you can respect and admire and even *gasp* like celebrities without stanning them
i like plenty of celebrities. i like them because they're pretty, i like them because they make good music, i like them because they act well, i like them because they make me laugh and smile and i like them because they provide me with joy and entertainment.
but i never, not for a second, pretend to know a celebrity. they are strangers. they are not people i know. they are not people i trust.
at any point, someone i admire can do a shitty thing, and that sucks. it sucks because you want the people you admire to be better than that. but if they do a shitty thing, it is NOT your fucking obligation to defend them or help them or rationalize it.
celebrities are people, and you're totally allowed to admire and respect people. but when people do shitty things, it's not your job to leap to their defense.
