The Impact Celebrities Have On Our Lives Summary

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Palmer wrote a response to Deborah King’s article, “The Impact Celebrities Have on Our Lives”. According to Palmer being fascinated by the rich and famous has been happening for ages. The only difference is that individuals are beginning to grow an obsession towards their favorite celebrities. Many of the celebrities that are being worshipped by the people around the world are terrible people. A vast majority of people are currently amused by the daily lives of their favorite celebrity; otherwise, ordinary people will not know how to carry out their free time. Furthermore, having an obsession towards a favorite celebrity is not necessarily an unhealthy way of living, but instead a way more interesting way for a person to not only gain knowledge about the celebrity, but from the situation the celebrity has overpowered throughout their career. The type of knowledge one can gain from a celebrity or a group of celebrities is the celebrities’ mistakes. A perfect example of a celebrity one can avoid being obsessed with is Lindsay Lohan. According to the website biography.com, Lindsay Lohan was once an extremely famous celebrity with an extraordinarily numerous amount of success. Lohan began her career at the age of three making her debut as a child fashion model. She eventually made it on …show more content…

Lindsay had an amazing career, but her bad habits held her back from succeeding. Angelina Jolie is a great example of a celebrity one should become obsessed over mainly, because Jolie did surpass her rocky past. “Although she had a very rocky and well-known past, has come to be one of the greatest spokeswoman about the living conditions children in various third world countries face”.(King 3). Furthermore, having an obsession towards a favorite celebrity is not necessarily an unhealthy way of living, but instead a way more interesting way for a person to not only gain knowledge about the celebrity, but from the situation the celebrity has gone through in their

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