An uncertain future?
Thursday, August 30th, 2007
Sometimes I wonder if I’m the only person concerned with the moral downfall of society in general, and more specifically the celebrity population. Flipping through the pages of a People magazine the other day, I noticed article after article and picture after picture of these Hollywood icons flaunting to our youth what’s “popular” these days: pregnancy before marriage, racking up DUI’s, divorces, custody battles, public sex acts, and list goes on and on.
Most frustrating to me recently was realizing how Angelina Jolie and Brad Pitt have become this epitomy of the “perfect family.” Um, hello! He supposedly cheated on his ex-wife with Angelina, then left his marriage to shack up with her, the two of them had a baby together AND adopted another child, and they’re STILL not married.
Other examples: The Nick and Vanessa incident in Mexico recently. Remember those X rated pictures? I was surprised it wasn’t followed by another celebrity sex tape. Let’s not forget Nicole Richie and Joel Madden…dating for, what, four mintues before she’s pregnant? Speaking of pregnancies, who the heck is the father of Salma Hayek’s baby? What else… oh, I read somewhere the Kate Moss and her druggie boyfriend are talking about having kids… and no, I’m not even going to go into the whole Britney situation. That’s a post in and of itself.
My point is, these are the people that are most influental in our society and they are completely shying away from any decent and moral behavior. They expect us to accept their lifestyles as “normal” and do not seem to care how young America will be affected by their choices. Stars that seem to have a shred of decency and interest in how they are portrayed (Mandy Moore, the reformed Christina Agulera, Amanda Bynes) are cast off as being too boring to talk about, which says a lot about the standards of the media and those of us who thrive on the celebrity gossip.