Essay about Celebrity Obsession

Being a celebrity is not all it is cracked up to be. They have to deal with situations that the average citizen most likely cannot relate to. For example, many celebrities constantly encounter paparazzi who stalk them in order to take their picture, invading their privacy. Celebrities must also juggle demanding jobs, while maintaining a home life that many attempt to live as normally as possible. Celebrities lead busy, hectic lives that require them to appear in public frequently, exposing themselves to intense scrutiny; nonetheless, the private lives of celebrities should be off limits because everyone has a First Amendment right to privacy, it is invading their privacy not our business, causes different problems such as serious damage problems that might end up messing with their careers, and affecting family members in a negative way.

Much of today’s society seems obsessed on what actors/actress, athletes, and music artist are wearing, eating, who they are marrying, dating, where they are vacationing, what affairs they are having or have had, and how they live their everyday lives. What’s so interesting about this obsession is as a society we build them up only to tear them down. Media outlets are swift to report when celebrities are in trouble; accomplishments are hardly reported unless they have passed away or an awards show is being telecast. It’s as if we want them to be perfect but once they are associated with a scandal we begin to destroy their reputation, character, only to overlook their accomplishment, if any. Should society hold them to higher standards just

In order to be a commendable role model, you must have the courage to perform what is virtuous. Although it may be difficult in front of all the lights and cameras, celebrities fail to have this trait and consequently cannot be seen as exemplars. Under any circumstance a role model must put the right foot forward and direct its followers to a better way of life. Famous people are consistently infected with what is known as the “stardom disease”. Despite a strong promise to stay moral, celebrities always find themselves spiraling into some form of turmoil. The cause of their downfalls is that they do not have the fortitude to remain on the righteous path and avoid doing what is wrong. Britney Spears did not have the bravery to reject the idea of getting drunk and marrying off to a man she did not truly love. As a result, her actions reflect her weakness and

Like Muhammad Ali is to boxing and Michael Jordan is to basketball, Tiger Woods is considered by many to be the greatest golfer of all time. Due to his incredible playing on the course, his young age, and the endorsement deals he signed with major advertising companies, Tiger Woods ' fans place him on the "best of the best" list in professional sports. Society places an enormous amount of responsibilities on its champions or favorites. " Sure, he is good on the course, but how well does he support society? What does he stand for", the public says. There is more to Tiger Woods than a good golf swing or how well he can say " Buy these shoes" in front of the advertisers ' cameras. Even

From the top of the golf charts to the nadir of social perspective, Tiger Woods has captivated America on multiple occasions without doubt. For every golf tournament win he has, there seems to be an equal amount of mistresses he had. It seems that as he rose to the pinnacle of stardom, the easier it became for Woods to fall into the traps of sex and drugs that have ensnared so many. From the moral degradation of Woods came the collapse of multiple journalistic standards. Shoddy reporting became common when dealing with the multitude of women alleging involvement with the sports star, and sports writers became tabloid journalists seemingly overnight. Two articles that comprise Donna Barbie’s The Tiger Woods Phenomenon illustrate these aspects of the collapse of Tiger Woods: “Painful Pleasures” by Jonathan French and “Responsible Adults in the Toy Department” by Steve Master. Both articles depict how Tiger Woods strayed from getting pleasure from golf to the easier high of drugs and sex, and how concurrently the journalistic world switched from well researched stories to easier sensationalized tabloids of the once proud golf star.

Many celebrities are looked at as role models, their behaviors and comments are always right in some people’s eyes. Although some celebrities are aware they are idols for some people and try to promote healthy behaviors and bring awareness to global issues. Other celebrities don’t bother; they act wild and make bad decisions. People look at celebrities and think “they’re wealthy and successful so I need to act just like them if I want to become wealthy and successful also.” If someone’s idol acts like a jerk then that person will think that it’s okay to act that way when it’s not.

