What do you think being famous/ a celebrity is actually like?

  • CerebralHawks@lemmy.dbzer0.com
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    2 hours ago

    I think it’s a loss of privacy.

    However, there are some famous people who mostly get left alone. I’m not sure why they stay out of the limelight; I guess because they aren’t controversial and don’t do anything outrageous. Like for example I’ve heard of people in the tri-state area (New York, Pennsylvania, New Jersey — sometimes Connecticut) say that they’ve seen the likes of Mick Foley (wrestler, known in the ring as Mankind or Cactus Jack) or Billy Joel (singer) around New York City, and that they’re nice guys, but they’re also just New Yorkers just trying to live their life. They don’t dress flashy, they don’t drive European supercars, they just… live normal, boring lives, so the press doesn’t hound them, but if you’re around there, you have a small chance of encountering them, and apparently (I’ve never met either of them) they’re pretty nice as long as you don’t hound them.

    There are a lot of famous people who stay out of the limelight. Most of them, I’d say.

    So otherwise, I guess it just means you’re not anonymous when you go out.