Celebrities Are Just Like You and Me
February 11th, 2007
A slew of star sightings are this weekend’s talk of the town, confirming yet again that celebrities are just like you and me.
Take for example Leonardio DiCaprio seen putting a dollar coin into a parking meter and jamming the darn thing up, then throwing his hands up in frustration when he realized he’d probably end up getting a parking ticket. Or what about Katie Holmes, seen this weekend in Beverly Hills shopping with Victoria Beckham…at a local Crate & Barrel store where one was overheard saying to the other, “Do you think they’re having a sale?”
Or what about that celebrity sighting of Paris Hilton, seen eating an ice cream cone from the bottom up (biting the bottom then sucking ice cream through the funnel) after taking a penny from a local Ben & Jerry’s tip dish, just to cover her ice cream purchase? And what about Charlie Sheen, seen moving his car so that the meter maid’s chalk mark on his tire wouldn’t be seen the next time they came around the block?
There’s been a slew of other sightings this past week of celebs doing things just like you and me. Katherine Heigl from Grey’s Anatomy was seen hitting her brakes to keep a tailgater from driving too close. Sally Field was seen squeezing squashes at a local outdoor farmer’s market. Neil Patrick Harris of TV’s How I Met Your Mother was spotted at a local Hollywood gym staying on the elliptical machine for over 30 minutes (which was the posted limit of time one could stay on the fitness machines), then resetting the clock so no one would know he’d been on for like fifty minutes. Or what about WFME’s favorite Sarah Michelle Gellar spotted out and about smoking a pack of cigarettes, and addicted to the darn things just like you and me!?
And across the coast, in Gotham, SNL’s Andy Samberg was spotted with mustard on the corner of his mouth, Alec Baldwin was seen adjusting his shoe, Jack Nicholson was overheard complaining about an uncooked doughnut, and let’s not forget reports about Jim Belushi buying stamps from an ATM! Just like you. And just like me.
It’s nice to know that celebrities are real people.
Isn’t it?
No, I prefer to think celebrities are high and mighty and therefore when I unmercifully mock, deride and criticize, I will not feel like a jerk making fun of someone like you or me.
Comment by wordmaven — February 11, 2007 @ 11:17 am
Of course, celebs are “reel” people.
It’s the fans who are un-real
Comment by Dan day ever after — February 11, 2007 @ 12:54 pm
i kind of thought they were something less than real people.
Comment by dgm — February 11, 2007 @ 4:51 pm
Are these sightings for “reel”
Comment by outlet — February 11, 2007 @ 4:53 pm
I don’t do ANY of htose things because I’m special.
Comment by Jacquie — February 12, 2007 @ 4:36 am
“Sarah Michelle Gellar spotted out and about smoking a pack of cigarettes, and addicted to the darn things just like you and me!?”
There have been rumors for years that she is a smoker, but she always denies it in interviews. Where was she spotted smoking? I also wonder why there have never been any pictures of her smoking, what with all the photos taken of celebrities at all times.
Comment by Darrin — February 12, 2007 @ 7:02 am