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This makes me sad...
ednbarby:
--- Quote from: littleguitar on April 25, 2006, 05:44:32 pm ---Really thoughtfull post, Barb and I completley agree.
Like I said before, that's it for me, I'm swearing off Iheartjake and jake watch. I've never been into tabloids or even magazines like people and us weekly, I used to get Entertainment weekly for the film reviews but I don't during the school year. Jake sparked a new obsession in me, he's the first celebrity I've really watched closely. But that stopped with that picture. Like you said, they owe us nothing and as much as i like to look at Jake he deserves some sort of privacy... That picture makes me feel guilty. I didn't start this thread though to make anyone else feel guilty or to say that those who still want to check out those sites are doing something wrong... just that I can't anymore.
Really interesting discussion on this thread though! thanks for sharing your thoughts! :)
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Thanks, lg. And I'm with you - that picture makes me feel bad for having gone to those sites (yes, I admit it freely - I have been a hypocrite) in the past, too. I don't think there's anything wrong with people who do still enjoy it and don't feel guilty about it or who have a different point of view than I about what celebrities do and do not owe the public - I just feel differently. I agree - very interesting discussion!
kirkmusic:
I think about this stuff sometimes because I plan on being famous within the next couple of years. As someone who likes going places on my own and enjoying my solitude, I wonder how I'd handle it. For me, fame isn't a goal. I would just take it as an indicator that I'm reaching the audience that I think I'm capable of reaching. But how dramatically does one's life change? Will I still be able to go to Disneyland and just have a good time being a rambunctious adult like I always have? As a fan, I have enjoyed seeing pictures of Jake working out and hanging with friends, so I don't think I would mind sharing some of that with my own fans. But, like, where do you take vacations if you're Madonna? Or how about George Michael? Being openly gay and famous is a dangerous combination in some places, I'd imagine.
I figure if I really hate being famous I could always just stop doing work for public consumption and let my career crash. I don't want to be Kurt Cobain after all. But (using that word a lot here) would the price of not being able to write and sing and share my own songs and make my living off of that be worth having my privacy back? I've been tremendously unfulfilled for not doing that up until now. I've only learned to really open up in the past 6 years or so and to suddenly have to start keeping secrets would fckng suck! Think about it. Just the little things. I'd have to change my name on this forum. I'd have to take my face pictures down from the personals sites I have profiles on, and what good are said profiles without them? Well, that wouldn't be a big deal. But you know what I mean? Think about how you live now and what would have to change if you knew that everything you did might be subject to public scrutiny. Part of me thinks, the hell with it. What do I really have to hide? Nothing I'm ashamed of but there are certainly things for which some would judge me.
I can't possibly know what it would be like until it happens, if it happens. I trust myself to handle whatever comes, it just gives me pause sometimes.
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