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Do you take secret pleasure in watching celebrities in trouble?

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Results with 21 short comments
Total of 862 votes - click on the "Display Comments" bar below to sort comments

27.3%
No, I feel for anyone who is going through a hard time.
235 votes
15.1%
Yes, I do take some joy in watching the rich and famous struggle.
130 votes
35.7%
Depends on the celeb, depends on the problem.
308 votes
21.9%
Yawn.
189 votes
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Yes, I do take some joy in watching the rich and famous struggle.

Makes my problems seems so much more managable after watching the celebrities screw up.

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    #1
     - tw-601157
     - 10:31 am EDT on Tue Jul 14, 2009
    No, I feel for anyone who is going through a hard time.

    I don't "enjoy" watching anyone going through a difficult time in their lives. I just want to help

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    • 2 votes
    #2
     - Sheryl-519052
     - 10:49 am EDT on Tue Jul 14, 2009
    Depends on the celeb, depends on the problem.

    I may enjoy browsing the gossip mags, but I'm more likely to pay for watching a talented and boring actor like Tom Hanks.

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      #3
       - porkchop-1214094
       - 11:00 am EDT on Tue Jul 14, 2009
      No, I feel for anyone who is going through a hard time.

      This article completely misses the most poignant tragedy of genuine artists like Jackson, Cobain, Nowell, etc... Who cares about Lilo?

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      • 1 vote
      #4
       - ChitownMatt
       - 12:01 pm EDT on Tue Jul 14, 2009
      Yes, I do take some joy in watching the rich and famous struggle.

      Let's face it they already get a free ride. Money, women, whatever they want just handed to them. If they didn't self destruct now and then

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      • 1 vote
      #5
       - Coyote-883411
       - 3:35 pm EDT on Tue Jul 14, 2009
      Yawn.

      There are much more important things in the world to focus on than people having a hard time with this or that

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      • 1 vote
      #6
       - amber-912740
       - 4:18 pm EDT on Tue Jul 14, 2009
      Yawn.

      Media obsession with out of control celebs they made celebs is very worrisome to me.

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      • 1 vote
      #7
       - somebefuddledperson
       - 5:35 pm EDT on Tue Jul 14, 2009
      Yes, I do take some joy in watching the rich and famous struggle.

      Schaudenfreude is a beautiful thing.

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      • 1 vote
      #8
       - SJTepper
       - 8:34 pm EDT on Tue Jul 14, 2009
      Yawn.

      I feel bad if it's some form of uncontrolable disaster, but more often than not they bring it on themselves. How are people so dumb?

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      • 2 votes
      #9
       - Luminator
       - 1:22 pm EDT on Thu Jul 16, 2009
      Yes, I do take some joy in watching the rich and famous struggle.

      I think it is great since they have been exempt for so many years.

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        #10
         - d in arizona
         - 11:28 am EDT on Fri Jul 17, 2009
        Yes, I do take some joy in watching the rich and famous struggle.

        They flaunt themselves as above others, hell yes, I like to see them fall. Puts things in perspective.

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          #11
           - GG-537707
           - 11:57 am EDT on Fri Jul 17, 2009
          No, I feel for anyone who is going through a hard time.

          It is interesting. Any person in trouble is interesting. Just the celebs get the publicity.

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            #12
             - Say What?-1135795
             - 2:08 pm EDT on Fri Jul 17, 2009
            Yawn.

            I feel for them but really don't need to know about it.

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              #13
               - DonyB
               - 3:50 pm EDT on Fri Jul 17, 2009
              No, I feel for anyone who is going through a hard time.

              Its sad that we have a celeb orientated culture in the first place

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              • 1 vote
              #14
               - Murray-559642
               - 2:25 pm EDT on Sat Jul 18, 2009
              No, I feel for anyone who is going through a hard time.

              I wish tabloids would go away.

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              • 1 vote
              #15
               - Russell Schiwal
               - 2:44 pm EDT on Sat Jul 18, 2009
              Depends on the celeb, depends on the problem.

              I can be honest and say yes. It makes me feel like I have a real life! We all gloat to a certain degree.

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              • 1 vote
              #16
               - jaguar1
               - 11:58 am EDT on Mon Jul 20, 2009
              Yes, I do take some joy in watching the rich and famous struggle.

              It's nice to see the snobs knocked off their pedestals! heheee

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                #17
                 - KJSunray
                 - 10:27 am EDT on Wed Aug 5, 2009
                Yawn.

                I find 'celebrity' a perversion of the media. I enjoy the work of actors and musicians, but don't care anything about their personal lives.

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                • 1 vote
                #18
                 - 0blivion
                 - 11:08 am EDT on Wed Aug 5, 2009
                Yawn.

                I am sick of Celebrities. They're like flies.. Everywhere. They are in your face, in your life, in your food, and they are Filfthy!

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                  #19
                   - T.R. Hendricks
                   - 11:43 am EDT on Wed Aug 5, 2009
                  Yawn.

                  If you're talking about reality TV, why these people put themselves and their kids on it in the FIRST place is hard to comprehend...

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                  • 1 vote
                  #20
                   - TexanForObama
                   - 8:49 pm EDT on Wed Aug 5, 2009
                  No, I feel for anyone who is going through a hard time.

                  I think anyone who benefits/profits from photographing or reporting on someone else's private matters are just vile !

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                    #21
                     - Christina-456924
                     - 11:29 pm EDT on Thu Aug 6, 2009