Originally Posted by Linda_Dean:
“I've never understood the need for people to strike up a sycophantic conversation with a complete stranger just because they have some level of public profile, it seems the most absurd thing to me. Autographs as well, I mean seriously, lol, unless the stranger in question was signing a cheque out in my name, I ain't interested, no matter how much I like that persons work.
They are just strangers in the street; if someone I didn't know came up to me in the street and started demanding I pay them attention, or my signature, I'd consider them ridiculous and rude. Think about it, if it was you and some stranger started screaming sycophantically at you and demanding your time, and felt entitled to do so because of your job? You'd think they were freaks!
Then there is the argument that they have no rights because they are in the public eye – I find the people making this justification rather worrying. Everyone has a right to privacy and to be left alone, no matter how much of a media wh*re they are. Someone I've never met owes me nothing, even if I admire their work. I find the whole celebrity worship thing just ridiculous.
As for certain strangers (celebrities) being 'nice', it's all down to perception. My version of 'nice' is not the same as someone elses. If you meet a 'celebrity' when they are 'on duty', say for example, at a convention, then it's their job to be nice. If you are one of those idiots who thinks it is appropriate to bother a complete stranger when someone is eating, or shopping, or doing normal 'off duty' things, and expect something from them, then you deserve as rude a response as you are being.”
“I've never understood the need for people to strike up a sycophantic conversation with a complete stranger just because they have some level of public profile, it seems the most absurd thing to me. Autographs as well, I mean seriously, lol, unless the stranger in question was signing a cheque out in my name, I ain't interested, no matter how much I like that persons work.
They are just strangers in the street; if someone I didn't know came up to me in the street and started demanding I pay them attention, or my signature, I'd consider them ridiculous and rude. Think about it, if it was you and some stranger started screaming sycophantically at you and demanding your time, and felt entitled to do so because of your job? You'd think they were freaks!
Then there is the argument that they have no rights because they are in the public eye – I find the people making this justification rather worrying. Everyone has a right to privacy and to be left alone, no matter how much of a media wh*re they are. Someone I've never met owes me nothing, even if I admire their work. I find the whole celebrity worship thing just ridiculous.
As for certain strangers (celebrities) being 'nice', it's all down to perception. My version of 'nice' is not the same as someone elses. If you meet a 'celebrity' when they are 'on duty', say for example, at a convention, then it's their job to be nice. If you are one of those idiots who thinks it is appropriate to bother a complete stranger when someone is eating, or shopping, or doing normal 'off duty' things, and expect something from them, then you deserve as rude a response as you are being.”
Funny how any of us, ever get married or find a partner, because my husband was a stranger would he approached me
How dare he speak to me, when I was enjoying myself, and not working. lol
These celebs,love the attention at first, but guess once reached the full circle of no one wanting to know, they sell their autographs on ebay. lol






