Celebrity Lives: Do I Know You and Why Should I Care?

Paparazzi haunt them. Tabloids expose them. Fans drive them crazy.

Who are they?

CELEBRITIES.

In a time where everything you do is viewable 24/7 via the Internet, the life of a celebrity is overexposed.

You cannot turn on a television, or open a newspaper or magazine without headlines blaring the adventures of yet another star.

"Britney Spears Dines With Mom". "Beyoncé Knowles Suffers Wardrobe Malfunction". "Foxy Brown Charged with Assault - Again!", are just some of the headlines we've been inundated with over the last year.

We knew when J-Lo was pregnant, and Amy Winehouse was out of rehab. The word on the street about Brad Pitt and Angelina's wedding came before they probably knew about it. Any and every move is "captured on film" and aired on shows like "The Insider", "HollywoodTV.com", and "Inside Edition" for all of the world to see anytime they want.

Answer me this...Why should I care?!

I don't. Truly, I don't care.

So what if Janet Jackson's boob popped out during the SuperBowl? Big deal if Pam Anderson and latest boyfriend are together or not!

None of what these people do will pay my bills, change the way I vote, or even weigh in the thoughts as to how I dress. As far as I am concerned - they are not all that special.

I do appreciate the talents these people display. Actors/actresses, singers/dancers...great entertainers they very well may be. But if it were not for those like myself who watch them in movies, sing in concerts or speak on TV talk shows, they would be just like me. A nobody with my own life to live.

If anything, they should pay me, in many cases, to watch them perform. Seriously. The price of a concert ticket can be as high as a car payment.

Think about it...Miley Cyrus is about to appear in Utah in July. The tickets range from $35.00 to $120.00.

$120.00 for one ticket! What if you have two or more children that want to go to this concert?

And that's just to get into the show. Don't forget souvenirs, food and drink. And yes, there is gas.

Have you seen the price of a gallon of gasoline? $4.00 and more for one gallon, and it takes more than that to go anywhere.

You can easily spend $1,000.00 or more to watch a one to one and one-half hour long show.

And for what? A child who made it big because you (your child) watches every show, buys every CD, and reads every article (true or not) about her, and those like her - celebrities.

This allows us to know if Will Smith carries his "stuff" to the left or the right side of his shorts? Whether Ben Affleck is right-handed or left? Or does it mean I can find out if Whitney Houston prefers white bread over rye. And I need it in pictures, video, and sound bites. I want to be sure I don't miss a thing.

Get a life, people. And allow these people to have theirs.

It's okay to like, even admire a star for their body of work, but do you really need to see their naked (semi or fully) body as they attempt to have a private moment with loved ones in the "privacy" of their homes.

Fine, enjoy the music they perform on CD and in concert, but let them sing in the shower without you there.

Celebrities are people too and just want to give you the entertainment you value and expect from them. So why not let them have their lives. You don't see them bombarding your home when you are trying to make love to your spouse, or having dinner with mom and dad on the patio.

They don't care how you use the toilet or what toothpaste you use.

They have problems just like you (Ed McMahon in risk of losing his multi-million dollar home to foreclosure, for example) and they need to have time to figure out how to deal with them. It is called P-R-I-V-A-C-Y.

No, the fact that you (and millions like you) made them the "star they are" doesn't give you the right to know every single, solitary thing they do, see, think, feel. Nothing.

Continue to enjoy them. Continue to admire them. Continue to pray for them. They are humans too. But for gosh sakes...let them alone and have a life of their own. They have earned it.

And think...what if the show were on the other foot? How would you like it?...