STOP Apologizing Already!
I am SO sick of public apologies.
Chuck already told you he wasn't a role model.
Why is everyone entitled to everyone’s business, celebrity or not?
Michael Phelps apologizes for now famous “Bong” picture.
http://sports.espn.go.com/oly/swimming/news/story?id=3883923
Miley Cyrus apologizes for personal photo.
http://www.associatedcontent.com/article/1470281/miley_cyrus_asian_woes_apologies_unaccepted.html
Dog The Bounty Hunter apologizes for a personal phone call.
http://www.people.com/people/article/0,,20156035,00.html
Recently, former NBA star and current TNT Analyst Charles Barkley received a DUI violation for which he then issued a public apology (http://sports.espn.go.com/nba/news/story?id=3917107).
While I hold the opinion that driving under the influence is a serious and even heinous crime, my response to Chuck’s apology is …
Unless he did it on the court or on camera, I don’t care.
If what he did put him in jail and that takes him out of his job … FINE. I don’t need an explanation. One day Chris Webber provides the commentary instead of Chuck. Just tell me he had personal issues he needed to attend to, that he regrets not being able to continue his work and he’s grateful for the time he had there. Other than that, none of what Chuck or anyone does is anybody’s business.
The fact that people feel a public apology needs to be made is patently ridiculous. Charles Barkley does not owe me an apology or anyone else in the “public”. Perhaps he should make an apology to the city in which he committed his mistake. Perhaps he should apologize to his family and friends. That is the extent of his responsibility. For those of you who feel he wronged his fans and thus owes an apology I say STOP IT! Stop being so offended when someone you don’t know and will never meet does something in their private lives. It’s not your business to even have an opinion about it. If you don’t know all the facts in a situation (and you absolutely do NOT), leave it alone. Stop treating other people’s lives as if they were your own. You are not entitled to an opinion on the personal situations of people you do not know. The private life of your postman is not open to your opinion or scrutiny. The private life of your boss and co-workers is not open to your opinion or scrutiny. The reverse is also true, yet somehow that seems more obvious, doesn’t it?
Celebrities are strangers. You do not know them. You know little to nothing about their private lives. If you are not entitled to an opinion about the private lives of people you work with, you are entitled even less to people you don’t know.
The public has a ridiculous thirst for people’s private lives. It’s why we have abhorrent companies like TMZ and laws that allow the paparazzi to engage in criminal activity with impunity. If any of us had our lives canvassed and combed to the extent that these people do, we would all look like scumbags just praying to be forgiven by our peers.
I am saying stop. Stop putting celebrities under a microscope. They have a JOB that is public. That is NOT their private lives. Focus on them at their job. Talk about how they do their job. Love them for the job they do. Wear their jerseys, buy their music and see their movies. But do not do these things and assume you really know them. Don’t do these things and start believing that you now have a free pass into their private lives. YOU DO NOT! Having a public job has nothing to do with private life.
Even if you state, “that’s just the way our society is”, what I am saying is STOP IT SOCIETY! I am not talking about public issues. I’m talking private matters. Enjoy the public aspect of celebrities. Leave the private aspect alone. STOP!
Don’t me get out my water bottle, cuz I will spray you.
