To really hate celebrities?

[MynameisWa]

Or perhaps just celebrity culture.

Watching Adele last night and seeing the faces in the crowd made me recoil.

Don’t get me wrong. Adele was great. It was just seeing all the overpaid, often pretentious and mainly hypocritical celebs bolstering one another’s egos in their little clique made me think I’d not care if I ever saw (most) of them again.

So, am I? Am I being unreasonable for taking a collective dislike to these people and their ways?

@phoenixrosehere

What have they actually done to hurt you? No-one forced you to watch the programme.

Or even pay attention to “celebs” period. Can’t understand how people can be so annoyed and irritated by people who have zero effect on their lives. It also boggles my mind how people can forget that many of these celebs weren’t born into celebrity families and were “regular people” for years before they got their big breaks, some coming from impoverish families, but of course once you hit a certain income level, it all seemingly doesn’t matter because they have money now and don’t know what it’s like.

You put yourself out there in the public eye then you can expect people to have an opinion on you, these celebrities are rammed down our throats 24/7 they pay PR teams to make sure they remain relevant, they invite this, they choose this, it’s their bread & butter, if they don’t want it then maybe they should change careers?

It would have been much better if the general public had the best seats and were asking the questions and the celebrities were in the rafters. Why were they priorities? She wouldn't be where she is today without her fans. I wish she had thought about that more.

@HarryHarryHarry3

I feel this way about Rebel Wilson’s endless beach holiday photos. She’s right to be proud of her weight loss - it’s a big achievement- but there’s something distasteful about posting all these photos of her swanning about in luxury while ordinary people been having such a tough time. I find it a bit crass.

I mean, you do know that you don't have to follow her on social media don't you? HER accounts are HERS to show what SHE wants about her life. If you don't want to see it, don't follow. Why the actual hell would you follow someone who you think is 'crass' anyway? What's the point?

Everything is relative. I'm sure there are some things on your social media that look like boasting to others who are less fortunate than you, but I'm sure you don't worry about that. Double standards.

@cleocleo81

It would have been much better if the general public had the best seats and were asking the questions and the celebrities were in the rafters. Why were they priorities? She wouldn't be where she is today without her fans. I wish she had thought about that more.

You may have a point here, but isn't this the way it's always been arranged? Why is it only identified as an issue for Adele's event?

It’s when people put on Instagram ‘public figure’ I feel like vomiting whilst laughing at the same time.
Most ‘celebrities’ are unbearable . Don’t get me started on ‘eco warrior’ luvvie Emma Thompson - just stick to acting love and leave it there please

Oh that Emma Thompson bit made me want to heave (she annoys me in general but anyway). She asked whether Adele had a favourite teacher then surprise surprise the teacher is in the audience. I couldn't work out whether Adele was in on it or not but it was just the usual emotional manipulation shite (see also dreadful things happening to celebs ancestors on WDYTYA).

I didn't see all of the Adele thing, only switched on to see her sing Skyfall and missed that anyway, but yes I hate the whole concept of 'An audience with...'. I'm convinced half the celebs in the audience haven't got a clue who they're watching and are just reading out a question that they've been given.

But I don't hate all celebs, depends on the celeb really. I'm probably more likely to like the ones who would turn down the opportunity to go to the Adele thing.

You put yourself out there in the public eye then you can expect people to have an opinion on you, these celebrities are rammed down our throats 24/7 they pay PR teams to make sure they remain relevant, they invite this, they choose this, it’s their bread & butter, if they don’t want it then maybe they should change careers?

Our throats? 24/7 really? Dramatic much? Sounds like you find them distracting if you seriously believe this. If you are so distracted by them, that’s more of a you problem than a them problem. There are many celebrities I only hear about unless they have something coming out, marriage, baby news, etc and it usually last a few weeks and that’s if I’m on social media and even then I can do this amazing thing called scrolling past or if I am somehow irked, hide or snooze. It’s mostly white noise to me unless I care or am actually interested so this whole “shoving themselves down our throats” is HIGHLY optional.

I agree. There's some I like (eg if they're musicians or actors who have done stuff I like, or someone famous or semi famous who is genuinely nice). But yes, whenever I see Graham Norton (don't get me started on him- vile creature) show or the story time on Cbeebies it makes me cringe and rage. Seeing these posh actors fawning over eachother or being simpering and smug.

It's a tough one. I can understand that celebs see their platforms as a good way to promote or support a cause. I think it's just the slightly nauseating arrogance that their view is superior to others or the sheer hypocrisy (particularly around private jets etc). In reality, they live in a very different world to most people and don't have particularly insightful or well-educated views.

The political ramblings at Oscar type events fall into this category for me. Accept your award, thank whoever and sit down. Spare us the rest.

I don’t mind them as long as they stick to entertainment and lay off lecturing us mere mortals on issues they have limited knowledge and understanding of.

I agree with this threads sentiment and I also roll my eyes at the hypocrisy of them all, but teachers do have their own awards ( it's been on the one show on bbc one this week ) and they do the Mirror 'pride of Britain' awards too once a year to celebrate the ordinary people who have done great things. Even the ' gongs' issued by the Palace includes many ordinary people who earned their CBEs through hard work.
A few do champion their own charities and I'm sure that an endorsement from someone famous does help enormously more than if it was Joe who lives up the road doing a charity run or something equally worthy.
I hate the preaching though , many are out of touch of the real world and need a bit of a reality check at times.

Floogal
Why is Graham Norton vile ?
I've no real opinion on him either way , but he always seems ok generally ?
I admit there are a few I can't watch , if Phil or Holly are on anything I turn it over.

