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Pick Me Up, I'm Scared.

57. E! Entertainment Blues

Pick Me Up, I'm Scared.

Madeline Pendleton and David Roberts

Society & Culture

4.8783 Ratings

🗓️ 3 October 2022

⏱️ 138 minutes

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This week, Madeline and Kenna talk about fame, the horror of Hidden Hills, and how it's nice to be able to go get a cup of coffee. PATREON: https://www.patreon.com/pickmeupimscared SOURCES: https://tinyurl.com/374r7uvr https://thewire.in/culture/psychology-fame-depression https://www.buzzfeed.com/amandaeedelman/celebs-on-how-much-they-hate-being-famous https://www2.psych.ubc.ca/~schaller/Schaller1997Fame.pdf https://bestlifeonline.com/celebrities-who-hate-being-famous/ https://www.psychalive.org/fame-is-a-dangerous-drug-a-phenomenological-glimpse-of-celebrity/ https://people.com/celebrity/celeb-confessions-that-will-make-you-never-want-to-be-famous/ https://thriveworks.com/blog/mental-health-effects-of-celebrities/ https://paracelsusrehab.medium.com/should-fame-come-with-a-health-warning-c755bf65776e https://tinyurl.com/2vkspx55 https://radaronline.com/photos/its-all-falling-down-the-25-craziest-celebrity-meltdowns/ https://www.wired.com/2013/01/the-fraction-of-famous-people-in-the-world/ https://tinyurl.com/yspmap38 https://www.insider.com/guides/health/mental-health/can-money-buy-happiness https://afrotech.com/celebrity-bankruptcy?item=9 https://www.finance101.com/celebrities-who-declared-bankruptcy/ https://tinyurl.com/bddxs5d5 https://tinyurl.com/23ajcrt2 https://www.insider.com/alyson-stoner-child-star-speaks-out-2021-4 https://www.refinery29.com/en-us/2018/07/205233/celebrity-money-quotes-being-famous https://tinyurl.com/8fmxr5y7 https://tinyurl.com/555xatz5 https://tinyurl.com/7vdzv7u2 https://www.nme.com/news/music/n-sync-4-1215019 https://www.livescience.com/18649-oscar-psychology-celebrity-worship.html https://allthatsinteresting.com/celebrity-parents-stage-mothers/1 https://www.ziprecruiter.com/Salaries/Social-Media-Influencer-Salary https://betches.com/trying-to-become-an-instagram-influencer-ruined-my-life/ https://www.buzzfeed.com/stephenlaconte/influencer-secrets-reddit https://tinyurl.com/yc7sfspb https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6426373/ https://www.cosmopolitan.com/entertainment/a22528348/beyonce-jay-z-net-worth/

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0:00.0

Welcome to Pick Me Up, I'm scared. The podcast. I'm your host Madeline. And I'm your co-host, Kenna.

0:28.3

All right, Kenna, today I'm starting by asking you a question. I already know the answer to.

0:33.3

It is. Did you ever want to be famous? Oh yeah. When I was younger, for sure.

0:38.9

Yeah, like, I was wondering, because I know you've said this before, I'm familiar with the

0:43.7

Kenna Popstar Dream.

0:45.8

I could still do it one day.

0:47.7

You totally can.

0:48.8

You definitely can.

0:50.1

Like, what was appealing to you about the idea of being famous?

0:53.8

Like, what did you think it would be like?

0:55.7

What about that sounded good?

0:57.8

Um, I thought I would be respected.

1:02.0

I thought that people would take me seriously.

1:05.0

And you know, I think that I was like, well, if I'm rich,

1:10.7

then I don't have to worry about the, this is like fucked I was like, well, if I'm rich, then I don't have to worry about the...

1:13.7

This is like fucked up saying, like, you don't have to worry about like the social safety net

1:17.9

where you're just like, then I won't ever be broke again.

1:20.8

Oh, right.

1:21.5

Okay, yeah.

1:22.1

I think that that's a common thing.

1:23.6

Like, people always say, like, I want to be rich and famous, but they're like not necessarily the

1:28.6

same thing. Yes. And I just, I think then that I'm like, oh, well, like, you know, then I'm an artist and

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