Did Hollywood do this?

The other day I got a flu shot and decided to stay home from school. While I was at home I watched a movie on Foxtel and I found out that The parent trap was on. If you have not seen The Parent Trap, it is a cute little love story kind of movie. The most important thing about this is that it was the movie that introduced Lindsay Lohan.

Lindsay Lohan was cute, innocent and looked happy. Here is a photo of her at the time this movie was released.

Now I know that everybody has read all the gossip mags of people talking about her going to rehab, becoming a lesbian, having sex with an older man, getting skinny, getting fat etc. I just can't believe that someone who looks that innocent has turned into the talk of Hollywood.

She now looks like this:

I really believe she would have continued being happy and healthy, obviously with some normal teenage problems, while learning who she is had she had a 'normal' life. I think (please comment if you agree or disagree) that Hollywood, and all of the horrible things that come with being in the spotlight, made her like this. She only became skinny when she became friends with people like Paris Hitlon and Nicole Ritchie. She only started doing drugs and drinking a lot when she was with this kind of crowd. I also believe that the media - mostly the gossip magazines - putting all of this and promoting this kind of thing in their magazines/TV shows etc. is not good. They are only promoting bad role models. No wonder there are so many anorexic girls and so much binge drinking and drug taking.

The media needs to remind us - the public - that these celebrities are actually human beings. Maybe if the media did this then teenage girls and boys will realise they are not perfect. They do not need to starve themselves and buy the expensive clothes to be liked and to be popular etc. If the media stops bugging all these celebrities then they might be able to relax, be themselves, be good role models and not have to walk the streets with big sunglasses and baggy clothes, hoping no one will notice it is them.

This is now turning into a bit of rant more than a discussion so I shall leave you with that and continue with my maths assignment.

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