and keeping love was a little broad.  I failed.  A little.  With this post, I'm going to specify a few more things and throw in a few more insights.

Okay, so I'll start with defining a "celebrity."  In some cases, a person does not intend to be a celebrity.  It just kind of happens sometimes.  That kid Justin Bieber?  Totally started out on YouTube just doing his thing.  Perhaps he did have an underlying intention to be famous one day, but he didn't expect it so suddenly.  That guy that does the Evolution of Dance?  Same thing.  These types of celebrities, the YouTube celebrities in particular, don't necessarily expect to become famous.  These people are considered celebrities because a large mass of people saw their videos on the internet, either randomly or intentionally, and spread the word about these amazing videos to their friends, their family, and so forth.  These people are now being sponsored by companies, are on a record label, are invited to go to these places to perform, etc.  Boom!  Media.  Cameras everywhere.  No escaping the media.

The other types of celebrities have a little more expectation of being famous.  Whether it is acting, pursuing a sport or playing music, the people that enter into these industries KNOW what they are getting themselves into.  They know that the media is there, and they can control what happens in their lives.  However, the media can get a little overwhelming, and perhaps the "famousness" can overtake a person's control of his or her life.  No matter what type of celebrity someone is, the media will always be there.

Alright, now that that is defined, let's move on.  Some celebrities are drowning in the media sea.  Some by choice, others not.  Some use the media to their advantage to get more famous and eventually (probably) get more money.  For those celebrities that spend a majority of their time using the media to get ridiculously famous, I feel that they have no time whatsoever to honestly devote to a person that they would like to fall in love with.  There's a relationship here and there, maybe a "marriage," but there doesn't seem to be a true love.  It's unfortunate, because everyone should experience true love at some point in their lives, but with money on their minds, it really does seem impossible.

Then there are those celebrities that love what they do in the industry, knowing what they are getting themselves into, but stay unphased by the roar of the media crowd.  They actually have loving relationships and really don't care about what people think about them.  They have "normal" lives.  A whole lot of people know them, but they don't care.  They have more important things to do.

I still have those particular questions about celebrities in love.  I wonder how difficult it is and how committed they are or want to be.  The truth is that every person varies, even when fame and the media come into play.

Let's face it: the media distorts a lot of things.  Fat girls look skinny in 10 seconds, everyone has perfect skin, this person's marriage is so wonderful when really he is looking for divorce, this couple divorced because she cheated, blah, blah, blah.  Not all of it is true.  It's what they want you to believe.  Hey, you.  Be your own person.  Believe what you want to believe, not what you're forced to believe.  Go out there, go love someone.  Love > Fame.  However, if you consider yourself in love with fame, well... I can't stop you.