Yesterday one of my friends, who is a serious Star Trek fan, was up in arms because some people were saying bad things about William Shatner on Twitter, which I thought was rather a strange thing to get upset about.
Shatner’s legacy in TV history is assured, he still gets roles, he lives on a ranch and raises horses, he has millions of fans, and more money than he needs to wipe his butt. I’m sure he can deal with a bit of hating from the haters.
Bloom’s ex-wife Miranda Kerr
Her (my facebook friend) position was that “celebrities are people, too, they have feelings,” but I’m not sympathetic. If being a celebrity, with all the gossip and malicious backbiting that it brings, is intolerable, the simple solution is to stop being a celebrity. Stop making movies, don’t put out an album for a year or two, and the press will stop taking your picture.
It’s part of a celebrity’s job to give the more small minded among us, such as myself, something interesting to talk about, because nobody really cares what their friends had for breakfast, and even the most passionate cat lover must be sick of all the cat pictures by now.
There are limits, of course. We don’t need to mention Drew Barrymore’s sister’s death, except to say RIP. That’s just sad. I really like Drew Barrymore, and didn’t even know she had a sister.
On the other hand, Justin Bieber getting punched (sort of – some say he missed) by Orlando Bloom is just pure entertainment. According to one report, Justin had said “I slept with your wife,” and there have been plenty of rumors in Hollywood that he did, and it’s also suspected that maybe Bloom has (had?)a thing going on with Selena Gomez, but hey…it’s kind of a closed community, most celebrities sleep with other celebrities, and Bieber, Bloom, Gomez and Miranda Kerr are all young, good looking, and can sleep with whoever they like.
I’m not much of an Orlando Bloom fan, either. I liked Legolas in the book, but the films were just one 3 film, 9 hour long battle scene and Gimli got most of the best lines. So, I’d have been just as entertained if Bieber had been the puncher and Bloom the punchee.
Certainly, I don’t feel bad about my voyeuristic pleasure. The incident won’t hurt either of their careers one bit.
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