I don’t really follow celeb gossip. Not on purpose, anyway. I do hear about it though – either someone mentions something to me, or I see a headline when I open Google to look for something else, or one of the few times I am on Facebook I see posts. But usually it leads to one or another negative outcome. Either it’s a death – often one that’s been made into a story rather than a life. Or it’s something salacious that should have been a private moment or event in a real person’s life made public because of who they are, and it feels icky to know about. Or it’s pseudo-news, something that isn’t actually news except for the person it’s happening to. Usually I either don’t care and then feel a bit bad that I don’t care if it’s something bad happening to someone, or I feel disappointed because someone has done something awful that changes my view of them, based as it was on a superficial non-knowing of them. Even the news these days is almost always yet another thing going wrong in the world, something I can’t do anything about, and something that will have an impact on everyone, including my kid as time marches on. At the end of the day, I don’t really find that any good comes out of engaging with all the goings-on of the rich and famous of the world, because it’s all a façade and is generally pretty depressing in one way or another.
What about you guys? Anyone have a different experience with it than I do?
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Not really, no. Partly because I just don’t know who most of them are—and partly because the whole energy around celebrity gossip feels a little… off. There’s something about picking apart strangers’ lives that doesn’t sit right with me. I’d rather put that attention into stories, books, or the small magic of everyday people.
I agree. I sometimes give in to click bait, but generally it either wasn’t worth it, or I regret it! Books and real people are far more interesting.
I always feel bad for those celebrities who are going through something really personal and private only for it then to be spread all over a website or magazine cover.
Yes, me too. I’m naturally curious, so I do feel that pull occasionally to want to read the gossip, but I generally regret it if I do very much! I find it a bit sad, mostly, because either it feels fake or just tinged with deep emptiness. Maybe I’m just cynical!