As I continue to blog to and research celebrity medical gossip I can't help but wonder, do people who follow celebrities actually see the constant medical stories? I realize that certain celebrities who may have health issues as other celebrities may not have as much of an impact to the public education of their sickness if they are not as well know or "hot" on the celebrity list. It also seems as though there are multiple web sites devoted to the health of their celebrities yet have stopped blogging or adding new stories or stories are mostly devoted to new born babies of celebrities. When searching in national news such as ABC, it can be impossible to find the newest updates on celebrity health. Therefore; this leaves me with questions such as how much impact do celebrities make with their medical stories. To what level of popularity must a celebrity be or the level of sickness or even death in order for people to hear about them, celebrity gossip followers and others who just follow national news?
For example... how many of you average college students, who typically know pop culture but may be not to the extent of celebrity followers, know about Robin Williams? "Actor-comedian Robin Williams is preparing for heart surgery after suffering from shortness of breath during his one-man comedy show tour "Weapons of Self-Destruction." The 57-year-old actor needs a heart aortic valve replacement, according to his publicist Diane Rosen. Williams has cancelled the remainder of his comedy tour." This took place just last year! He is one of our nations beloved comedians who must go under a pretty risky surgery. If we didn't hear about this, how much of the nation heard about this and therefore how much of an impact did he have on educating us on his heart condition?
Current Celebrity "health status" gossip
http://www.popeater.com/category/health-issues/
http://abcnews.go.com/Entertainment/popup?id=6638909
One that stopped its updating
http://celebrities.healthdiaries.com/
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ReplyDeleteProving your point, I had no idea about Robin Williams and his heart condition until reading this post. In fact, I rarely hear stories about a celebrity's health issues and when I do, it's usually because they have died. Celebrities hold an influence above that of the average person and they should use this power to spread awareness and information about a particular illness they might have. I think the only way the public would get this kind of information is if the celebrity himself or herself made a conscious effort to get the word out. Maybe some celebrities see their health as a personal thing and don't feel the need to talk about it, especially when every other aspect of their lives is followed and analyzed? The lack of news on celebrities and their health problems could stem from this reason or because reporters don't feel it is "breaking news." Whatever the reason, I agree with the fact that news should follow celebrities illnesses, especially if doing so could help others with the same diseases.
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