Celebrity Families
Would you put your family on television for the world to see? What if they paid you a whole lot of money?
My only appearance on television so far (that I know about, anyways) was in the background audience of a talk show, and that’s quite enough for me. But fame is something that many people covet, and appearing on television is one way to attain some small measure of notoriety.
Lately we’ve seen shows that focus of the most intimate personal details of family life, such as Wife Swap, Trading Spouses, Nanny 911, or The Week the Women Went. We’ve also seen dubious “celebrities” created by mass media, such as Nadya Suleman, the “Octomom”, bearer of 14 children, who became famous merely for her misguided life decisions.
Often we don’t get to see the aftermath of becoming celebrities, the consequences of these families’ 15 minutes of TV fame. But on Jon & Kate Plus 8, we’re witnessing the unfortunate results after they publicly announced their divorce recently. I wonder how often this sort of thing happens after the cameras are off, once these families leave the public eye. Is fame and fortune really worth it? A great man once said “What good will it be for you to gain the whole world, yet forfeit your soul?”
To repeat our initial question: Would you ever put your family on television for the world to see? If so, why, and if not, why not?
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“What good will it be for you to gain the whole world, yet forfeit your soul?” Well, you gain the whole world, of course!
I’ve had family members on one of those reality shows before, and they were quite comfortable with it, but I wouldn’t be. I’m far too fat, for one, thing, and I don’t think I can be edited into a nice comfortable type that people can root for or despise.