Let’s talk a moment about celebrity narcissism - of which I’m as guilty as anyone. Is it that narcissists are inherently drawn to a life in the spotlight- or that the spotlight creates them? Speaking from experience: if you have any inclinations towards it, the spotlight will not only suit you but can also support it like nothing else. There is a certain level that is actually necessary- and it’s a little past the allowance for most others. If you’re famous for being an artist or an entertainer- your actual craft requires a level of narcissism. You need to delve deeply inside yourself to pull things out and share them. That’s a whole lot of time you spend with yourself. You also have to believe that what you have to offer is important, that all that time spent what others would think is navel gazing, is time well spent. And you have to have thick skin to withstand all the things that will be thrown at you. For all this, you require either major confidence or narcissism. And both happen to look alike from the outside - but be exactly on opposites sides of the spectrum. What truly separates them is the ability to listen, to hear. The confident one can process new information, the narcissist will bat it away. The confident one will take responsibility, the narcissist will point fingers. The confident will learn, the narcissist never. One will become more beautiful with age, the other bitter and alone. I’m working on it! #betweenjloandbettywhite #deepthoughts #latesummerdeepthoughts #nofilter #noretouch #nofakery