There are some stars that we love to hate, but others? We just hate, because they cross the line of ‘reality villain’ to ‘just plain awful person.’ It got me to thinking, which big celebrities of today are destined to become obscure footnotes in 10, 15 or 20 years from now. Germaine Greer says Meghan and Harry will likely fade into obscurity. There’s no doubt about it –catfights, screaming matches, and highly offensive statements send television audiences buzzing. Unfortunately, some of these fallen stars have hung around long past the expiration of their 15 minutes, turning them into the human version of a car wreck its impossible to look away from. I watch the old 50’s show, What’s My Line, and usually I know the celebrity guests, but often it is someone I have never heard of but they must have been popular due to the audience reaction back then. For others, their fame meant that cameras and paparazzi captured less than favorable things they did or said.
Some got addicted to being in the spotlight and did increasingly crazy things to get a little attention. While some former reality television stars have gone on to have successful careers in the entertainment industry or their chosen field, there’s an equal majority who were destroyed by the fleeting fame. However, they never quite reach the level of fame that red carpet A-Listers have – unless, of course, they manage to take their 15 minutes of reality fame and transform that into a larger career. On the one hand, they’re constantly splashed across the tabloids and they sometimes get a fair chunk of money for appearing on their show, or for winning their season of whatever show they’re on. live/work/remain etc in obscurity OBrien died in obscurity.
In 2012 he solidified his move into serious cinema when he starred alongside Nicole Kidman and Matthew. From Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English obscurity obscurity / bskjrti -skjr-/ noun (plural obscurities) 1 uncountable NOT KNOW FAMOUS the state of not being known or remembered fade/slide/sink etc into obscurity The group produced two albums before disappearing into obscurity. Reality television stars are a strange breed of famous. In an industry where child actors notoriously go off the rails or simply fade into obscurity after their time in the spotlight, Duff is a shining example of someone whos managed to maintain her success as an adult not an easy task. EXCLUSIVE: Susan Peters was on her way to becoming a sought-after leading lady in Hollywood when a freak accident on New Year’s Day 1945 forever changed her fate.
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