# Would You Date/Live With/Marry A Celebrity? **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [August 28, 2012, 4:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/would-you-date-live-with-marry-a-celebrity/632943 "2012-08-28T16:34:18Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![DMark](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e68b1a/32.png) [@DMark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DMark)\ **Post date:** [August 28, 2012, 4:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/would-you-date-live-with-marry-a-celebrity/632943/1 "2012-08-28T16:34:18Z")
I am not talking about that one night of wild sex - I am talking long(er) term relationship with a super-star celebrity. Assuming you are you - just a “normal” person who is not famous, but meet a really famous celebrity who earns big bucks and is followed around by paparazzi day and night, and is on tour or off shooting a film/TV series weeks/months at a time, and you are - well, just the partner. Would it bother you to be in their shadow day and night? Would it bother you to know you can’t go anywhere without looking perfect and knowing everyone is looking at you and the celebrity? Would it bother you to know they have all the money and fame and you are, well, just along for the ride and totally dependent on them for your new fabulous lifestyle? So, would you date/live with/marry a celebrity? ---
**Author:** ![Simplicio](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/c37758/32.png) [@Simplicio](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Simplicio)\ **Post date:** [August 28, 2012, 4:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/would-you-date-live-with-marry-a-celebrity/632943/2 "2012-08-28T16:39:28Z")
Their having more money/fame wouldn’t bother me. I’d have trouble dealing with having people take my picture all the time though. ---
**Author:** ![Anaamika](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/5f9b8f/32.png) [@Anaamika](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Anaamika)\ **Post date:** [August 28, 2012, 6:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/would-you-date-live-with-marry-a-celebrity/632943/3 "2012-08-28T18:18:03Z")
I’d date him and maybe live with him. I’d probably never marry him. I don’t care about being in his shadow, but I might mind having people cast aspersions about our relationship all the time. But I could live with the money thing - it’s fun while it lasts, as long as you remember it’s going to go away. ---
**Author:** ![twickster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/ec9cab/32.png) [@twickster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/twickster)\ **Post date:** [August 28, 2012, 6:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/would-you-date-live-with-marry-a-celebrity/632943/4 "2012-08-28T18:28:37Z")
You don’t have to be in the public eye if you don’t want to. Plenty of actors and musicians are married to people you’ve never heard of. ---
**Author:** ![Omar\_Little](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/omar_little/32/269_2.png) [@Omar\_Little](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Omar_Little)\ **Post date:** [August 28, 2012, 6:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/would-you-date-live-with-marry-a-celebrity/632943/5 "2012-08-28T18:30:36Z")
If we got along and shared a common interterest…sure, why not. ---
**Author:** ![delphica](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e9a140/32.png) [@delphica](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/delphica)\ **Post date:** [August 28, 2012, 6:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/would-you-date-live-with-marry-a-celebrity/632943/6 "2012-08-28T18:32:06Z")
I think maybe now, that I am older, I could deal with it. When I was younger, it would have made me crazy. These days, I am a lot more confident (or perhaps just lazy) about being able to do things like say “hey, I’m going on vacation without you for two weeks, because I need some down time from the paparazzi.” I thought about this a while back because a celebrity was in one of my college classes, and we were in the same group for an ongoing project. It was an art history class, so we were going to different museums to gather information for our project. It was really disconcerting to notice people staring all the time, more than I would have expected. And it continued to feel weird – it got a little more comfortable as the class went on, but it wasn’t as if it was only weird the first week and then I could ignore it. ---
**Author:** ![Evil\_Captor](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/f17d59/32.png) [@Evil\_Captor](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Evil_Captor)\ **Post date:** [August 28, 2012, 6:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/would-you-date-live-with-marry-a-celebrity/632943/7 "2012-08-28T18:36:33Z")
I just don’t think my wife would understand! Or that she’d understand all too well! ---
**Author:** ![Troppus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/a587f6/32.png) [@Troppus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Troppus)\ **Post date:** [August 28, 2012, 6:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/would-you-date-live-with-marry-a-celebrity/632943/8 "2012-08-28T18:45:45Z")
I couldn’t be with someone who needed that kind of attention. I’m not jealous or insecure, I just couldn’t provide the drama and attention such a person might need at home. I wasn’t interested in dating drama majors in college, either, just not my kind of person to spend time with. I love film, though, and respect those who are versitile and act well, but I’m not in the least attracted. ---
**Author:** ![blondebear](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/blondebear/32/1022_2.png) [@blondebear](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/blondebear)\ **Post date:** [August 28, 2012, 6:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/would-you-date-live-with-marry-a-celebrity/632943/9 "2012-08-28T18:50:01Z")
Nope. There are too many things I like to do that would be impossible with a celebrity in tow. ---
**Author:** ![Little\_Nemo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/little_nemo/32/3120_2.png) [@Little\_Nemo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Little_Nemo)\ **Post date:** [August 28, 2012, 7:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/would-you-date-live-with-marry-a-celebrity/632943/10 "2012-08-28T19:15:28Z")
If I loved the person otherwise, sure. I don’t have any self-esteem problems, so the “living in somebody’s shadow” part isn’t an issue. I don’t see being rich as a problem - it’s really more of a plus. I don’t care for the fame, but as burdens go, it seems like an relatively easy one to bear. ---
