OT: Role Model For What Not To Do

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I cant get over how judgemental some people are. Hes a 19 year old kid. Maybe 20.
Getting hassled by the cops is a learning experience many of us have gone through.
He is actually rather tame compared to his rock counter parts but he is still younger than most.

I know not many of you will appreciate this, but for a kid he has a TREMENDOUS amount of pressure on him from the record company. He probably gets 20 calls a day just from them and spends hours on the phone with them telling him how he must sell "X" amount of cds, and sell this, and sell that, and say this and say that. He stands there and listens to them tell him how they spent 10M promoting his last CD and it just HAS to sell 10 million copies and on and on.....
That's A LOT of professional pressure for anyone, let alone a kid. Then his whole life is on TMZ.
Its a lot of crap to deal with and many celebrities, particularly those in the creative field are crushed by the pressure. Look at Michael Jackson. Absolutely crushed by the pressure of the industry. (Not making excuses for him, just sayin) A big part of Jacksons problems was that he was never able to eclipse the Thriller album, no matter how many times the record company told him he "just has to."