Thursday 26 March 2015

Blog Post #1 - Is being a Celebrity full of Perks? or full of Jerks?


With all the perks of being a celebrity, there must be no downside; the fame, the fortune, the adoring fans... or is there? Many of us have always dreamed of being a celebrity walking on the red carpet in LA, but the thing we never thought about too much was: that there are also downsides to being a celebrity. Celebrities constantly have a camera and microphone in their face, and hardy ever get any private time to themselves. We always treat celebrities like almighty gods, but the fact of the matter is that they are regular people just like us. This is present in the video i just watched, it showed an argument between the celebrity Iggy Azalea and a member of the paparazzi.

What seems to have happened is Iggy was out shopping for some eggs in a grocery store, a photographer apparently had been bothering her and pestering her while invading her personal space while she is just trying to do her groceries shopping. Most people think nothing of this, even the photographer was using the excuse "you're a celebrity! you're famous!" but they always seem to forget that she is just another human being who is out to buy sustenance for herself. The person taking the video stated that Iggy assaulted the photographer by spitting on him, and I am not saying what Iggy did was okay, but try to take pictures of anyone on the street and you'll find yourself with someone yelling at you or even a slap on the face. I don't like Iggy but I hate people who don't leave you alone even more, I have personal experience in this matter.

Everyone always seems to blame the celebrity in these matters, and always seem to be like "the paparazzi are just doing their job!" even if they are doing their job they are freelance photographers, and what they do, is try to take pictures of people while invading their privacy and personal life. Personally I would have to side with the celebrities in the point that the paparazzi can be a pain in the neck. Think about going to work, doing what you do then leaving work just to have cameras and microphones in your face all day, yeah not fun.

But not only Iggy is affected by the paparazzi, not by a long shot. In fact, many other celebrities are affected by the paparazzi much more than Iggy. Jennifer Lawrence, Rihanna, and even Daniel Radcliffe. In fact, one time Daniel got so irritated with the paparazzi trying to take pictures of him, he decided to pull a little prank on them. Along with being a movie actor, Daniel also starred in theatre plays, which he was occasionally naked, fondling horses... don't ask. But, when he left, of course there would be paparazzi waiting for him to take pictures, so what he did was wear the same outfit   
for 5 months. Because if you take pictures and it looks like the same picture every day because of the clothing, they can't sell. So Daniel would wear a his outfit underneath the same jacket and pants everyday for 5 months and of course it pissed off the paparazzi.

You can read the article about Daniel here.

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