I Am A Celebrity!!!

How many of us would wish we could be in a celebrity’s shoe. We all have our role models from various walks of life. Some would wish they were a rock star, a pop singer, an actor, and actress. And there are those who wish to be a sportsperson like their favorite players in cricket, tennis, soccer etc…



With the recent news of a famous sports stars promiscuous nature being revealed, I started wondering ,would this have happened to him had he been just a common man???



Its just great to be known, wherever you go and to be paid for everything that you do. From opening a department store to endorsing drinks, shoes and what not. They have the best of cars, the best of houses and the best of everything money and fame can buy.

But then again is life all that great I wonder?



When a person just starts to climb the ladder to fame, the first thing that comes to his mind when he is in public is how many of them recognize him. He would still remember the first time someone recognized him on the street. What an elated feeling that was, to be known, to be famous, to be admired. The first time someone walked up to him and said “Can I have a photograph taken with you”. The first time someone walked up to him and said “Can I have your autograph”.

It feels great and you tend to like it and every time someone walks up to him he gives a personalized autograph and fills in with all the poses his fan would like to have with him.



Days go by, months go by and a few years go by. Now how does this person look at fame, ever wondered??



He is no more a person with his individuality. He belongs to the masses, to the paparrazi, to the media and to the television and newspapers in your homes. Everything he does and says are to be seen, heard, felt and gossiped.



Every place he goes, there are eyes staring at him, his every move. His affairs are more personal to the public than it is to him. His opinions and views have to be reviewed before it is made public so as not to harm his reputation and with that the multi-million dollar contracts with the endorsement companies.



Does he have the simple pleasures of dining at a local restaurant or at a movie theatre. Can he move around freely without the entourage of bodyguards to protect him from possible stabbers?



As all things in life, I guess nature has this wonderful way of balancing out everything. Nothing by nature’s law is imbalanced, if you observe. With all the comforts the celebrity status brings about, it comes with its nullification, the balance, which at some point in life one would wish they could have it back.



So for us as humans how much is enough is never known and we continue to wish for what we don’t have and when we get them, we don’t know if we wanted it in the first place.