The celebrity who gets on my nerves the most...
We all have our favorite celebrities and musicians. I prefer Matthew McConaughey and Eric Clapton, but everyone is entitled to their own opinions of who they like or dislike. On that note, I would like to talk about the celebrity who gets on my nerves the most and how he negatively impacts society.
There are many actors and pop stars whom I believe are bad influences, but I will keep it simple and only critique one guy in particular. No, it’s not Carrot Top. If you haven’t guessed from the title, my least favorite celebrity is Justin Bieber. Yes, I know it’s shocking that the stereotypical male college student dislikes the Biebs. However, this isn’t an article simply to bash Justin. This is a thoughtful critique that I hope influences readers away from him.
Let’s begin with his most recent incident. In the past week, the LA district attorney has decided to charge Bieber for egging his neighbor’s house. Seriously? Egging? The only time egging is acceptable is during homecoming week and then only for high school students. A college aged celebrity should be above such actions. However, this is nowhere near the first childish incident from Bieber.
Looking back on the past spring, it seems as if TMZ ran a story on Bieber every day. From drag racing through ritzy neighborhoods and snatching peoples’ cell phones, to assault and spitting on someone, Justin Bieber has seemed untouchable by the law. The most absurd Bieber incident, when he urinated in a mop bucket, is disgusting and reminds me of a Starkville legend. Many of the students at MSU know that in 1969, Johnny Cash spent the night in Oktibbeha County jail for drunkenly urinating in public. While there, he wrote the song Starkville Prison Blues. If Bieber can write a song about the mop bucket incident, even I will buy the album, but I digress. Any legal whizzes know that this is indecent exposure and public nudity. You can be charged as a sex offender for that, and no longer allowed near impressionable school children.
This brings me to the point that Bieber is influencing America’s impressionable children, especially young girls. Despite his disregard for the law, abrasive attitude towards others’ property and being just plain unsanitary, teenage girls still idolize him. This leaves me clueless. I don’t claim to be an expert on the feminine sex. However, I understand that being lawless and untamed can be attractive to women, but I don’t think egging a building and using mop water as a urinal is exactly what women look for.
Bieber tries to be hard core and is patterning himself after rap stars. This simply doesn’t work for him. He didn’t grow up in Compton, like Kendrick Lamar. The song, "m.a.d.d. City," while filled with profane language, drug references and depictions of violence, is written about Kendrick’s childhood and, therefore, is authentic to him. The same just doesn’t go for Bieber. For all the South Park fans reading this, “Blame Canada!,” because his heritage and upbringing just don’t lend themselves to the gangsta lifestyle. While 50 Cent was in the hospital from being shot, Bieber was also in the hospital – getting his booster shots. He is pursuing a lifestyle that is not his own, and becoming a terrible role model along the way. As a future parent, I would never want my daughter to date a guy like Bieber. I would never want her to think that his actions are attractive or to look for similar qualities in guys. It’s not the fact that he parties all the time that is the problem. It’s the juvenile, classless antics that set such a bad example.
As much as Justin Bieber is a negative influence on today’s younger women, I must admit that he is talented. It’s a shame that he has allowed himself to devolve into his current state. He needs to learn manners, poise and gain a sense of class. In fact, Brooks Brother’s publishes a series of handbooks on how to be a gentleman. I can’t help but think Bieber would benefit from reading one of those. While in the clothing store, he could be provided with some shirts that have sleeves and hats that fit (refer to the top pictures), because we all would appreciate a well-spoken, classier Justin Bieber.
