Do Aspies like celebrities?

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I would scream in a mosh pit during "Declare Independence" or "Love in a Void". XD

I do follow celebrities sites because I love movies, so I like to know about the upcoming movies of the actors/directors I like. But I really do not care about their lives. I think the people who get obsessed about other people's lifes is because they do not like their own lifes. I like music, but I have never gone to a concert. I prefer listening to the CD. I do not see the need of going to the concert or touching, talking, hugging a perfect stranger.

I have a passionate distaste for celebrities, politicians and all people who act or think they are better than anybody else. I could add more, but prefer to keep this post uncensored.

Well, I guess a person with AS could have a special interest in a celebrity.

I don't hate all celebrities, however, most of the music I listen to is by lesser known groups. Like for example, a saw a video of 3 of the guys from my favourite band waiting to be seated at a pizza place, they didn't seem shocked that they had to wait at all. I reacted the same way that most people would react if they had to wait. They don't act like they are better than anyone else, in fact, they ENJOY talking to fans it seems like. I once talked to the drummer for 20 minutes. I kind of wanted to get going because I had to go to dinner early because I was going to HIS concert and he was enjoying the conversation so much that he wanted us to stay. He also asked me questions.

I don't like to read about the private life of my favorite actors and actresses. Their private lives make them more distant to me, paradoxically... I feel more comfort and "proximity" when I see them playing characters I can relate to or I care about. I enjoy much more watching them in alternative lives
Their real life is like everybody's life, only with big amounts of money, and we never will know how their real personalities are, because the gossip press distorts that constantly.

By the way, I find the entire Beverly Hills zone is kind of depressing. It's like if living there, some kind of "mainstream" turns invisible the personality of the people. I couldn't live there, my personality couldn't tolerate it.

But I have strong interest in certain characters played by favorite actors, don't know if it counts. I would love to meet those characters to have a coffee Sadly they don't exist, they are played by actors that probably live in... Beverly Hills, probably with a mainstream beverlian real life.

If I had to mention one of those characters, I'd say Ray, played by Dan Aykroyd in "Ghostbusters". I love his personality there, and his amazing shop.

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Oh, and I laugh at the ridiculously big ego of certain actors and actresses.

I did read once in a magazine about an Aspie girl who had a special interest over celebrities, but generally speaking, NTs are more likely to be into celebrities than Aspies.

I LOVE movies and music. However, I do not care about what they do when they are not making what I like to watch. The fact that two people are splitting up does not bother me. I do not see the point in taking sides. Please let me know if anyone can answer me this question that I have. The Twilight books were all released prior to the movies so the readers knew how they ended. Why were there Team Edward and Team Jaccob shirts?? I did not read the books yet I still had to hear about them.

I just smile and nod... the trick is to know when to stop though b/c if you don't you just look creepy!

I have zero interest in so called celebrities. I do however admire some past and present scientists.

There is a lot of celebrity crap on TV here in France; just another reason to skip past those channels when looking for something to watch.

I don't understand the sort of general interest in celebrities and their lives that leads people to read those awful magazines at the supermarket and so on. I have developed a special interest/obsession over a couple specific celebrities in the past, though. They are usually obscure and occasionally dead.

For a while, I was really interested in Emily Browning and Summer Glau because of the characters they play. River Tamm (Summer Glau) in Firefly is one of my favorite characters ever

You know what's the most annoying?
There were many great people in this world who can serve as a source of inspiration.-Einstein, Caesar, Galileo.
And then, out of all these people who could have inspired him, guy x tells me he is inspired by BOB DYLAN.

I think my aspies would probably agree with you. I'm actually quite curious about celebrities actually but I've always been interested in people and psychology. I usually only stick to celebrities I like though.

I get where you're coming from, but I also believe that celebrity culture serves a purpose. I'm not an expert on the matter, but I believe that even in the old days, folks like Mozart were celebrities in the sense that they were famous and looked up to. Painters, actors, authors of those days, politicians and athletes even.
The difference with today, is that today celebrity culture has been combined with consumer culture. Shoving a pop musician or a Hollywood actor in the face of the audience, means you'll go buy tickets to their new concert or movie.
ASIDE from that, I think celebrities are put on pedestals the way they are because people need someone to look up to. To use the example of Eminem and some kid who is unknown but equally talented rapper, Eminem is picked to represent (part of) hiphop in a way. He and all other well-known, well-selling MCs become the public face of hiphop, even though sometimes more interesting stuff is going on on the Indie labels, or at your local clubs. I think it's a form of creating symbols.

The flip side of the coin are all the seemingly talentless celebs, who are only famous because they're famous. They represent a lifestyle many other people aspire to. So in comes all the juicy gossip about these millionaires, jet-setters, and fashionistas, almost like a puppet show.

Correction made to your post in bold.

I suspect that some people whose work I admire may have been given "celebrity status"... but I don't understand how knowing trivial details unrelated to their work could possibly help anyone in any way.