The Impact Celebrities Have On Our Lives Summary

Palmer wrote a response to Deborah King’s article, “The Impact Celebrities Have on Our Lives”. According to Palmer being fascinated by the rich and famous has been happening for ages. The only difference is that individuals are beginning to grow an obsession towards their favorite celebrities. Many of the celebrities that are being worshipped by the people around the world are terrible people. A vast majority of people are currently amused by the daily lives of their favorite celebrity; otherwise, ordinary people will not know how to carry out their free time. Furthermore, having an obsession towards a favorite celebrity is not necessarily an unhealthy way of living, but instead a way more interesting way for a person to not only gain knowledge about the celebrity, but from the situation the celebrity has overpowered throughout their career.

The type of knowledge one can gain from a celebrity or a group of celebrities is the celebrities’ mistakes. A perfect example of a celebrity one can avoid being obsessed with is Lindsay Lohan. According to the website biography.com, Lindsay Lohan was once an extremely famous celebrity with an extraordinarily numerous amount of success. Lohan began her career at the age of three making her debut as a child fashion model. She eventually made it on

the big screen with the motion picture The Parent Trap, her career on the big screen took flight. Lindsay’s first album Speak was released in 2004, the album was eventually certified platinum. However, Lindsay had all this success in music, and on the big screen. She eventually grew a bad habit of doing drugs, and during the years 2010-2013 she went to rehab three times. Many individuals in our society could possibly learn that being famous, and having everything in the world does not take away bad habits. Lohan proves King’s point about being obsessed with celebrities is naturally an unhealthy way of living. Even though Lindsay was viewed as a terrible person who went to rehab, individuals could still possibly sit down to read about her struggles, and find themselves to be amused. Celebrities who undertake a struggle in their career usually do not overcome the struggle, but the ones that do are highly recognized by society making them qualified role models.
Celebrities tend to undertake struggles throughout their career, but some of the celebrities recuperate to become influential in a positive way which will cause people to have a healthy obsession. Jolie made mistakes that affected her public profile. For example, when Jolie had won her Oscar, she kissed her brother on the lips. This incident began the rumors of how she was consuming tabloids for incest. However, celebrity profiles also covered her sex life, and her experiences with drugs during that time in her career. What Jolie did after she surpassed her struggles is what makes her more than just qualified to be obsessed with. “Although she had a very rocky and well-known past, has come to be one of the greatest spokeswoman about the living conditions children in various third world countries face”. (King 3). Jolie made up for what she did in her past by changing her whole life around, and showing people that she is an inconceivable person. Palmer mentioned that obsessing over a celebrity is not necessarily a negative phenomenon, so Jolie would be a prime example of a celebrity who is worth obsessing over. Therefore, having an obsession over a celebrity that is somewhat similar to Angelina Jolie is what most people need. Even though most celebrities are viewed as an opportunity to entertain one another on a daily bases.
Entertainment is what most people need in their ordinary lives which is one of the biggest reasons why people adore, and worship celebrities. An innumerable amount of the people from the society in our day and time would love to catch a glimpse of their favorite celebrity venture through what Lindsay did back in 2010. Deborah King mentioned in her article, “When Britney Spears is brought to the hospital and evaluated for bipolar disorder, we feel differently about our own depression”. Which means that people want to take note that their favorite celebrities are also humanly parallel to the rest of the population. An enormous amount of people need to be distracted almost every day; otherwise, everyone would turn completely insane. People would not have anything interesting to discuss amongst themselves when having a conversation. According to Palmer, having a celebrity obsession is a must, because people prefer to discuss about celebrities than to discuss what is functioning around the world. For example, people would prefer to converse about what Kanye West had for breakfast, or what Beyonce was wearing at the Grammy’s. Instead of talking about natural disasters that are occurring around the world. Individuals enjoy being distracted from their surroundings by watching television or listening to their favorite kind of music.
In conclusion, becoming obsessed over a celebrity is not necessarily a negative vibe, depending on the celebrity one chooses to become obsessed over. Lindsay Lohan is a terrible celebrity who went through a rough time in her prestigious career, but she did not overcome her
struggles.

Lindsay had an amazing career, but her bad habits held her back from succeeding. Angelina Jolie is a great example of a celebrity one should become obsessed over mainly, because Jolie did surpass her rocky past. “Although she had a very rocky and well-known past, has come to be one of the greatest spokeswoman about the living conditions children in various third world countries face”.(King 3). Furthermore, having an obsession towards a favorite celebrity is not necessarily an unhealthy way of living, but instead a way more interesting way for a person to not only gain knowledge about the celebrity, but from the situation the celebrity has gone through in their

career.