Stars' over-the-top backstage demands

[pitc9]

Ugh....

[DJFyrewolf36]

Sheesh

When I DJ all I ask for is a few cold drinks and a nice place to sit and be out of the crowd for a while and perhaps something to eat if I have to travel a long way.

Maybe I should start asking for more lavish things lol

[Catlady711]

Think about this.

We have elevated sports figures, performers, actors and the like to near 'god' (small g) like status. We pay big bucks to see them in person, shell out more money to read about them and dig into their private lives in magazines, and pay more money for posters and the like to imortalize them on our walls. In short we have made them idols.

In return for dealing with the ever growing idolization of them, they have to sacrifice any and all semblance of a normal/private life. Think about if you couldn't even go for a walk, to the grocery store or fast food joint without being mobbed by people with cameras, reporters wanting to know every detail about why you are there, several dozen fans wanting autographs, as well as a couple wakkos who threaten you because they didn't like your song/character on tv. In addition any and all mistakes you make are splashed in headlines on tv and newsstands worldwide, and if that wasn't bad enough some unscrupulous reporters will use photoshop and a vivid imagination to make up things about you just to make a buck from the poor sap who has nothing better to do than idolize another human being by buying every magazine/book/movie about the person.

I don't know about you, but given all that, I think I'd be a bit cranky and demand a few special treatments myself. JMHO