A Glamorous Escape... Or Is it?

People often wonder what the infatuation is with celebrities. I personally have never been obsessed with a star, or acted as an obsessed buyer of the multitude of magazines that reveal every private detail and awful picture of our contemporary celebrities. So what is it with celebrities, why are we as a public so captivated by their lives?

I think that often people keep tabs on celebrities lives because, let's face it their lives are more exciting than most of ours. Instead of having to get up and go to work or school every morning, they're getting paid to attend the hottest bars and night clubs for the sake of publicity.

I think that another reason that people tend to become infatuated with the lives of celebrities, is that it can act as an escape from the real problems that we "normal people" face every day. Their bar and bed hopping, their addictions, and their love triangles serve as much more interesting and exciting problems, than the every day I hate my job, or what do I do I'm failing a class problems, that we tend to have.

I think that ultimately these are the main reasons that people become intrigued by, or even obsessed with the lives of celebrities. I also think that examining a celebrities life under a microscope, and looking at very unflattering pictures of them is a kind of way to say "hey, my life isn't so bad" too. After looking at their addictions, arrests, accidents, and various other disorders ranging from supposed fatigue to bulimia and anorexia, it is easier for us to return to our lives and admit that maybe we like our "real problems" just a little better than we do the numerous problems that celebrities seem to have these days.