Today’s society revolves around the daily lives of celebrities. We have magazines, websites, social networking sites, and TV shows strictly dedicated to inform the public about them. I suggest society pick the right kind of role models who will last.
Children these days should be looking up to the hard working men and women who actually make a difference in peoples lives. Instead, they fantasise about being the next Nicki Minaj, Terrell Owens, The Situation, or even a Kardashian.
We empower celebrities and place them on pedestals when in reality they are just normal people. If we treated them like normal people, we wouldn’t be tolerating all of their mistakes. 
Celebrities are like crabs in a barrel, they pull themselves down. One of the most memorable celebrity moments that we quickly forgot about would have to be when Kanye West interrupted and stole Taylor Swifts’ moment on stage at the 2010 MTV Video Music Awards. More recently, Kim Kardashian’s marriage, which lasted only 72 days, and was followed by divorce and a ton of unnecessary drama.
When was the last time that you went up to your doctor and asked them for their autograph? Doctors save lives, yet you don’t see them on the news and in magazines. 
Who has ever approached a cop, paramedic, or firefighter and thanked them for their lead role in the great movie called life? Instead, many people talk about how they are always too late, mean, and not doing their job right.They are never mentioned on TV as much as celebrities even though they do so much more.
I realize that there have been a lot of arguments pointing out that every day military personnel die and don’t even make it on the nightly news. It is a good argument, but a little over played. However, it still raises the question; why do celebrities matter more than our troops?
We spend way too much time worrying about celebrity gossip and drama as a society, and I really don’t think its very healthy. We promote negativity in the form of cheating, lying, short marriages, and a number of other scandals. American author Henry Miller spoke a few words about celebrities and how fame has its tendencies to fade with time.
“Fame is an illusive thing — here today, gone tomorrow,” Miller said. “The fickle, shallow mob raises its heroes to the pinnacle of approval today and hurls them into oblivion tomorrow at the slightest whim; cheers today, hisses tomorrow; utter forgetfulness in a few months.”