**Author:** ![Cat\_Whisperer](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cat_whisperer/32/4839_2.png) [@Cat\_Whisperer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cat_Whisperer)\ **Post date:** [August 28, 2012, 7:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/would-you-date-live-with-marry-a-celebrity/632943/11 "2012-08-28T19:35:34Z")
> [@delphica](#): > > \ > > I thought about this a while back because a celebrity was in one of my college classes, and we were in the same group for an ongoing project. It was an art history class, so we were going to different museums to gather information for our project. It was really disconcerting to notice people staring all the time, more than I would have expected. And it continued to feel weird – it got a little more comfortable as the class went on, but it wasn’t as if it was only weird the first week and then I could ignore it. Was the celebrity James Franco? I wouldn’t date, live with, or marry a celebrity. I have the usual fascination with what it would be like to actually be a major celebrity, but I wouldn’t want to have that as part of my life. Fame sounds like a terrible, unpleasant burden to me. ---
**Author:** ![obfusciatrist](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/4af34b/32.png) [@obfusciatrist](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/obfusciatrist)\ **Post date:** [August 28, 2012, 7:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/would-you-date-live-with-marry-a-celebrity/632943/12 "2012-08-28T19:56:24Z")
Depends on the behavior of the celebrity. There are huge stars you rarely see in the press except when they want to be in the press. With such a celebrity, if I didn’t want to be involved in the press I’d just not go to those things where they’d be. Tip #1: Don’t live in New York or Los Angeles. There aren’t roving packs of paparazzi in Minneapolis or Portland or Wyoming. But if it was a celebrity who liked the round-the-clock attention, it probably wouldn’t be a celebrity I want to be with anyway. The stray long-lens People Magazine shot of my at the gas station with my famous spouse I could live with. Standing in the background while she works a red carpet I could handle. ---
**Author:** ![John\_Mace](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/john_mace/32/185_2.png) [@John\_Mace](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/John_Mace)\ **Post date:** [August 28, 2012, 8:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/would-you-date-live-with-marry-a-celebrity/632943/13 "2012-08-28T20:16:21Z")
I could grudgingly be convinced to date Halle Berry. But only so I could report back here about what it was like! ---
**Author:** ![Hypno-Toad](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/b2d939/32.png) [@Hypno-Toad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hypno-Toad)\ **Post date:** [August 28, 2012, 8:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/would-you-date-live-with-marry-a-celebrity/632943/14 "2012-08-28T20:16:50Z")
I’d be OK with it. ---
**Author:** ![Beware\_of\_Doug](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/278dde/32.png) [@Beware\_of\_Doug](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Beware_of_Doug)\ **Post date:** [August 28, 2012, 8:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/would-you-date-live-with-marry-a-celebrity/632943/15 "2012-08-28T20:37:46Z")
Maybe an _ex_-celebrity. Is Alicia Witt still available? ---
**Author:** ![delphica](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e9a140/32.png) [@delphica](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/delphica)\ **Post date:** [August 28, 2012, 8:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/would-you-date-live-with-marry-a-celebrity/632943/16 "2012-08-28T20:54:22Z")
> [@Cat\_Whisperer](#): > > Was the celebrity James Franco? > > I wouldn’t date, live with, or marry a celebrity. I have the usual fascination with what it would be like to actually be a major celebrity, but I wouldn’t want to have that as part of my life. Fame sounds like a terrible, unpleasant burden to me. Ha, no. Was James Franco an art history major? ---
**Author:** ![Loach](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/loach/32/350_2.png) [@Loach](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Loach)\ **Post date:** [August 28, 2012, 9:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/would-you-date-live-with-marry-a-celebrity/632943/17 "2012-08-28T21:08:25Z")
No problem at all. Karen Gillan will you marry me? ---
**Author:** ![Icarus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/icarus/32/72_2.png) [@Icarus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Icarus)\ **Post date:** [August 28, 2012, 9:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/would-you-date-live-with-marry-a-celebrity/632943/18 "2012-08-28T21:17:06Z")
I would have different answers depending on the level of “celebrity”. A famous person - sure - because not all famous people are paparazzi targets. I worked in the entertainment industry and knew a lot of name people. Mostly they were mainly normal. But a \* Celebrity \* on the other hand - no - not my style. ---
**Author:** ![JackieLikesVariety](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jackielikesvariety/32/296_2.png) [@JackieLikesVariety](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JackieLikesVariety)\ **Post date:** [August 28, 2012, 9:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/would-you-date-live-with-marry-a-celebrity/632943/19 "2012-08-28T21:20:25Z")
maybe: depends on the celebrity. what a dull post! mine, I mean. yours was fine! ---
**Author:** ![Cat\_Whisperer](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cat_whisperer/32/4839_2.png) [@Cat\_Whisperer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cat_Whisperer)\ **Post date:** [August 29, 2012, 12:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/would-you-date-live-with-marry-a-celebrity/632943/20 "2012-08-29T00:24:17Z")
> [@delphica](#): > > Ha, no. Was James Franco an art history major? No, it looks like he’s working on a doctorate in English - I just knew he was a big education buff. 🙂 [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/would-you-date-live-with-marry-a-celebrity/632943.md?page=2)