Admiting The Problem Is The First Step
“Hi, my name is Brooke and I’m addicted to celebrity news.”
I don’t know how things got this bad…it started out innocently enough when I was in high school watching “Entertainment Tonight” and “A Current Affair.” My dad would even watch them with me…it was a way for us to bond. Then, as I got older and with the internet became more and more prevalent, I now have so many ways to score celebrity news, its disgusting.
My typical day is goes something like this. I come home from work and read dlisted and E Online. Then I read people.com, us weekly.com, and tmz.com. By that time, E News comes on the air at 6:00p.m. followed by “The Daily 10.” Jesus, I can’t get enough.
By the time TMZ comes on Fox at 9:30p.m., I’m already shaky and sweating. That calms me down and I go on to watch “Chelsea Lately” at 10:00p.m. were she TALKS about celebrities (okay, makes fun of them) and then I head off to dreamland.
I think I may have to slowly wean myself because there is no way I can go cold turkey. Maybe I can find a support group online. Your prayers and support are needed during this critical time.
“God grant me the serenity to accept the things I cannot change, the courage to change the things I can, and the wisdom to know the difference.”
It goes way beyond a personal addiction Brooke. You’re a pusher of celebrity news too, feeding the rest of our addictions by posting stuff on your blog. You’re no better than the neighborhood crack dealer hanging out by the playground after school, just waiting for your next “customer”. You would be saving us all by getting yourself clean.
Until Britney Spears dies the horrible and publicly embarrassing death that she so richly deserves, I have no interest in celeb news.
So let me know when it happens, ‘kay?
“Hi, Brooke.”
Brooke, I find that insatiably seeking celebrity news is only fun when you publicly declare you don’t care about them at the same time. Hypocrisy is the new black.
Brooke: I find that it’s more fun to obsess over celebrity news when you spend the rest of the time decrying how little you care about them–or the people who follow their exploits. Hypocrisy IS the new black.