Do celebrities who stumble really need to apologize to the public?
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If you want my honest opinion Ken "No" What they do is their business, now should it affect me in some way or other then I may expect an apology depending on circumstance
» Answer from Albie Saunderson Answer given 2 years 90 days ago.Not really. I think the whole concept of celebrities being held up as role models for the rest of us is rather patronising for all concerned. Why should I get an apology every time a celebrity stumbles out of a bar drunk, or cheats on his wife etc? If a drunken celebrity was to abuse me personally then I would want an apology but the odds of this happening are pretty tiny - perhaps if I lived in L.A. and started attending celebrity hang outs, now there's a thought!
Whether it's right or not, it is part of the price they pay for being famous. Everything has a price. It's like on SW- some people may not like all the rules on SW, but if they want to write on SW they have to pay the price of obeying their rules- they "pay," for this opportunity.
Celebraties must pay for their fame, and having people "all up in your business," is part of that payment.
I think this is a 2 sided question. We all should live in a way that models what we want our children, and other people's children, to live. Having said that, people make mistakes. When those people make mistakes - do they need to apologize to the public? No, they don't have (italicize "have" for emphasis) to.
However, it's also important to see people atone for the mistakes they've made - and usually atonement is apology.
For example - Does Tiger Woods have to apologize to me for his indiscretions? No. Does he have to apologize to his wife and children - absolutely. Since his affairs were made publicly - then maybe his apology to his wife and children should also be public. Is the general public affected by his indiscretion? Only by the simple fact that it became such a media frenzy.
What about the football player who was convicted for dog fighting? In many areas of the US this is still acceptable - and is considered 'normal'. Where I live, it's not - and my children and I were absolutely sick when we learned of it. Should he have apologized for those actions? Would it have made a difference? Not to the dogs, that's for sure. Again, is the general public affected by his transgression? Only by the simple fact that it became such a media frenzy.
Unfortunately, our youth see everything we do. We are supposed to be role models. When we stumble we should be just as accountable for our actions
as those in the spot light.
We're all human - we're all going to make mistakes. I think we should all be just as accountable for our 'stumbles' as the celebrities - and I think that when we look at the youth today and complain that they aren't held accountable for their actions - we need to look in the mirror and ask why.
No! No! No! Why do people even care about this. It is worse then high school gossip. Please grow up.
Total Answers: 6, Total Page Views: 715.I agree with all those NO's. It's not our business what people do. It is a shame when people are put on such a high pedestal as it would be SO hard to stay up there all the time.
Humans, will always be humans. Mistakes and all.
I'm just confused at how in school, in media, almost everywhere it tells us to "explore", then when someone in high standings does, it's an uproar. Where are the standards?
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