I don’t really care much about a celebrity’s life. Just because they are somewhat talented or play interesting characters doesn’t mean I want to know the actual person. I just want them to entertain me.
Polanski’s movies aren’t less praiseworthy because he boinked a teenager. Jenny McCarthy might be a moron, but I’d still hit it. My mother despises Mel Gibson now, but she used to love him. I can’t muster any hate for him because sabes que, Apocalypto was an awesome movie.
I’ve learned to separate the artist from the art. I think what they produce is more important than who they are.
I won’t say I won’t make exceptions for the mega-talented, like MIchael Jackson, Marlon Brando and William Shakespeare, all of whom I’m interested in knowing more about because of the tremendous amount of talent they each possessed. I suppose I’m more interested in genius than celebrity, but nothing they say or do will change my opinion about their work.