The Rolling Stones and Justin Bieber: Scandals in the Spotlight

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Although fame and being in the spotlight may seem like it’s all fun and games, when a celebrity starts doing bad things, those things spread like wild fire. The tabloids create an extended truth about the stories that actually take place. Everything that a star does is captured in either a video or a picture. All the privacy that you once had is now gone. You represent that nation to other countries and how we as Americans are suppose to be acting. All the bad things that our celebrities do, other countries see and base our nation upon. The actions, good or bad, are looked at as if we all do them. The Rolling Stones and Justin Bieber represent different time periods and how society has changed within the last few decades, but some of the actions stayed the same. There are drug scandals, ruined relationships, and a musical difference that is undeniable. The years have gone on and the actions had gotten worse. The Stones as well as Beiber have both had a massive impact on the world and the people that live in it.

Justin Bieber is suppose to be a role model for today’s society and demonstrates the immiturity of stars his age and how when you have “fans” all the fame can go straight to your head and you can start to believe you’re untouchable. “Why the f**k are you doing this? What the f**k did I do? Why did you stop me?” Bieber cussed out a cop when he was pulled over for drag racing in Miami. During the stop, Justin failed a sobriety test, admitted to under age drinking, smoking weed and taking some antidepressant prescription pills that his mother gave him. Over the last five years Justin has been careless with the stunts he has pulled and the things he has let take place. He has been caught fighting with paparazzi, he was urina...

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... The Rolling Stones and Justin Bieber were both very different, they had similar actions and it all began once the fame hit. We as a society and as individuals are able to learn how lucky we are with the things that we have. We have the choice to not act the way that our role models do. They chose not to change themselves and the actions that they cause. For us they are a demonstration of how we shouldn’t be acting. We see the effects of what they’re doing and we can see how much it hurts them and all of the people around them.Things have changed in such a way that people now think that drugs, lies, and running around is alright. The roots and beliefs that our nation once had about a family lifestyle are now old memories. People no longer think that way and most of it is because we see how our role models are acting and we assume that it is the right way to live.

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