To hell with these snooty celebs

Oh, the supercilious attitude of our local celebrities! A friend of mine was recently tasked with the galling duty of ticketing a party that was teeming with these uppity, hoity-toity big shots and boy, was she disillusioned! Their stuck-up behaviour was astonishing. There were those who expected preferential treatment and used the tired, “Do you know who I am,” line to try and get out of paying for their tickets. Massive eye roll. Yes, I know who you are. You are a washed up musician who was last relevant 10 years ago! So, will you be paying cash or by phone transfer? Next please!

Then there were the snooty, standoffish a**holes who don’t talk to the common folk. They believe they are way too important to interact with pathetic regular people. They have it in their heads that their fame puts them above others. They are too good to interact with anyone who isn’t a celebrity.

They usually bring hangers-on who attend to their needs so that they don’t have to talk directly to the “little people”. Nigga please! And of course there are those who are d**ks to everyone. They seem to think that their status gives them a licence to be rude to others. I guess when you are a semi-famous comedian, you no longer have to be polite to people. Not to forget the raving egomaniacs who turn up their noses at the very fans who put them where they are. They can’t stand the grovelling pests who keep asking them to pose for selfies or sign autographs.

It is high time these puffed-up narcissists realised the importance of being courteous to other people. After all, the only reason that anyone in the entertainment industry is famous is because there are lots of people who like, or at the very least, support them. Without these pesky fans, they would be nobodies. Getting some half-ass fame and money shouldn’t make you lose sight of the ‘little people.’ They are spending their hard-earned money on your sub-par music, movies, or sports events and the least you can do is not be a jerk about their overzealous adulation.

I totally understand that it can’t be easy being the centre of attention but it won’t hurt you to occasionally pose for pictures and interact with fans. This doesn’t mean that you are not entitled to privacy, but you should at the very least be gracious and polite to fans, not scowl at them and dismiss them. An insolent celebrity isn’t any better than any other bad-mannered person. These celebs also need to stop, take stock of how they got where they are, and treat those who gave them a leg-up their due acknowledgment and courtesy. They didn’t get to be the successful stars they are today without the help of others. They may have the talent, but without the fan base that is willing to follow them, they would be just talented nobodies.