Magazines, Television and the Internet), for observers and fans is an
interesting and never ending one.
Unfounded or frequently true stories, "inappropriate" or scandalous
pictures andvideos seemingly appear from nowhere andgo viral,
especially on the internet (due to its cheap and easily accessible
nature) without the faintest knowledge or permission from the
personality in question. He/she can go to bed without anyworry in the
world and suddenly wake up to realize he has an accusation of an
illicit sexual activity to clear up or discover there's a video of
himself smoking marijuana raking in thousands of view and downloads
online and the likes.
It is often embarrassing if the reported incident is true but
scandalous or is not ofthe kind of behavior expected of the
individual, but it is understandably frustrating when the information
is completely false and unfounded.
Some celebs deny as much as they can but often, even this has a
counter-productive effect as some people would ask "why is hetrying so
hard if he has nothing to prove?" Others keep quiet and just watch the
whole episode unfold without any direct comment or make ambiguous
statements ifthey are questioned.
Whatever their reactions, information about them, both true and false,
keep circulating because people just cannot get enough of them.
The nature of their job necessitates this. People play songs from
their favorite singers and watch movies featuring their favorite
actors and actresses frequently, they hang posters of their favorite
celebrities on walls, use their pictures as wallpapers on computers
and phones, talk and argue passionately for and against them, and most
times just stop short of worshipping them. So why should they be
blamed for wanting to know a little about the private life of their
favourite celebs?
Why wouldn't a fan of P-Square want to know who is 'chopping their
money', or a D'Banj fan want to know who was the last person he
"introduced to his black mamba"? Why wouldn't a Nollywood fan want to
know who Jim Iyke, who has been stereotyped by Nollywood as a player,
is dating?
I contend that it is only natural.
Celebrities too however do not make things easy for themselves. They
are wont to display their cars, houses, and luxury spending. Plus
let's not forget the largely make believe part where they make their
life seem like they party 7 days a week, and 365 days in a year.
Who wouldn't be interested in following the life of such a person who
seems to have no worries, pops champagne every hour, sleeps with
anyone he fancies, lives inthe finest houses and rides the finest
carsclosely?
Like I said earlier it comes with the job. Rumormongers and gossips
circulating often false news make their livelihood based on their
understanding of basic human nature- The know that people have an
earnest desire to know more about people and things that we have a
vested interest in.
How then should a celebrity cope with this? Some of them embrace the
controversial life and thrive on it. Some people may contend that this
is notoriety i.e. been famous for the wrong reasons but it is still
fame anyway and anyone in showbiz knows that fame is the main
thing.Others try to stay away from the public's eye as much as they
can to avoid unwarranted associations or "gists" while others simply
try to balance the two.
Yet, some others (these are the smartest ones, I believe) control the
situation themselves by actually staging and releasing carefully timed
and primed information (which may be partially true or out rightly
false) to achieve desired ends like making themselves more famous,
promoting a song/album, or just to get people to talk about them if
they feel the public is forgetting them.
To answer the title question, I believe every celebrity, even though
they are way too much in the public's eye, has the right to a private
life but should realize that rumourmonging will not cease. In fact,
the rumours will increase proportionally as thepopularity of the celeb
increases. As such, living with it and in fact thriving under it is
the best bet.
Why not "leak" some "hot" news to achieve a bit of fame? After all 70%
of showbiz isabout make belief, isn't it?
I would however round up by encouraging people to try and verify
"news" about celebs before spreading them. False news ends at the ears
of a wise person.
Source: www.jaguda.com
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