The Religious Qualities of Celebrity Worship, Pop Culture

#1565 w/Gary Laderman:

[sukhim]

It's always creepy when a person knows and spends more on celebrities than their own families.

[joseph-fernando-piano]

One thing I hope doesn't make a comeback after the pandemic is celebrity worship culture... shockingly, we don't actually need ultra-rich out-of-touch celebrities telling us commoners how to live our lives...

[TpftheMuntain]

The way women admire Beyonce, is damn near if not full blown worship.

[shericebsperspective]

Beyonce is a great example of this. She's God to some people. It's disgusting!🤦

[koolerpure]

I’ll never understand the way people behave when a celebrity comes around, I mean they don’t want to deal with you and most of the time the fame went to their heads so their ego is larger than life so it’s not even worth meeting that kind of stranger

[justinhaase]

One upside to Covid is that it has seemingly started to render the celebrity much less relevant.

[kirtically]

There's no hope in sight. The younger generation is already worshipping kpop idols and IG influencers.

[richardanzlovar]

Everyone should understand that we are in the Age of Pretend.

[Ichsukatanuka]

Modern celebrities are worshipped like deities, they're like Greek gods of the modern age

[carpenoctem]

Celebrity worship is a reflection of personal insecurity.

[T-ie]

It’s sad when you know more about a celebrity’s private life than your own.

[jeffsokolscoldpizza]

It’s weird how our society has an obsession with celebrities

[LordYamcha]

Makes sense- some people yearn to get attention from celebrities and do the craziest things

[zakariamussa]

People need to ponder
How the kardashians became famous. Like wtf.

[ch..mist]

Great to hear. I have been making this argument for years now. Same goes for worshiping CEOs and founders like Musk and Jobs. As well as politicians and sports stars.

[NCWCENT]

“Entertainers aren’t responsible to liberate the people”.
Dick Gregory 🙏

[erinhappy-go-lucky]

A mostly beneficial aspect of being an actor is the fact that they learn and experience life through different perspectives in the different roles that they play. Yes, they put on a mask and hide their true self. At the same time, learn compassion and can empathize with the positive or negative attributes of other beings, due to their own interpretation of experience. We are all actors in this game of life. How we behave is dependent on our environment and persona that we show others. Different personalities that we surround ourself with, create a unique experience in our life. We choose the roles that we play in others’ lives, whether it’s a positive experience or a negative experience. It all equates to wisdom of what it means to live in the human experience, depending on how you perceive it, what you learn from it, and the growth you gain.

[howardsung]

We are made to worship and thats just what we do. Whether its an actor, a tribal leader or the president it is in us to idolize someone or something. Its a story as old as time.

[timewatch]

Facts imagine seeing alpacino after scarface blew up.

[amnesia]

I always find it funny how some people make fun of me for worshipping god but whenever they see celeb they lose their shiet. I mean if I worshipped god like they worship celebs then damn.. I would be on cherubim level right now 😂😂😂