Open Letter To All Famous People
Dear Mr. or Mrs. Celebrity:
We don’t love you. You are not at all-important to us. Your opinions, your heartaches, your hobbies and your drama have absolutely no value to us outside of entertainment.
What we love is what we pay you for. Nothing more.
There are people who love you. That group includes your family, friends and stalkers.
When you get up on a stage and do what we pay to see we are happy. When you are in an entertaining movie we are happy. Even your infamous videos usually contain something people are willing to pay for.
But when you get up on stage and say the stuff we don’t pay you for- well, welcome back to Earth. People will respond to you almost as if it was me up there. All the sudden you’re not captain celebrity, you are another loudmouth out of their element.
Hey, I know you- you’re that actress, that singer, that comedian- not that politician.
If we want you to sing, then sing. If we want you to dance- then dance. Don’t use the moment that people are fixated on your talent to start spurting your beliefs and pet projects.
We don’t care what you think- we care about how much money we paid to see you entertain us. People whose vote could be swayed by a mediocre sitcom star would probably be just as likely to vote for a cartoon rabbit.
Do me a personal favor. When you do become so enamored by yourself that you think we actually want to hear your political beliefs, please graciously take whatever you get in return.
Then go home and practice whatever it is that did actually get you famous- because unless you’re diving full-fledged into politics, we’d really like you to focus on the day job.
July 23rd, 2004 at 5:23 am
Well said!
*applauds*
July 23rd, 2004 at 7:09 am
Yea! She deserved to get kicked out. Stupid celebrities. Why do they act like they know more about politics than the average person? They don’t know Jack! Most of them don’t even have a college degree! Stupid illiterates. Shut the heck up! Who do you think you are that you think we’re waiting to hear your opinion? Jesus? Just..just shut up and dance.
Whew!
July 23rd, 2004 at 7:24 am
No need to mention initials right Barbra and Linda?
July 23rd, 2004 at 8:46 am
Couldn’t have said it better myself. I don’t know what is worse though… celebrities talking about politics or celebrities getting all pissed off at the backlash from when they do talk about politics.
I haven’t read it but I think this book is basically what you just said but with chapters and a hard cover… http://www.townhall.com/bookclub/ingraham.html
July 23rd, 2004 at 9:06 am
There’s just so many celebrities, you can’t really name one. It’s getting hard to go to a concert without getting 45 minutes of speeches in between songs.
I just think it’s hilarious how the hollywood types and the other entertainers still do this stuff and take themselves seriously.
Just because people listen to your character, doesn’t mean they give a crap about you or what you think.
July 23rd, 2004 at 9:49 am
I look at it this way. If you plan on living by the great benefits of the free market, where you make an awful lot of money simply by entertaining the masses, which really doesn’t have any actual measurable effect on society, then you best be prepared to die by that same free market. Feel free to say whatever the hell you want, just don’t complain when I burn your album or yell from the crowd to shut up. Sounds pretty simple, right?
July 23rd, 2004 at 12:04 pm
Yeah. What they said.
js
July 25th, 2004 at 12:09 pm
Thank goodness I’m not a famous!
July 28th, 2004 at 6:45 am
I’m such a hypocrite though…
I voted for the Governator!
I’m sorry.