ABSTRACT

If you are like me, you are probably not immune to the occasional lure of celebrity stories. There is something tempting about tuning in to celebrity gossip and the ongoing personal sagas of famous people. The car wreck cliché works well here-it can be hard to look away, even if what we see also disgusts us. Bad celebrity behavior seems to be ubiquitous today, or at least news of bad behavior follows us everywhere and is a regular feature in mainstream news outlets.