@Heavymetaldetector

I felt like An Audience with Adele was lovely and that, but at the same time it was just a gathering of the rich and famous enjoying yet another perk of being rich and famous. And laughing and smiling and giggling while the rest of us can't afford heating and are terrified of getting ill and have to be stuck outside hospital in an ambulance for hour upon hour. I dunno. I mean, I know one thing has nothing to do with the other, but the times we're living in now I just feel like, there's not a lot to celebrate. Things are so bleak. It's not like the 90s when we all had shit loads of credit and housed were affordable and everything was OK so we could enjoy slebs without feeling like they were just on a completely and utterly different planet to everyone else. Nowadays there is so, so SO much suffering unless you really are super privileged. And I know I'm saying this from a council estate in a very deprived part of the North, so I'm probably feeling shittier about stuff than most, but yeah. It was just like, were all OK thanks, and now we're going to have a fucking brilliant time and you can all watch us. Reading too much shitness into things? Meh, probably...

Totally agree with this

@phoenixrosehere

You put yourself out there in the public eye then you can expect people to have an opinion on you, these celebrities are rammed down our throats 24/7 they pay PR teams to make sure they remain relevant, they invite this, they choose this, it’s their bread & butter, if they don’t want it then maybe they should change careers?

Our throats? 24/7 really? Dramatic much? Sounds like you find them distracting if you seriously believe this. If you are so distracted by them, that’s more of a you problem than a them problem. There are many celebrities I only hear about unless they have something coming out, marriage, baby news, etc and it usually last a few weeks and that’s if I’m on social media and even then I can do this amazing thing called scrolling past or if I am somehow irked, hide or snooze. It’s mostly white noise to me unless I care or am actually interested so this whole “shoving themselves down our throats” is HIGHLY optional.

lol

My favorite philanthropist was George Michael.
He was watching ' this morning' one day and a lady was on there talking about IVF and her struggle to conceive : he apparently phoned the programme and gave her some money to help with her treatments.
Wham! did charity concerts for the miners in the 80s and he gave oodles away to different causes too. He may not have been perfect ( who is ?) but he stands out to me as being one of better guys back then. I guess with the lack of social media back then things were not as public as they are now maybe?
These days they have to show what they are doing a lot more ?
I'm not sticking up for many of them as many are annoying and attention seeking etc , but we have to remember the ones who do a lot because they want to and not to just look good on Twitter !

I think “audiences with” people like Billy Connolly work well because it is completely in line with what they do as their form of entertainment - BCs shows were essentially a form of “audience with”.

It's so patronising.

"Oh look, there's Philip Schofield. That'll impress the little people at home."

@Snoozer11

It's so patronising.

"Oh look, there's Philip Schofield. That'll impress the little people at home."

We buy any car!

The show sounds awful, but watching this kind of thing really isn't compulsory! I can't stand celebrity culture. I don't really have a problem with singers, actors etc being paid a lot - if they make a lot of money for film companies or from music and concert sales etc then it's understandable. I just think they should stick to the singing and acting - I'm not remotely interested in their houses, holidays, favourite foods, weight loss regimes, opinions or love lives or in seeing people suck up to them. 'An audience with x' is pretty much the worst of all tv show formats imo. Nauseatingly sycophantic.

I think some celebs take their role seriously and want to be a good role model and use their name to make a difference. There are a lot of celebs who are just fun, hardworking, decent people as well as the luvvie types who seem a bit pretentious and cliquey.

Unfortunately quite a few celebs are out of touch and like to indulge in virtue signalling and jump on bandwagons as they are scared of missing out on a hot topic and not being seen to have an opinion on it. This really grates as it just draws attention to them and if they are that concerned about good causes, they should actually do something and don't bleat about it in Twitter.

It really bothers me seeing celebs begging for money for charities when they are absolutely fucking loaded too. I would rather see an appeal by someone who actually works for the charity and knows what it is about.

They are just human though, and I'm not perfect myself.

As an aside, I don't rate the new Adele album that much. Cake and beer obviously feeds musical talent.

She asked whether Adele had a favourite teacher then surprise surprise the teacher is in the audience. I couldn't work out whether Adele was in on it or not

She must have been on it. She definitely knew the questions because her responses,were so prepared but what if she'd decided to elaborate or change her mind on the teacher etc. She could have potentially been disrespectful which would ruin her image. When "Audience with" all started in the 1980s, it was a fresh idea and as an audience we were all naive. Now we're all aware of the manipulations of x factor and the like. It all felt stale and scripted. And false.

Mostly agree. I absolutely hate how celebrities (both big and small) boast of what they have and how much money they have. I can be happy for anyone who has things they have worked for but when they try to act humble about it in a cringeworthy and obvious way I turn off instantly.

Watching a particular programme recently, the person I was watching seemed as though they were grateful for the things they have. However, when shown a brand new Range Rover with customised features they joked ‘Meh it’s alright, I’ll probably get a different car in a few months’ before laughing, exclaiming that they were joking and zooming off in it. Such bad taste of joke. Turned off and haven’t watched since. How can you make ‘jokes’ (not a joke when they were more than likely to buy another car or at least have the money to do so) like this when there are people struggling to feed their own children in our country?

I’ve had enough of seeing people like this plastered all over TV, social media, newspapers etc.

These An Audience With have been around for years. Even Sooty had one and I've never known him to flaunt his status!

They've always followed the same format, with fellow, I prefer to call them entertainers, as everyone who posts a pouting selfie on social media deep down thinks of themselves as a celebrity. I blame The Kardashian empire and before them Sex and the City😀

@LittleDandelionClock well said re the key workers!!! Absolutely hate that term - as if other work is unimportant and not worthwhile

Can you imagine them making ' an audience with sooty ' these days !!
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