It's lonely at the top...

Just read that Johnny Manziel, recent Heisman trophy winner, is going to take all of his spring classes online since he has become too high-profile to attend class. He said it's mayhem when he tries to go to a class.
I don't know.... I just find this sad. I mean, at what price do we want to be famous?? When you can't even attend class and he has 3 1/2 years left in college?!? Johnny, who graduated from high school in the small Texas town I work in, was just a regular kid here. Yeah, most kids seemed to think he was cocky, but that often goes along with being a really excellent quarterback and others get jealous. Johnny also had a stealing incident at Wal-Mart  and a bar incident in College Station, so I'm not sure how "strong his constitution is" in regard to decisions. But the article said that he only has a once a month activity on the A&M campus, so I would think that would be extremely lonely. Our society idolizes people like this which, if you think about it, is so dumb. Is it because they have (or will have) a lot of money and those people want a part of that? Is it because they get a lot of "face time" and people want a part of that? What kind of society allows paparrazi to chase actors and musicians around, violating their personal lives? Why do we care WHAT they do?? They are just actors. It's their profession. Are we wanting to see that they fail just like we do? Is it jealousy?
Sigh. I just think Americans (and the West in general) are idolizing people; it's wrong and those "stars" are suffering for it.
So are the rest of us...