Rejecting the "role model" label ... but not really because "they're talented"

It's been my observation that actors who start to get a little "risque", and then when they're confronted by these questionable decisions raised by the interviewer, they often times say "I'm no role model." I take this as a self-preservation tactic and in a way, on the actor's part, to have their cake and eat it too. It's one of many "Get Out of Jail" cards that actors use.

Here are some scenarios:
- Actor advocates for some social cause (mainly a 'progressive' one, like PETA, It Gets Better, Human Rights Campaign, any LGBT advocacy group, Kill Malaria, some Go Green cause etc.) and actor is seen as a "role model' (actor feel good about themselves)
- Actor takes nude photo, receives a DUI or just performs some action that is mainly due to pure narcissism; actor says "I'm no role model", blames the media or their fans becomes apologists for the actors sake

Like I said, "Get Out of Jail" card.

I'm not saying entertainers should act "perfect"; most likely they're going to act like idiots more often than the Average Joe simply because (A) they have the time and (B) they have the means and opportunities to do such things. Add the six figure income, yearly, and you get an entitlement to do whatever you want. What I'm saying is there's little to no accountability - no actual real scorn or dismissive tone towards the entertainer by their fans. The DGAF mentality is usually adopted between late teens (in Justin Bieber's case once he turned 18) and early twenties. If any scorn or critical judgment is put upon them they usually resort to this "no role model"/DGAF mentality; when praise is put upon them it's usually "Thank you to all my fans, your support and your kind words. Believe in your dreams, all you need to do is to believe in yourself and let the haters hate." (Which is basically telling all their followers to adopt the DGAF mentality.)

I stumbled on a conversation talking about Miley Cyrus. One poster was critical of her - this is when the dancing bear and twerking began and caused a commotion - while the other said that Miley would make a fine motivational speaker. That's right, Miley Cyrus as a motivational speaker. The poster was serious. He noted that what Miley's going through - the whole #YOLO mentality - was what he was going through at the moment. He said "I won't let anyone get in the way of my dreams." Yes, because there's a roadblock of "ME! ME!" in your way.

When the "common people" don't admire a certain entertainer (e.g. athlete, actor, singer) the accusation hurled at the "common people" is of jealousy or lack of talent or any other shallow jabs. Besides those jabs, "laughing to the bank" to "inspiring millions worldwide" to "you work in a menial/9-5 job" ad hominems are the stock darts.


In some bizarre twist, the common man is expected to admire them and to use them as motivation (even though a good percent of the common man, I'd wager, do not want a career as a singer, actor or any unconventional creative job) while at the same time to see them as "just like us" (fair enough). This "just like us" is thrown out the window once the entertainer releases his "tell all" autobiography, or when one discovers how privileged they are, since "just like us" is drowned in their exclusive parties filled with other creatives; private transportation and, most likely, deviant relationships or multiple marriages. Such entertainers are always heralded as to have "lived a full life" since the common man are just stuck in their everyday menial jobs and routine. But, as always, when they screw up the "they're just human" is presented without fail. Their apologists will say "Like you're so perfect," in attempts to  play the "throwing stones as a glass house" card. I'd say throw the stones when needed. If it crashes then it crashes -- I mean, the common man is also "just human", right?

In all honestly, I don't even believe that most of the common man - those in the USA at least - really gives two sh*ts about entertainers as the media, their handlers and their fans often times lead on. Is this some way to use the common man as a scapegoat when entertainers commit one very stupid mistake after another?