This is very apparent in people who are famous as people love to pick their lives apart to prove there not the goodie goodie people think they are. Much like what happened to Hester in the Scarlet Letter, Tiger woods' was shamed in public "media", because he was unfaithful to his wife aka cheater. He didn't have to wear the A but he was still ashamed and now has to live with what he has done. He was forced to take a break from golf for some personal time and came back and started playing but he has never been the same. These things don't just happen randomly. There are many other examples of this stuff happening in the world as we speak. For example reality stars are caught for cheating almost every day and every time they are caught everyone knows because of the media it is basically the same thing that happened 150 years ago because people today are still publically humiliated but in a different way then they were back then. This proves that the things that happened to Hester still happen today even at the highest level of

Imagine living in a society where slut shaming happens everyday and a person's mistakes are publicized and everyone knows about what you did. Some people would think I would be referring to the Puritan society that existed around the 1600’s, but sadly I am referring to today’s society and how a “famous” person's mistakes show up on social media, covers of magazines, and every talk show host throughout America. For example, recently the break up of beloveded Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie showed up everywhere in less than twenty- four hours. The breakup sparked news on twitter, talk shows such as Wendy Williams, and was the main story on every tabloid by the next day. Even though, our society did not make the couple stand on a stage to be ridiculed

I can’t understand how much more famous people need in their lives. In todays society, we glamourize the ethical scandals that are associated with famous people whether it’s through social media or magazines. This fuels the fire that runs the world because it is in our basic nature to break the rules sometimes and not have to worry about facing the consequences. This is true for Tiger Woods, but he must not have been thinking of the consequences before he took action.

The only thing Tiger actually lost in his scandalous events was his wife and his partnership with General Motors. Another time where an athlete has done something wrong and later apologized for was when Lance Armstrong answered yes to all accounts of him using drugs to improve his performance, after he had been denying the rumors for years. After being stript of all his awards he goes on OWN to say that he is “flawed” and tries to defuse

With all of this growth around the sports world the Celebrity athletes are being held to a higher standard since they are being put on a Pedestal. Everything they do and say is seen and broadcasted to the whole world. These Celebrity athletes are either going to do the right things and climb the mountain to the top making all of the money or they are going to slip and fall to the bottom and everyone will forget about

Have you ever wondered what influences us to behave the way we do? Look a certain way? Or even looked for an explanation to what causes us to apply a certain perspective regarding personal and controversial issues? One of the answers to these questions may revolve around the influence we absorb from celebrities. A definitive term for celebrity is an iconic figure to a category or group who has achieved success in one or multiple aspects of their lives. As a result, these individuals have drawn in publicity and fame. Over the years with the advances in media and other forms of communication, celebrities have become topics of discussion worldwide, rather if it’s at school, with colleagues or at the dinner table, it is fair to say that

Celebrities are everywhere in the news, the latest gossip appears in the weekly magazines without fail. Whether they be an actor, athlete, dancer, designer, model, singer or just rich; there is someone out there who is watching that person like a hawk, not letting a single breath go unnoticed. Such is the life of the rich and famous, under the incessant gaze of journalists and the paparazzi. Lives that many people take a great interest in and admire to the point where others would liken this great interest and admiration to a cult-like worship of celebrities. This is a brief description of what I think to be celebrity culture.

Simply by being famous your life becomes restricted, you cannot behave like “normal people” because you are always being looked at or judged or written about. For tiger this was the case ever since he could remember because at the age of two he was on TV because of his unique golfing talents. Being in his position means a normal personal family problem turns into media fodder.

People were not exposed to barrage of news about celebrities a couple of decades ago. Mass media is becoming more garden because of rapid progress on technology day by day. Thereby, people are substantially interested in the private life of celebrities, and some of them are obsessed with celebrities. They desire to know everything about them. For instance, who is dating with whom, where they are shopping, or what they wear. In a word public have an endless hunger for more information. However, the public doesn't have the right to know about every single detail of celebrities' private lives due to several reasons.