Nikkolas wrote:Actually, funny you should mock his belief in being a sex symbol. Apart from being with frickin' Cameron Diaz, I know multiple women who find him attractive. There's plenty enough evidence of that on the web, however. It's not like he's some balding fat guy with a wig tryign to squeeze into lether pants. A lot of girls do think of him as a sex symbol.
Yea... it's amazing what being rich and famous can get you.
I know many fat, middle-age, and butt ugly mega millionaire types that prove it daily. Fame and public identity alone will give you that kind of attention but I can assure you, the "affections" are based on curiosity and fantasy, not that there's anything wrong with that. But when it comes to such fettishes you typically find the ladder climbers.
As to Cameron's tie to him... it's "situation normal" for the show biz world; birds of a feather and all. Either of them getting political as well as career based kudos for association with one another. That's just how show biz and relationships tend to work and too, many such "bonds" are "arranged" by the handlers of either talent for the sake of business, not romance. But go right on clinging to that perspective in that there are also many woman that see Criss and his ilk as being "users" and even "abusers" of women -- the stereotypical male that preys on woman in the manner that I mentioned above.
Just as drugs and booze (the perpetual party) become a given when success happens so does sexual addiction -- success within show biz (more than most any other industry) can be pure poison and for most, will be. The recording industry is rife with examples just as we can see with "child actors" and how they are conditioned to believe they are "stars" in their youth but once the contract is us, they go back to being virtual nobodies that frequently go through some horrid self-destruction... not that I'd know anything about such things
Unless Criss grows up and starts acting a bit more mature, far less assholed, and a lot more respectful of others he's doomed. He's burnt far too many important bridges over the past five years alone, and pushed just about everyone away that ever attempted to guide him in the right direction for the sake of longevity. Believe me, he had the people that made Copperfield and Burton legends, willing to give him the same push but his ego started getting in the way.
I'm not going to banter back and forth with you. You've made five posts to this forum, most all of them defending your hero rather than being contributive to the forum as a whole. Your youth and lack of real life perspective (when it comes to the realities of show biz) keep you from seeing where the real problems lay with Criss and why. Like most, you are buying into the illusion -- the invented image or "packaging" created by his handlers. I however, know about such facades and likewise have some privileged understanding as to what's really been going on behind the scenes with Angel & Company... and don't start asking who and what, I don't play that game. People trust me with that sort of detail and I do not betray such trusts.
I will encourage you to do two things however;
a.) Get involved with the forum in ways that go outside the non-real realms of Criss Angel and connect with what magic really is about
b.) Learn to accept that some people, particularly the more experienced, understand circumstances around any given performer a lot better because they have been there and know what it's like at both, first hand and observational points of view. We know the patterns because we've seen so many potential talents go through them time and again.
"Artists" be it a painter, writer or entertainer all tend to be tortured souls. Most of us are actually better off not ever knowing high level success in that it takes us outside our "comfort" zones, as it were. We are moved into uncharted territory and as a means of escape... a way to get back to where we were the most comfortable, the most creative, etc. we destroy things. Like the Phoenix however, many of us raise back from the ashes only to repeat the cycle. It's a pattern I've seen up close for far too long, which is why I tend to be so cynical and hard with issues such as this.
BTW... Lance Burton nearly did the same things I've mentioned here with Criss but John Thompson and Peter Reveen slapped some sense back into him, got him away from the party life and back on track. Kirby VanBirch ended up moving to Branson so as to escape the snares found in Las Vegas and has known nothing but success since doing so... he just had to tame his ego and get back to that comfort zone point.
So think about it and try to get a better understanding around it all.