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El_Marsh posted...

He is a human being, not a "brand"

Quite honestly, that's a huge problem with this celebrity worship nonsense.

It's all smiles and adoration until you get bored and then you have to muddy them up a bit to keep your interest, never mind that it's an actual human being that you're fucking with along the way.

You make up these little scenarios where "I must know the truth for the good of humanity" or some such but all you're doing is being a creepy little ass to a complete stranger who happens to be successful at playing film characters.

I don't really give a damn about the Rock in all honesty but I think this desire to have him "come clean" about his personal habits is carny nonsense.

It's a pretty shit hobby if that's what you're really into.

The man literally has a fitness brand. He sells his physique as a marketing tool for his brand image and movies. He denies steroid use as part of this marketing image.

The rock is one of many people in the fitness/hollywood space lying about steroid use for personal/monetary gain. It's something I think about a lot as someone who spends a significant time training and following strength sports.

If you aren't aware, steroid abuse in teenagers and male body dysmorphia because of it is a huge problem now. It's something that enters my peripheral quite a lot.

So no, it's not an obsession with the rock specifically, he is just one example of many. We could be talking about liver king or mike o hearn or chris hemsworth or lasha talakhadze, the conversation is still the same.

If you have any interest in the point I'm making beyond writing it off as celebrity obsession, here is a video that summarises the problem quite well:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g7K-0UQeRnY