Celebrity World?

What does being a celebrity really entail?  Is it fame or is it the fortune? Or perhaps the clothes and the cars?  I for one have always fancied being a celebrity but never really had the heart to audition for anything or participate in any calls for action for reality shows.  I’ve always thought “what if I don’t make it?”  My heart would have never been able to handle the rejection and my self esteem would have been demolished to say the least.  Anyway, I think there is a big difference between the lives our celebrities live in comparison to our international counterparts- the United States and the United Kingdom in particular.

Take for instance the South African music industry, I feel it is so short-lived, our artists will only manage to produce up to 5 albums in their career lifetime if lucky, and then it's downhill from there on- which is such a sad case as some if these artist have nothing to fall back on afterwards.  And as an actor/ess, making it in a leading soapie is a big achievement- should you land a leading or prominent role.  Either than that, SA sitcoms aren’t really something you can call your bread and butter. Or are they?

With this said, I concluded to myself ages ago that I'd rather be content in my career and the life I lead and throw my childhood dream of being celebrated where the sun doesn’t shine- after all, I am a realist and I lack the talent required for of singing, dancing and acting combined, so either way, even if I had made it, perhaps because of my looks, I would have been old news in a matter of 5 year- the normal time span of most of SA celebs.

Nonetheless, I still have my favourites though- my favourite was the late Lebo Mathosa, but now, I am a big fan of my boy Zakes Bantwini- I clap my hands.

Much Love. T