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Popping horse metabolism pills to lose weight super fast for the next movie role, appointing household pets as sole heirs to their hundreds of millions of dollars, misusing prescription meds for so long and in such absurd amounts that their bodies give out and cave in... Bizarre celebrity behavior? Yes. Staged? Not quite.

This is really human nature at its rawest. The drive to be noticed and praised is as old as mankind and no one , whether a famous public figure or any common Joe blow, is immune to its seductive beckon. The sordid details of celebrity pitfalls and seeming peculiarities are fodder for mainstream media and so-called basement' tabloids, and the mad rush to obtain the latest scoop on who missed their court appointment or who the baby-daddy' is , in my opinion, is just plain voyeurism.

By constantly publishing these stories, no matter their truth or veracity, the media serves as both judge and jury in the court of public opinion. The ensuing commentaries in daytime talk shows and dismissive jokes in late night shows feed the speculations as it were, leaving the celebrity and their career to either crash and burn before our very eyes or absurdly earn them even more obscene amounts of money, to further fuel their self destruction.

One of my neighbors is a truck driver whose house has a revolving door for every Mary, Jane and Sandra from our local red light district, but nobody cares enough to try make some money from this information, reason: no one will be interested enough to pay for it. It's his business. Oh, but wait till superstar so-and-so' is photographed in some hotel with a bevy of groupies and all kinds of social commentators and self appointed morality police emerge from the wood works.

My point here is that given the same set of circumstances and celebrity environment, anyone could behave in like manner. Self destruction is not a phenomena akin to celebrities and public figures only. It is a dark part of human nature that is actually being replicated in homes, offices, bars, hotel rooms, and all kinds of places the world over every single day, and that by common people who are having to make choices on ways to handle the issues in their lives. They might not have the social status or financial means as celebrities, but they too are responding to the pressures and frustrations facing them, and the results could be as devastating to them and their families or communities as it is to the trouble-prone celebrity. They just don't make the headlines as often.

Every human being needs a road map for managing their life, celebrity or not. When strong family and professional support is unavailable in a celebrity's life, their financial and social means can easily become a source of escape and denial. This is what's happening with young Hollywood actors who have to deal with pressure to perform and produce constantly but many are without a safety net to fall back on when the glitz and glamor fades or the lights go out and reality truly hits home.

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