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Will the actions of Lindsay Lohan or other out-of-control celebrities prove fatal to themselves?
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| No | 19% | 133 votes | Total: 692 votes | |
| Yes | 81% | 559 votes |
No
by Christopher Kendalls
Created on: July 28, 2007 Last Updated: August 24, 2007
Celebrities aren't really that out of control. Most are doing stuff that most of us do anyway; the fact that they are in the position of being a celebrity and the closeness and obsession that we have with celebrity, which has reached new heights, is a big part of why we feel that they are out of control in the first place. What about the numerous individuals that have money that do stupid things that no one is talking about. Many of them walk away from these unfortunate events and still go on to maintain their lifestyle and live the life that they want to have. We are looking at every little single idiotic thing that a celebrity does and loosing sleep over it, if anything, we are the one's whose unhealthy relationship with celebrity who are going to suffer the most harm!
I haven't seen anything that exciting or that out of the way that these celebrities do that even shows that they are out of control to begin with. There isn't much many of them can do; you hear about drug use, alcohol abuse, wild sexual escapades. The type of stuff a lot of people without money are already doing. When you're broke, and no one knows you, this type of stuff can complicate your life really quickly and shut down your social life like no one's business. But when you have the resources that these celebrities have you never really have to suffer the full blunt of the consequences. So you do 20 plus days in the slammer and you have your liscense taken away from you. Paris Hilton is not riding the bus and doesn't really have to go anywhere anyway! She says she suffers from anxiety and claustrophobia; no one ever would have known that and it doesn't seem to impair her life that much.
Britney Spears cuts off her hair, she's still Britney Spears! Bald or not most guys would still want to date her; it isn't as if she's suffering from radiation treatments or anything, and that wouldn't get in the way for some of us either. All that these actions do is make celebrities even more interesting and show that they are more human. They aren't these artificial people that haven't done anything wrong that absolutely no one can relate to; they're just real people in a different set of circumstances. You cannot expect anyone the age of Lindsay Lohan's age to act responsibly anyway, not to mention the fact that Lindsay Lohan doesn't seem to have much of a work ethic. That will prove fatal to her career, and troublesome if she spends up the money that she does have. But I just can't see that happening anytime soon.
As long as we're still talking about celebrities and obsessing over them they have some type of future. Once people forget about celebrities their career is pretty much over, at least for the interim. It's hard to mess up being a celebrity, as far as your own personal life, if you can live with yourself and can honestly say that you do not have any regrets with the stupid stuff you've done I guess that's something we'll have to come to accept.
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Yes
by Ann E. Smith
Created on: April 22, 2008
Whether it is Lindsay Lohan or Paris Hilton or Amy Winehouse, the current poster children of bad behavior will eventually have to face the consequences of their out-of control and self-destructive behaviors. Whether their actions lead to death, as is so often the case, may be contingent on when these celebrities hit their bottoms and who is there for them when that happens.
While the media and at times the public seem to almost reward the incredible antics of the young and famous by increased coverage and by continuing to support their films and records, there will always come a day when the line is crossed. For the fickle public and media, the celebrity is no longer viewed as interesting or edgy but as downright washed up and pathetic. Great examples of the fall from huge fame to pathetic shame include the 80s sensations Corey Haim and Corey Feldman. Or let's go back a decade to Leif Garrett and Michael Jackson. Once they were A-listers and now they, and many like them, may have challenges finding steady work.
And, aside from what happens to the career or perception of the out-of-control celebrities, what about their actual health, mentally and physically? We know that many, sadly, do not come out of their downward spiral alive. This tragic story, sometimes of Shakespearean proportions, has been told over and over again. Some of the most talented cannot handle fame and turn to pills, booze and other drugs to cope. In a few short years, they go from the top of the charts to six feet under. How can we think of Elvis Presley, Marilyn Monroe, Jimi Hendrix, Janis Joplin, Judy Garland, River Phoenix, James Dean and countless other great talents with fatal substance abuse issues and not wonder if they would have lived longer without the fame?
The sad truth is that some of these famous people could potentially get help before crossing the point of no return that leads to that death spiral; however, due to their current fame or money-generating capabilities, those who are supposedly close to them often then enable the addictions. It often seems that the trappings of fame not only create an almost caricature of the who the famous person once really was, as well as a menagerie of hangers-on and parasites as so-called friends and confidantes.
I guess the lesson we can all learn from these sad examples of people who have lost control and to such extremes is that sometimes less really is more. And, before we go too far down that path of pointing fingers at these folks for all that they do wrong - while not condoning bad behavior - let's remember that we can all fall prey to being addicted to something that is not good for us. And, whether we are famous or not, the fall into oblivion is never pretty, often deadly and very tough to overcome.
Perhaps fame and wealth really are not all they are cracked up to be. A cliche, yes, but that does not take away from its truth.
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