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Why We Shouldn’t Feel Sorry For Celebrities
It’s not our responsibility to make them feel better.
If you are a celebrity, you have money and power. You can do many things with money and power, and the most important one is to get professional help when you are not feeling your best.
On the 15th of August, Lizzo did an Instagram live crying about the bad reception of her new song. The same day, the world saw Kabul being taken by the Taliban after 20 years of “freedom”. So what is more important? Lizzo’s drama or Afghanistan’s future? I am sorry, but we all know the answer.
I don’t think celebrities don’t have the right to feel bad, only because they have money and power, but they can’t expect their followers to make them feel better. Lizzo has all the money and power to access the best therapists and therapies in the world. She can talk for hours to professionals and do all sorts of treatments to make her feel better, so why cry for your fans? Do they really need that? Probably, don’t.
I am not saying that social media should be used only for sending positive messages because life is not all about happiness, but at least for sending relevant messages. Five days later, she is happy again playing the flute.
