@jerry-d

If you live and work in the /los-angeles area long enough, you’ll see movie stars, actors and actresses, in every day life scenarios and not just in the LAX international airport. Do you remember Apollonia Kotero from Prince’s movie, Purple Rain? I saw her not long after the movie came out. I was a teenage kid with my mom and siblings at a Denny’s in San Pedro, CA. She was with two bodyguards, but it was definitely her. Just eating at Denny’s. When my mom was still with us, she consulted with the cast of a couple movies to help them understand the mindset of certain troubled people. She was a Psychologist. She actually got to meet Kevin Costner and Michelle Pfeiffer among other celebrities. I won’t say it’s common, but it’s not uncommon to see famous people if you live here. And guess what? They’re regular people. They go to Starbucks, they get fast food at drive-thrus and they want to eat at sit-down restaurants sometimes. Not surprisingly, they’re approached by many who ask for their autographs, pics, etc. When I see this, I have sympathy for their lack of privacy and I’m not the only one. I see just as many people who, while acknowledging they’re in the presence of celebrities with a smile or a wave toward the famous person, leave it at that. Invariably, the person is grateful for the implicit social allowance to be at least somewhat anonymous and unmolested while out and about in their daily lives…without having to wear some ridiculous disguise. Welcome to Hollywood, Los Angeles, and the surrounds of them. Where celebrity is almost mundane. 😄

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