# Why do celebrities think anybody cares what they think about foreign relations? **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [March 2, 2003, 5:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-do-celebrities-think-anybody-cares-what-they-think-about-foreign-relations/158537 "2003-03-02T05:04:40Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 3\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![DMark](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e68b1a/32.png) [@DMark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DMark)\ **Post date:** [March 3, 2003, 7:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-do-celebrities-think-anybody-cares-what-they-think-about-foreign-relations/158537/21 "2003-03-03T19:42:32Z")
Celebrities and politics are bad news. Two words: Ronald Reagan. ---
**Author:** ![Intaglio](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/71e660/32.png) [@Intaglio](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Intaglio)\ **Post date:** [March 3, 2003, 8:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-do-celebrities-think-anybody-cares-what-they-think-about-foreign-relations/158537/22 "2003-03-03T20:09:10Z")
Unforunately the media wants “Celebrities” to tell the people their views of politics, social issues, when all an Actor/Actress does for a living is play make-Believe and Dress-Up. It somehow makes the “Celebrity” feel more important, when the Media knows that it want change government policy. ---
**Author:** ![Skid\_Row](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/779978/32.png) [@Skid\_Row](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skid_Row)\ **Post date:** [March 4, 2003, 1:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-do-celebrities-think-anybody-cares-what-they-think-about-foreign-relations/158537/23 "2003-03-04T01:36:54Z")
The exact same thing that makes Limbaugh, O’Reilly, Savage, Hannity, Shephard “_Save My Parking Spot_” Smith, or Boortz think their opinion matters: **nothing**! [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-do-celebrities-think-anybody-cares-what-they-think-about-foreign-relations/158537.md?page=1)