Is anyone else tired of celebrities trying ti guilt-trip us out of our money? -

Please don t flame me for posting this rant. I just really needed to get it off my chest. Thank you. quot;Just $10 will cure an entire family...quot; Then they can cure an entire village! When they have three houses that remain empty when a fourth is being occupied and spend over one million dollars on weddings, they have no reason to try to guilt us out of our money! If they were decent, they d merely mention the charities in which they are involved, tell us a bit about each, let us know how we can get involved, and leave it at that. There are plenty of community fund-raisers that most of us are involved with already! We don t need to be pestered further when we KNOW that there are millions of people around the world that we just cannot help! I m not saying that all of them are like this. It s actually the ones we don t hear from that are actually doing something. I heard one blip somewhere a few years back during an interview with this one actor. I feel rotten having forgotten his name (but that just means he s a decent person and doesn t get caught up in the tabloids) who holds a full-time job, and doesn t pocket the money he earns from being a celebrity. He invests that money in charities. Please don t flame me for posting this rant. I just really needed to get it off my chest. Thank you.|::::|When you are famous and rich, it doesn t always mean give every check you have to charities. The power and influence a celebrity is ground breaking. One person who sees their favorite celebrity on TV could make them want to give in to what they are saying. When an actors act and musicians play their music we become so involved in their characters and their music that we feel like we have to oblige to the things we love. During the American Idol gives back, many celebrities were on including politicians to promote charities. The airing of that show caused people to dig into their pockets because their favorite celebrities were telling them to do so. Any charity is worth investing in so we can t keep close tabs on every rich person. Some people just choose not to share their wealth because there is always a day that they can lose it all from not getting enough roles so they need that cash to fall back on. At the end of the day, its worth giving the money but its theirs even though if they have a substantial amount they should do it. Its just something else that we have to live with in life..greedy people.|::::|i m with you 100%! if just $10 will cure an entire family, just one celebrity CAN cure an entire village. oprah can cure an entire village and not even miss the money. so can the kardashians....then there are the hilton s...and the trump s....justin timberlake can cure a village too....and beyonce....and jay z....and p diddy......geez, why ask us for money at all??????????????????|::::|No. Many of them probably have personality disorders, depression, ADHD and sociopathic tendencies. Why? Who really wants the camera in his face all day? Most people value privacy and personal freedom. These people are willing to sell themselves to the highest bidder. The industry uses and discards them. Most people would call it exploitation, unless you have the career of Meryl Streep or Jack Nicholson. There are very few people like that. Harrison Fords and Robert Redfords are one in a million. I figure anybody who would sell himself for money has a problem. Now, as for art, as in the desire to paint, sculp, write, make clothes or do something worthwhile, I can see the argument. It will be remembered. It influences people. It speaks to our desire for learning, creativity and marks down history. Art is like religion. It is studied and taught. This cannot be said of the average actor or model. They do nothing. They may be beautiful but in a fake sort of way and are often too thin and heavily made up. Maybe Deborah Harry and Uma Thurman are beauties but the rest are like Lindsay Lohan. So if you know you are just there for the money and selling your look for it, you know that you are a commodity and you do not matter as a person. Only a messed-up person would be drawn to this: e.g. Alice Cooper, Kurt Cobain, Courtney Love, Naomi Campbell, Jim Morrison and Brandy. Look at Whitney Houston. She was a gifted and beautiful singer. Down the tubes she went...even happened to great punk bands like the Sex Pistols, The Clash, The Ramones and U2.|::::|i dont really consider that guilt-tripping us. its done to illustrate just how little it would cost to make a large impact. lets face it: people fall for the celebrity appeal. because fans feel like they know them. would you be more likely to donate to something one of your friends ask you or stranger s? the charities use celebs because the public finds that more appealing and are more likely to donate while the celebs do it to feel good about themselves. i sure as hell dont feel guilty not donating anything lol.