Paris Hilton

A view of paris hilton

Princess Diana was always down to earth when you spoke to her and treated you like you were her equal rather than her subject. This always annoyed me. Why shouldn't Diana treat you with respect? You ARE just like her. She's just a person. When your existence is so financially cushioned and the only thing people expect is for you is to be to be humble and kind its not that hard. It is harder to be kind when you don't have the cards stacked so heavily in your favour. Having these traits when you are rich and famous might make you appear extraordinary in the world of celebrity but it does not make you an extraordinary human being. Humility and kindness are a bare minimum for being a good person what ever your background rather than special trait to be demonstrated when you are rich.

There is something quite sickening if you think about it about shows like 'The Simple Life'. There was once a J-Lo song called 'Jenny from the block'. If you don't know anything about J-LO you will know that she is famed for having a big entourage and making ridiculous demands when she "sings" live. Anyhow In the song jenny from she sings " don't be fooled by the rocks that I got, im still im still jenny from the block, I used to have a little and now I have a lot, no matter where I go I know where I came from". Now excuse me but a person whose diamonds probably cost the price of the average persons wage package singing about how humble she is whilst she's lying on a on a yacht with Ben Affleck is slightly repugnant. Its like someone sipping champagne and eating caviar whilst talking about drought and famine in Africa. "Im there for you african children don't worry..mmm this caviar is lovely".

Ok people are famous, ok they are rich but this kind of thing seems to be like flaunting your success in peoples faces and saying on the other hand im just like you accept me! That's the problem with things like the simple life. It's an illusion. Money made J- Lo sing about being a girl from a Bronx rather than her apparent "humble girl next door persona". Money put Paris Hilton on that farm not some deeper love of working class people. Credit to Paris for standing on her two feet but in many ways she is just a symptom of celebrity culture. A victim of her own background. She