Just ONE WEEK after the Chris Brown/Raz B foolishness,
I found myself at odds with an up and coming twitter celebrity. This person gained YouTube success after a funny vlog about a certain religious figure's situation and I instantly loved watching this person's videos. Here's the problem: I gave this person a compliment while mentioning of his/her rivals.
I wrote something to the effect: "You and I are blessed, but I wish your (rival) would get on God's team and stop being disrespectful to folks like us."
BAD MOVE. This person sends a blanket message that new followers should watch their tone.
Since I'm a Twitter nerd who searches timelines to see the origin of certain incidents, I realized that it was ME who offended this person.
To make matters worse, this person's Twitter friend who is an attorney and former TV host got in on it. Now all the followers were mad at an anonymous person who happens to be me.
Then I realized a problem that many folks are having today: FOLKS CAN'T BE HUMBLE WHEN THEY GET SOME FAME.
People confuse their brand image with who they really are. Your brand is a MASK that wear in public in order to gain peoples' trust. When you take that mask off (in the privacy of your home), you are just another taxpaying citizen.
This is why you can't have too many "yes" people around you. If you wanna be in Hollywood, you must learn how to stay humble and always address your fans respectfully. Now, I'm not saying this person called me specifically. In fact, I appreciate that this person did not do that to me.
But it was still embarrassing, knowing that I have direct message capabilities on my Twitter account. I could have been sent a private e-mail. But now, I'm rethinking being a fan of this person.
God is the ONLY person that I want to meet in person.
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