'Sad' Truth: Celebrities Cannot Be Your 'True Friends,' but Fans Are the Truest Friends

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I realized this when--since Neil deGrasse Tyson introduces himself (on "Star Talk") as 'our PERSONAL astrophysicist'--I looked-up the ancient roots of the word "personal." And it turns out that the word "person" is rooted in the Greek for 'mask worn by an actor in a drama'---i.e. 'person' is "an assumed character---a part you play." Dr. Tyson isn't "our" astrophysicist, he's more like 'a costar (us playing the part of "audience," him playing the astrophysicist-part).' As we continue to play the role, the role he plays continues to affect us. If we stop playing our part, he ceases to be our astrophysicist (but continue's to be "our old part's astrophysicist" ... the same way Batman stayed Robin's friend whether he was played by Burt Ward, Chris O'Donnell or Joseph Gordon-Levitt). Celebrities (LIKE Dr. Tyson) don't do things "according to your requests" like the 'true friend' in the picture does. Not even Jesus---who did "die for you," but did so whether you want Him to or not! I heard a celebrity talking about "the celebrity life" (of actors, at least). Actors don't act "to be liked or hated, nor to change how you feel about them"; they do it to 'create the artwork,' and use the audience reactions & -suggestions as one-of-many-many guides for perfecting it. But fans are truer friends---flocking/subscribing to whatever performance their star decides to participate-in, and continuing to do-so through the star's "flop"-period in faith that their next production will redeem them. (The only truer friends are the celebrities' supportive-families---most-often their spouses & children, and sometimes their parents, siblings, cousins, aunts & uncles.)