Celebrities: the fascination

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Celebrities are a huge fascination for people around the world. We are interested in what they are wearing, what they are doing on their free time, how they spend their holidays and their most intimate secrets. Celebrities are highly aware of this, but they are still creating scandals and putting themselves out there simply to complain about it later. My question is why?

In one month we have read the stories about Rihanna and Christina Aguilera who is furious because private pictures of themselves have been spread around the internet. In December 2010 Aguilera was infuriated because pictures of her wearing nothing but jewellery were spread to the public because someone hacked her computer. The NYDaily News wrote this: “The photos were taken in the privacy of Ms. Aguilera’s home and were used only in personal exchange between the star and her stylist”.

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Then this January Rihanna was in a similar crisis. Someone took photos of her while tanning topless, but the photos that are worrying her the most are some naked pictures that were leaked right after her split with her ex-boyfriend, Chris Brown.

I am then wondering this: Why do first class celebrities allow themselves to be put in a situation like these two? They know that they are in the spotlight all the time and people want to see them, and clearly all of them. If they are so worried about their personal life, then why take the photos to begin with? They are putting themselves in uncomfortable positions where they clearly do not want to be. Is it some desperate cry for more attention?

What is your opinion?