Why are celebrities such a pain in the neck?

Answer 1

too much money, too much time, no sense of reality, lets face it they have "friends" there telling them how amazing they are all the time!
They have so much pressure to be a certain way, look a certain way, even act a certain way- its a plastic life, they become puppets to there own ego's.
They are often the loneliest people around, they have so many friends yet can trust noone, they must doubt whether anyone loves them for themselves....
etc etc, i cannot for the life of me understand why young people today see celebrity as the ultimate goal in life?!

Seriously, they are a pain because they are a celebrity- i reckon it goes with the territory. I happen to think it must be one of the coldest, harshest places to be.

Answer 2

Because they are (so called) celebrities and as such they each think that the whole world revolves around them, and would stop turning if they were not here. Over-inflated ego's coupled with NO constructive input into society, that is why they are (mostly) a pain in the neck!

Answer 3

They are just spoilt for money! I don't know why people make such a fuss over them, they are just people like us, no different!!
I hate celebrities, but i think they make good music and whatever else they do.

Answer 4

Celebrities are a pain in the neck because the media serve their every whim by either flattering them or insulting them so that either way they are in the public eye.
They get used to this attention and demand more and when they don't get it the whole world is against them in their eyes.

Answer 5

Some are simply ego maniacs or those who became rich and famous in a blink of an eye and don't know what's hitting them, but many became that way as a result of years of dealing with pyscho fans who'd do anything from hair-yanking, ***-pinching, stalking, all the way to hiding in their closets while sniffing their undies. Can you blame them? They're only humans.

Answer 6

Because all around them are hangers on who are mostly yes men afraid to lose a good paying Job. Making the celeb loose touch with reality and how the rest of humanity goes about its every day life.

Answer 7

LOS ANGELES, Sept. 5 /PRNewswire/ -- Celebrities have more narcissistic personality traits than the general population, and people with narcissistic tendencies seem to be attracted to the entertainment industry rather than the industry creating narcissists, according to a groundbreaking study conducted by researchers Drew Pinsky of the Keck School of Medicine of USC and S. Mark Young of the USC Marshall School of Business and the USC Annenberg School for Communication.

The study, which will be published in the Journal of Research in Personality (Elsevier), is the first systematic, empirical scholarly study of celebrity personality and was based on a standardized test of narcissistic personality traits administered to 200 celebrities.

"The general public's understanding of celebrity personality is based largely on anecdotal information such as media interviews," said Young. "We conducted this study as part of a larger program of research to provide more scientific evidence on what the celebrity personality is really like."

The authors say they chose narcissism as the topic of the study because it is one of the most widely discussed characteristics of celebrities.

"Narcissists generally crave attention, are overconfident of their abilities, lack empathy, and can evince erratic behavior," said Pinsky, who is an assistant clinical professor of Psychiatry at USC. "However, they are also well-liked, especially on first meeting, are extroverted and perform well in public."

To conduct their research Pinsky and Young employed a well-validated personality research instrument, the Narcissistic Personality Inventory (NPI), which has been used by researchers for more than two decades. The NPI test divides narcissism into seven components: superiority, exhibitionism, entitlement, vanity, authority, exploitiveness, and entitlement.

The authors found that the celebrities participating in the study had statistically significantly higher narcissism scores compared to aspiring business leaders (MBA students) and the general population. Reality TV personalities had the highest overall narcissism scores when compared with actors, musicians and comedians.

What's more, while men are more likely than women to evince narcissistic traits in the general population, the authors found that, among celebrities, females were more narcissistic than their male counterparts.

"Our research also shows that many celebrities exhibit narcissistic behavior prior to becoming famous, which could indicate a self-selection bias for the entertainment industry by certain personality types," said Young who holds the George Bozanic and Holman G. Hurt Chair in Sports and Entertainment Business at USC. "Knowing that many celebrities have narcissistic tendencies may allow entertainment industry decision makers such as studio executives, producers, directors, agents, publicists and casting agents to work with them more effectively. It may also provide greater insight into celebrity behavior for the general public."

The research data were collected anonymously and confidentially from celebrities selected at random during guest appearances on the nationally syndicated Westwood One radio show "Loveline," based at the KROQ-FM radio station in Los Angeles. The celebrities were administered the NPI test during breaks on the show, which Pinsky has hosted for the past 20 years.

Answer 8

Because Dr Evel made em that way
Chai Ni Vell fell, and the mountain fell and the valley snickered or appled

Answer 9

Eh.....highly likely cuz, when they say or do something annoying (which we ALL do more than once a day!) and the media is around or gets wind of it, they "blow it up" beyond proportions!

I don't know what it was that brought your question on, I would like to know tho.

Answer 10

You probably would be too if every time you walked out your door, went on a date, went to ANYWHERE, people followed you , taking pictures asking questions...celebrities need a little private time!!