Hollywood entertainers never get a break. Seriously, we never really feel bad for any of them. They make tons of money (literally), travel across the globe, date and marry people we wish we could (why Janet Jackson picked DeBarge over me I will never understand), and don't really work that hard (as compared to a construction worker for example). So I can understand how generally people never feel bad for them.
Add to this the fact that more than a few entertainers are more of a problem for themselves than anything else. Chris Brown is a coward that beats up on women, Amy Winehouse is the most successful crackhead (reportedly) in history, Michael Vick loves dogfights, virtually every rapper just can't stay away from drug and/or guns, and on and on.
But sometimes we have to recall they are just regular people. And like regular people they have problems like us all. Especially with this economy.
Stephen Baldwin happens to fall into that last bit. He's a fair actor, makes a couple million a film, and generally seems to be a decent person. But all his fame, that of his family, and his career are not enough to overcome the current economy. Just like you and me, he is in financial trouble.
He just declared bankruptcy, to the tune of $2.3 million. Ok so he is not quite like you and me. But the mortgage crisis is still claiming victims. He owes the money on a house that is now valued at $1.1 million. And somehow I don't think he had a sub-prime mortgage.
I'm sure he will be ok. I doubt that he will be homeless. Considering that he let a homeless guy live on one of his properties just to be nice to the guy - who repaid that kindness by selling heroin and getting arrested - I think that the scales of fate will work out in his favor. It doesn't hurt that his family are all pretty secure in the entertainment business too.
Still I suppose this post was just a random rambling about the fact that 1) sometimes we need to remember that entertainers are just like us (with lots more money and the complications it brings) and 2) that the economy is far worse than the Obama Administration has led us to believe.
Not my best post ever, but just something to think about.
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