Watching train wrecks, or learning to say "NO"

I was reading an article this morning about the support Britney Spears soon to be ex-husband is providing for her and began to think of what has been unfolding before all of our eyes.

The entire television fueled world watched in disgust, awe and amid questions while Britney Spears shaved her head. I remember watching a video of her and two bodyguards walking down the street while thousands of camera flashes popped around her.

The next thing was constant footage of her entering and immediately leaving rehab centers. Unlike a lot of people, I was not watching in awe, but total disgust for what the media is doing to someone.

Britney has grown up amid the public spotlight, where her entire world, from waking to using public restrooms is caught on video. Her entire world has been comprised of the media following every move she makes.

Take the now famous “shaved” photos of her getting into and out of cars that hit the internet. That literally disgusted the very fiber of my being. I was brought up to always turn my head when helping a woman out of a car, “as that is what a gentlemen does”, my Father used to say.

It is apparent the photographers following her every move was not and the act of being gentlemen is tossed out of the window when it is a celebrity.

The television was slammed with news and photos of her every move and what immediately struck me was not that Britney was acting strange, but that here was a young woman having a breakdown before the eyes of the public and the media was encouraging her to go further down into path of darkness.

Yes, we all agree that celebrities are a strange mix. It is evident that many of their problems can be stopped before they even begin if someone in their circle would learn to tell them “no”. However, if they did that, actually disagree with them; their money train may disappear leaving them in the unemployment line.

If someone, their family, friends, whomever, would stand up to them, instead of worrying about their own pockets, they may have better lives. The Hollywood types, actors, singers, all of them should have sat straight, listened and learned upon the early death of Anna Nichole Smith.

Here was another train wreck that media never tired of covering. Now she is dead and the world listens and learns that her life was a mixture of constant drugs and parties. This should come as no surprise to anyone who has watched television; the woman was constantly drugged out to the maximum. That partner of hers, Stern, should have placed her in rehab instead of capturing her life on video and lining his pockets with cash.

The beautiful people need to be told NO more often, perhaps they would have better lives.