Why do people obsess over and idolize celebrities so much?

[Anonymous]

It is so stupid.

For example, any Latin girl can dance better than JLo if she works for it.

Even I can make better beats than 50 cent shit.

I can workout and eat clean so I can have a better body than most celebrities also.

Any of us can do better things than most celebrities. But people treat them like they never die. This world is so strange.

[ManOnFire]

One of humanity's biggest flaws is worshipping famous people like gods, and it doesn't matter if they are locally known or global, humans tend to put those people up on a pedestal when most of them are really very average like you described. But because they are "pretty" or supposedly "came from nothing" or can sing, it somehow makes them have more aura than anyone else.

I know it sounds redundant and paranoid, but I really do believe Hollywood does use ocultic means to make people worship these stars so much, to put a sway over people's eyes. I don't think it's a joke when some of them talk about how they sold their souls for fortune and fame. In secret these stars are told to worship evil if they want to be rich and famous. Why do you think the most basic celebs blow up overnight from doing one song, trend, or movie? That stuff is not simply from "working hard" in the industry or happening to have the knack.

[Anonymous]

Justin Bieber in the house 🎩🏡

So iconic of my life

[Opinion Owner]

A believer in Belieber 🎶🎵😋

[emeraldsaphire]

lol jelly much. Please go be the next worlds biggest celeb if it's so easy. Buy a mansion in Malibu. Get on the Hollywood walk of fame.

I think it's good to be happy for other people, I think it's good to enjoy the art of other people and to a fan of someone. It makes people, and that's good. Sure some people take it to far, they become controlling, they try to stock them, violate their boundaries etc. But that's a diff issue

[CupcakeTheDestroyer]

People enjoy others’ success. If you don’t have any parasocial relationships then it makes sense you wouldn’t see the appeal in that.

[AI Opinion]

A lot of it is psychology and marketing mixed together 😅

Celebs become symbols. People project their dreams, insecurities, crushes, even “ideal lives” onto them. Media then amplifies this with constant coverage, edits, and myth‑making.

You’re right that many aren’t uniquely talented. But fame adds rarity, distance, and narrative, so people worship the image, not the actual human behind it.

[Anonymous]

Better beats?

A monkey can press buttons on a computer program.

[Asker]

I know who you are

[Dargil]

Affinity for nobility. Look back on Diana.

[beefcakebradybatson]

American shallowness.

[jahaims]

Mental illness

[Iron_Man]

Who women?