I've lived in Los Angeles for almost 10 years now, and I haven't really gotten into the "celebrity scene." I don't go chasing after celebrities, I don't stop to try to get their autograph, or (the new trend these days) a selfie with them, I'm usually either overwhelmed by their presence and feel too insignificant to try to talk to them, or just don't want to stop the celebrity in whatever he or she is doing and have to deal with me. That said, I haven't really seen many celebrities outside of being at the same sporting event with them showing up on the big screen (with thousands of other people also there) or brief looks at them at a casino or club or something, or even passing by famous mother-daughter duo Katie Holmes and Suri on their way to Malibu beach. I realize now that that was one of a few chances to stop and talk to a celebrity, as she was alone and not surrounded by people, but why bother her just to indulge my own desires to meet a celebrity? If I was a celebrity I'd just want to go about my day and not be stopped by random people who happened to see one or two of my movies, and don't really know the real me.
Anyway, this past weekend, I was able to hang out with a real-live celebrity! Well, not really, just the star of the premiere season of The Bachelorette Canada. Not sure I gotta admit, I was somewhat starstruck when I was told who she was (didn't know who she was before) and felt somewhat self-important having met her. I guess that's the power of a celebrity: to make other people feel special. I'd like to think that was subconsciously my reason for wanting to be a celebrity back in my early 20's and making it big on a reality TV show like Survivor or Big Brother or The Amazing Race, but really selfishly it was just to make it big, trying to find a quick path to perceived success and to be the envy of all my friends.
Anyway, I went to Vancouver to visit one of my law school buddies, and he coincidentally is dating a wonderful lady who is best friends with Bachelorette Canada, so BC (as I'll call her from now on) dropped in on our cabin during our ski trip to Whistler! To BC's credit, she doesn't act like I would expect a celebrity to (or at least someone with 58,000 Twitter followers) act......there's nothing high and mighty at all about her, she comes off like a regular woman (with great physical features of course) with great personality who tries to get to know everyone. And she laughed at some of my jokes! Which doesn't even happen with real people, not to mention celebrities. So I was pleased with myself. Oh and bobsledding..........is pretty crazy, going down a slope in a small car at upwards of 200km/hour with "G's" pounding against one's face.......not exactly my idea of a good time.
I guess the moral of the story this weekend was: not all famous people get stuck-up because they're famous and fit the stereotype of turning their back against their friends.......BC stuck with her friends who were loyal to her before all the attention.....maybe before I judge someone because they seem stuck up on TV or their personality is annoying, I should give them the benefit of the doubt instead of judge them with my own prejudices infused with my own jealousy of people who get a lot more attention that I do. I do like attention though.
Fantasize on,
Robert Yan
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