Sometimes it is hard to hear the truth, especially if it burst the bubble one has created around a friend, acquaintance or even someone you have seen on TV. Being a fan of a TV personality is not an easy task. Fans love their idols unconditionally and refuse to hear a harsh word about them. They feel sympathy for them as their idols are being shackled and chained and sent off to "Celebrity prison" because they got busted. A real fan will always feel compelled to believe it was a set up or perhaps mistaken identity. A true fan will ignore the facts. They will claim it to be altered or photo-shopped. A true fan will cover up and do medical research and blog and post on social media networks keeping the other fans posted as to why their celebrity is currently acting like a lunatic. A true fan will watch the video tape and demand an FBI encoded date stamp a lie detector certificate of truth and the blood of a lamb from Switzerland, born only in September of course. A true fan is blind, obsessive and has extensive enthusiasm towards the celebrity because the celebrity is somewhere they more than likely wish to be. Some fans seem to think they "know the celebrity, on a personal level." Perhaps they met them at some paranormal conference where they paid a hefty price to shake hands with them and get five minutes of one on one time with them. "They are so nice, they could never do or say that." That's what celebrities do, they pretend and walk away with your money. No, I am not suggesting that all celebrities are assholes, but if you paid money to meet them, trust me they are being nice to each and every person that passed the buck. There is a good chance that they are laughing at you, the self proclaimed biggest fan of all after you left. They agreed you had something "unexplainable" in your photo from 1998 at your grandma's family get together. But because you paid them to be "nice" to you, they will not tell you the truth. The truth being you had a ghostly camera strap captured and nothing more. They are so nice huh?
This is where the phrase "
Parasocial Interaction" comes into play. The distance between reality and imagination. Personally, this is very common in the paranormal field. It's everywhere. People are fans of people that appear to be something they are not. From wanna be rapping film producers that appear to be "all that and 12 bags of chips", but what the fan does not realize is that the celebrity they have created is serving grande low fat mocha-latte's every day. They come home and build their "celebrity life" on the internet because there are enough people out there to believe that this person is a "somebody". Please learn more about Parasocial relationships, are you in one?
This week, we interviewed
Brian and Michelle Harnois and
Jeff and Shannon Sylvia. It was a extensive interview where many questions were answered. For one Paranormal Celebrity her reality finally caught up with her and the trail of lies she left behind. Many people fell for it and now see that she really isn't that "Saint of a person" they thought she was. But there are still the "fans" that refuse to see the truth, hear the truth and will never think negatively about their chosen celebrity that is "nice to them". But to the fan, they are a celebrity and they can get away with it right?
In case you missed this controversial interview we invite you to sit back and relax. It's over 2 hours long and should answer any and all questions about a particular para-celebrity.
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A few years back, I was in Tulsa for a Star Trek convention (yeah, I said it. Don't judge me! :-) and I was waiting in line with someone who wanted to get Nichelle Nichols' (Lt. Uhura) autograph. She was late. Egregiously late, in my opinion. Finally she sauntered in, clad in sunglasses and embraced by a fur stole, looking every bit the superstar she must think she is. She looked put out and fed up, one more petulant narcissist deigning to mingle with the lowly for a few short hours and a hefty sum. With a dismissive flourish of her pen, we two were ushered along without so much as a thank you.
The moral of the story? Don't subscribe to demagoguery of fame-obsessed celebrities - especially if it comes with a price tag. Enjoy their book, movie, television show, etc... Just don't get wrapped up in them to the point that you can't separate what you want to be true from that which surely is.
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