Holly_Morris's Blog

I don't think they are any better than us. The only difference is their money. To be honest most of them don't deserve what they are being paid. We have REAL PEOPLE out here that deserve a lot more that what they are being paid. Teachers for one!! They make way to much, and alot don't even give back. Who needs 10 cars. You can only drive one at a time. Stop showing off. I guess I need to stop hating.

Their image is just that an image. Don't put on this front in front of the cameras and then when the camera is off you are different. Yea, we all do it, act differently in different situations, but some go to the extreme. (I won't mention who, but I had a very nasty experience with a well know star at an event I coordinated.Totally different from what you see. Man was this person nasty.)

I do think at times our expectations are to high, but it goes back to what I just said. They portray themselves one way and when and if you are able to meet them, they are totally different. Not all, I won't say even most. but some of them do.

Yea they are real people, but when you come to a game, especially one as big as the Skins and the Cowboys, oh no you need to be at your best. Fake the funk as they use to say. If you are and actor, you know how to do. You have to remember your fans can make and break you.

And for the award. GET OVER IT FAITH. There is always next year. we can't win them all.

And Holley I think you are great. I saw you at one of your events and off camera you were just as you were on. Just as sweet as can be. You are a great asset to

Of course celebrities are real people too and have their off days just like everyone else. That being said... the fact of the matter is that they ARE celebrities. I adore RR, think she's great, sorry that she had a long flight, however, she knew she was coming down here to do a segment for her show. I believe she's gets paid to do stuff like that. Sorry she was tired, but I still have to go to work and do my job just as well after a long night and no sleep as when I have a great night's sleep. She presents herself as the All American girl, I'm sure all the fans at that game were expecting her to be the same at the tailgating parties as they see her on her show. I believe that as a celebrity, she has a responsibility to her fans to be who she projects herself to be.

As far as the Faith Hill incident goes, that's very disappointing! FH appears to her fans to be a down to earth, approachable person. To act like a diva and get pissed that she didn't win an award is totally unprofessional. It reminds me of Nancy Kerrigan's little hissy fit when she didn't win Olympic gold and had to "make nice" with a sweet little girl who was (oh my gosh) better than Nancy. NK had America's hearts after Tonya Harding's goon hit her in the leg, but I lost all respect for her after she showed her true colors.

Celebs are just people -- they just happen to get air time. We think we get to know them because we see them all the time on TV or on the big screen, but they're just characters in front of the camera. When they're out of character and in events (e.g., red carpet gala-type things) they play for the camera. We have absolutely no idea what these people are like when the cameras are off.

And the same goes for our local news people, right Holly? ;)

We have many different faces that we put on to suit whatever situation we are in. Our demeanor a business meeting or in the workplace is much more serious and formal than our demeanor at Superbowl party with our friends. This is due the difference in social and professional lives.

I'm sure all of us have had days when we would l.o.v.e to tell a co-worker or a client to "go to hell" (among other things), but we don't. I'm sure many of us have had bad days at work, but we try to bite the bullet and put on our business face because that's what a professional does.

Rachel Ray was at that game, not as "Rachel Ray, average citizen". She was there as "Rachel Ray, tv personality and cook". In other words, she was there in a professional capacity. She should have bit the bullet and behaved like a professional, imo. Faith Hill...same thing: bite the bullet and behave like a professional. The CMA awards is the equivalent of attending job-related convention: you're there on a professional level.

I recently saw a PBS show called "Think Tank". The guest was Judith Martin, AKA Miss Manners. She made an interesting observation about this:

"This is part of the casualization, the
phoniness of the business world. We’re not really doing
business here; we’re really at leisure, we’re all friends,
we celebrate one another’s birthday... "

http://www.pbs.org/thinktank/transcript1207.html