Last night I watched the Screen Actors Guild Awards show. I knew I would wake up to the Facebook comments this morning about celebrities being out of touch and so on and so forth.
This has been on my mind since Meryl Streep spoke out and was called over-rated by Trump. During the Women's Marches I read countless remarks about the celebrities - such as "who cares what they think?"
Here's what I think. They are citizens of this country, they are members of this human race. What they have to say is just as important as any of us spouting our opinions on Facebook and other social media. They just happen to be in a position where more people will hear them - and guess who put them in that position? We did. We made them famous.
Do you watch television, go to the movies, buy magazines? You made them famous and you made their voices more prominent than your own.
I care what they think, just like I care what the rest of the country thinks, what the rest of the world thinks.
Someone said this morning that they have equal pay. How do you know? I am sure there is the same inequality in pay in Hollywood as we encounter in our own lives, whether it is due to color or gender or something else. Sure, there is a big difference in the size of their checks compared to ours, but again, we did that.
By the way - if you don't care what celebrities think, why did you elect one?
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