Are there some things that should remain private - even for celebrities?

Sure, however, Joan Rivers always said she wanted a red carpet funeral with all the paparazzi and celebrity guests. Clearly she wanted to be the center of attention even after she was dead. haha
Personally I never cared for her, I found her obnoxious.

I guess I felt badly for her daughter who was clearly very emotional in the video – more than for Joan Rivers.

Yes, there are some things that ought to be kept private, even for celebrities, but that is for the person to decide.

Melissa Rogers participated in that. I don’t mean to diminish her grief or her emotions in the video, yet she could have taken steps to keep it private or not be filmed.

It’s undignified to share everything. There’s a reason why the phrase “Too Much Information” exists. Although the internet age makes it difficult to keep certain matters private, people should avoid putting their personal lives on platters for public consumption.

Consider some of the intimate things that posted to Facebook and at individual websites and blogs. The authors should be talking with close confidantes, or perhaps writing their thoughts in journals, not posting for all the world to see.

I certainly hope so

@SadieMartinPaul: “It’s undignified to share everything. There’s a reason why the phrase “Too Much Information” exists. Although the internet age makes it difficult to keep certain matters private, people should avoid putting their personal lives on platters for public consumption.”

I’m not sure if term “undignified” has any utility in a healthy society. And as far as the “should” in you sentence, what are you implying? Are you saying that it is a recommendation for people who may eventually regret having shared what they did? Or is the “should” more of a moral prescription?

^^^ Dignity is conduct indicative of self-respect, respect for other people, and appreciation of the gravity of and potential harm that can be caused by any given situation. Not only does dignity have “utility” in a healthy society, it plays a significant role in making and keeping society healthy.

^ Could you elaborate on the relationship between this dignity and the application of the term, “undignified”? Also, if you don’t mind, could you answer the second part (about “should”)? It might clear up any questions I have. Thanks.

“Celebrities” have control over the amount of publicity they get; there are many who either are unaware of this, or may think that the more publicity the better.

I try not to watch things that I think should be private. I do feel like an intruder.

Even news stories where they are asking a distraught person something along the lines of “How did you feel seeing your mother eaten by a bloody great crocodile” piss me off, make me yell “How do you think they felt you stupid fuck!” at the tv set and turn the channel.

It is ultimately in the hands of the celebrity to dictate how much “downtime coverage” they get.

We will use Jodie Foster vs. Jennifer Anniston as an example.

Ms. Foster has over time demonstrated that invasion into her private life will be met with costly retaliation, thus the so called press has not bothered Jodie for a long time.

Jennifer clearly enjoys being tabloid fodder (regardless of what she might actually say) and thus constantly is.

I assume he got the daughter’s permission to post it.

Are there some things that should remain private – even for celebrities?

Ask Jennifer Lawrence, Selina Gomez, and Kate Upton.
and I have to say using iCloud was a bad choice to store their nude selfies, but I am glad they did

I think they should have the right to choose what remains private and what is public, just as we should have that right. In the case of this video, they knew that moment was being filmed, so I have no problem watching it. Joan was a very public woman. Look at the programs she was involved with. One program documents her relationship with her daughter and although I don’t watch it normally, I’ve caught an episode or two and they’re both frank about the ups and downs of their relationship. I suspect this piece was produced for that program or something similar. It was for public consumption. I’m not sure if it was filmed very recently or not.

Celebrities are people. If they want to be in the public eye, they will book appearances or show up at events, but sometimes they just want to go out and grab a burger, or sit in their back yard with a beer and chill.

@filmfann I think many of us agree… and we also agree that cloud storage is risky.

File most information about celebrities under DGAF for me. I honestly never understood why people care so much about who x is dating, or what they ate that day for breakfast.

Yes. Absolutely. From a wife’s discussions concerning her husband, to the bedroom pics of a celebrity, right up to presidential sexual pecadillos with interns. Back when the world was a nicer place to live in, this information often fell into the hands of the media and it was considered hands off, it was dropped like a hot rock by editors, it was respected as a private matter. We now know today that the few rags which published the private lives of movie stars back in the day were run by pure shitheads, mob-connected scumbags, and outright blackmailers. And in a very real way, they still are, only the rags are now mainstream media fed by unabashed viewership. I will not take part in that. It is fucking disgusting.

I say yes, there are some things that should remain private even for celebrities, but the tape about what she wants at her funeral was already public and it had been made for public consumption if I am not mistaken.

Whether something should remain private is different to me than exercising some control to give celebrities space during a difficult time out of respect and even more simply the golden rule. Sometimes when they do the tributes to actors immediately after they die I feel badly for the family left behind you might feel bombarded when they need some time to digest everything that happened.

It’s more than just in death, I think the media never should have run with the Monica Lewinsky story, I don’t like when children of celebrities are shown in a bad light, all sorts of things.

It seemed to me the media held back on speculation about Joan while she was in the hospital. I don’t follow the news much though. My immediate thought when I first heard she had a procedure and wound up in a coma was “they killed her.” That was the same reaction I had a few months ago when a cousin of mine had surgery and wound up dead within 48 hours, and indeed we believe the doctor made a major screw up.

My assumption when they said Joan was being kept comfortable was they were giving her pain meds and letting her starve death. I didn’t see anything like that on the news though. I didn’t see anyone talking about the possibilities of what might really be happening. So, I think the media did show some control and allowed Melissa’s statements to be the end all to speculation while her mother was in her final days.

@janbb (If you only watched part of it, then you probably missed the part that made us laugh. It was towards the end. She said she was so disappointed that her grandson, What’s-His-Name, wasn’t gay! :D)