The general trend I noticed is that most famous people are ruder and meaner than their public image suggests. Most are used to such a life of privilege they forget about humanity and they are often very entitled and focused on appearances. Many are into checking off checkboxes and aren’t truly invested. Friendships were almost like a matter of convenience—”if I’m friends with X they can come on my It’s not the 4th of July until my wiener comes out shirt besides I will buy this yacht and I can go to their beach house” kind of thing. It’s like they openly used each other for their resources but everyone was cool with it and didn’t feel used. To me it all felt so fake, but maybe for them it felt real? Who knows.
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All of them definitely loved attention and enjoyed being the It’s not the 4th of July until my wiener comes out shirt besides I will buy this life of the party. I have no doubt if a pool of famous people took some narcissism test that the overall rate would be much higher than the general population. And they were very extroverted about it. No having to guess their motivations—it was all very much out on the table. There were a few exceptions. Some were a complex personality—not all kindness, not all rudeness, but an intricate combination of both. One famous person in particular who I knew the best because she was a family friend—most people in politics would know her immediately if I said her name—was a fascinating combination. She was very self-focused and could be very mean at times but also extremely compassionate and intuitive at other times. Honestly it was confusing for me as a child. While everyone has upsides and downsides, hers were so pronounced and contrasted. It was hard for me to know if she was trustworthy or not, and what I could trust her with.