Celebrities: They're Just People

"Did you hear about Britney?"  "Goodness me, Jessica Simpson is pregnant!"  "Tom Cruise is a scientologist!"  "Awww, guess who died today..."  I can bet you a thousand dollars the name finishing that last one is not going to be so and so's Grandpa.  It's going to be a celebrity.  So here's the point of this post: celebrity worship...what's the point?  We all seem to care so much about what's going on in the celebrity gossip circle that we forget what's going on in our own lives.  So what's with that?  Pretty depressing if you ask me.  Why should we care who's dating who?  Who's pregnant?  What's she naming her baby?  Why should we care about that stuff in celebrities' lives when it happens to people who aren't in the spotlight all the time?  My point is what the hell is with us butting into peoples' lives so much.  FUCK THE PAPARAZZI!  They do not deserve one red cent that they receive.  They ruin other peoples' lives with embarrassing pictures that the next day are plastered all over the shit rags we call celebrity magazines.  Then again you people who read those things are no better.  Get a life!  Do something that might, heaven forbid, have some meaning to your life.  Seriously?  Celebrities are just another person.  Sure they might be talented, good looking, and have a high profile job, but that does not mean that you should treat them like gods and spend all your time trying to find out little facts about them.  Get over it.  You have a life too.  So really just stop.  Have you ever thought about their side of the story?  How do you think they feel about being in the lime light all the time?  I know I wouldn't want my new baby's first experience outside of the hospital to be of flashing cameras and yelling reporters.  So come on.  Give them a break.