| Another week and another Google Alert. I opened | | | | are crucified. They have no rights and cannot even |
| one recently that talked about celebrities who were | | | | throw out the trash without people going through it. |
| bullied growing up. Also, saw information on the | | | | Society feels that not only are they expected to be |
| recent book written by Miley Cyrus entitled Miles to | | | | perfect but when they do fail or something bad |
| Go where bullies locked her in a bathroom for over | | | | happens, everyone cannot wait to get their hands on |
| an hour and she thought nobody would ever come | | | | the magazines, tabloids and other fodder. If you ask |
| and save her. Jessica Simpson mentioned having eggs | | | | me, it's a wonder they can keep their sanity as living |
| thrown at her house and toilet papered. Others like | | | | under a microscope can be really hard. Sure, they |
| Tom Cruise and Taylor Swift also shared memories | | | | have money but is it really worth all of this? Humans |
| of being at the hands of these little criminals in | | | | are not wired to exist like this and no wonder many |
| training during childhood. Fame has entered their lives | | | | spiral out of control. |
| and sadly, I do not believe any bullying has stopped. | | | | Celebrities are people like the rest of us. It just |
| Its grown worse if you ask me. | | | | happens that their work is in the public eye whether |
| The lives of celebrities are under a microscope. The | | | | it be television or radio. In a lot of ways they are like |
| public cannot get enough of them. Fans sometimes | | | | the rest of us. Some have families to support with |
| do not know when to leave them alone. Society has | | | | children to raise. Others use that money to pay the |
| taught us to worship these people and as a result, | | | | high taxes they accumulate. Some are not even |
| we expect them to always be nice, giving and live up | | | | asked to be celebrities as they are born into this |
| to the pedestals we put them on. If they have a bad | | | | lifestyle. Most importantly, they are not superhuman |
| day, forget to sign an autograph or walk out of the | | | | and are fallible like the rest of us. Celebrity Worship |
| house with a shirt that does not settle with fans or | | | | Syndrome is a serious problem and we need to stop |
| others, they are sure to see it plastered all over the | | | | bullying them and allow them to live that life, liberty |
| internet and be one of the top searches in a search | | | | and pursuit of happiness like the rest of us. Put |
| engine. I live in Los Angeles and I have seen the | | | | yourselves in their shoes for a minute. How would |
| paparazzi chase these people with cameras and cars. | | | | you feel if you had to leave your home incognito |
| There is no privacy in their lives and that life, liberty | | | | everyday? Getting daily threats in the mail and having |
| and pursuit of happiness goes out the window. The | | | | to protect your children from kidnapping possibilities? |
| public believes that since they are who they are, | | | | Watch everything you do in public or always running |
| they must share every aspect of their lives with the | | | | away from paparazzi? You could not even drive to |
| rest of us. In other words, we expect them to live | | | | Burger King for a Whopper without someone finding |
| as they do because of who they are. | | | | out! Have your friends sell you out for money or you |
| I have to just say it and that is celebrities live their | | | | get blackmailed? Something to certainly think about in |
| lives being bullied. They are stalked, harassed, | | | | all of this. Is it really necessary? Can't we just let |
| slandered, pressured by their peers and are expected | | | | them live and let live? |
| to live perfect lives. One step over the line and they | | | | |
