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IELTS Speaking for Success

🤩 Celebrities and fame (Part 3) + Transcript

IELTS Speaking for Success

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Education, Language Learning

4.8541 Ratings

🗓️ 18 May 2026

⏱️ 20 minutes

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Get access to our episode archive: https://www.patreon.com/ieltssfs Curious about the dark side of childhood stardom? Rory explores the psychological toll on young celebrities and reveals how they can wind up on a destructive path, from racking up convictions to prying paparazzi. Tune in and have a great day! - Book a class with Rory here: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://successwithielts.com/rory⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ Our course on Phrasal Verbs: https://successwithielts.com/podcourses Transcript: https://successwithielts.com/ Find an IELTS Speaking Partner: https://links.successwithielts.com/ieltspartner Our social media: https://linktr.ee/successwithielts © 2025 Podcourses Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:29.0

Hello, lovely and welcome into IEL speaking part three.

0:32.4

We are talking about celebrities, famous people and fame.

0:37.1

Rory is going to give educated answers on fame, right, Rory?

0:42.6

We will see.

0:48.3

What are the advantages of being a famous child?

0:55.0

I suppose the most obvious is the access to money and power that can help them and their families stay out of poverty and go on to achieve things.

1:04.0

They could also use it to help others or raise awareness of different things.

1:09.0

Well, and just gain even more fame and fortune, I suppose,

1:12.6

at the most basic level. And what about the negative aspects? Oh, wow. I mean, there are

1:19.4

almost too many to count when you think about it, really. I mean, kids don't have the psychological

1:24.5

defenses and maturity that adults do, So it could really go to their heads

1:29.5

and mess them up in a variety of ways. You can kind of see that with the unsavory behavior

1:33.9

and criminal convictions child stars rack up as they get older. They just can't handle it.

1:39.6

Another obvious one would be the potential for mismanagement of all their affairs like finances and education.

1:46.2

If they were to get left to do it on their own, I doubt they would do well.

1:52.1

What can children do with their fame?

1:55.8

Aside from what I mentioned, I'm not sure really.

2:00.0

They could gain all that notoriety and infamy or go down a lighter

2:05.8

path of using their platform to help others and themselves. Ultimately, I think a lot of them

2:12.5

wind up doing a bit of both, really. What can today's children do to become famous?

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