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The pop of King archive: No pain, no fame
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In this column, Stephen King discusses the celebrity lifestyle and how it affects people such as the then couple of Ben Affleck and Jennifer Lopez.
He points out that many people don't really feel sympathy for them. When celebrities start to whine about how hard their life is, our natural reaction is to whip out the "tiny invisible violin" by rubbing our thumb and index finger together. While they can't even go to a Burger King without papparazzi following them, we roll our eyes and tell them to cry us a river.
King does bring up a point though. The celebrity lifestyle puts you under a microscope of sorts all day, every day. If a photographer can get a good shot of you through your window with a telephoto lens, he or she will. Everytime you walk out the door, there are people there to ask what you're doing.
For all the money that celebrities have, and for all the lavish things they buy, privacy seems to forever elude them. Even the slightest transgression gets blown up into a huge scandal and your status as "role model" will be questioned repeatedly.
The celebrity lifestyle isn't as easy as it sounds. Heck, there are a lot of people who work in front of a camera for a living who aren't comfortable with being swarmed by the press. It has it's benefits, sure, but there are some things more valuable than money and this article reminds us of that.
