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Unpopular Opinion: Celebrity Culture Is a Pile of Poo
Something I have always wanted to say
Celebrity culture is an absolute pile of poo.
I have always had the profoundest contempt for celebrities and celebrity culture for the longest time; I pride myself on being on of the very few people who has never seen an episode of keeping with the Kardashians.
We have a set of people who are famous for being famous and have done very little by way of moving societies forward.
But I must point out that I was well aware of the sex tape that the singer RayJ had with Kim Kardashian in 2006 or 2007. Details have since emerged that the matriarch of the Kardashian family — Kris — actively encouraged her daughter to participate in ‘leaked sex tape’ which helped propelled the family business into the stratosphere.
This residual contempt has since morphed into disgust.
And my disgust had begun to crystallize during the Will Smith v Chris Rock saga. We had a guy whose life was literally falling apart who thought that it was wise to assault another celeb, because he wasn’t too happy about the jokes being told about his wife.
As if the whole Will Smith, Chris Rock debacle wasn’t bad enough, my time line was flooded with images of Dave Chapelle being attacked and the immediate…