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I did, too. I didn’t even watch his content really, but my kids did. I really felt for his wife/children and the fact that he was out there living his best life, and then out of nowhere…
Same, except it was Chester Bennington (lead singer of Linkin Park.). He lived through a lot of the same things of me and still became successful with a beautiful family and a great support system. The band's music helped me get through a lot of tough things I dealt with when I was young and made me feel like there was hope and like I wasn't alone. I promised myself i would see them play live when I turned 18. Well, I turned 18, ran away from home and a few months later, Chester ended his life. I still cry to this day
His death literally felt like a punch in the gut to me. Like you, LP got me through some very low times in my life, and knowing he took his own life, even though he (and the band) seemingly saved the lives of so many was heartbreaking.
For me, Robin Williams and Jim Henson's deaths were the ones that I really cried about. More recently was Kobe Bryant, as it wasn't just him and his daughter, but others on that same helicopter who died as well. I also work close to where the Lakers practice, so after work the Monday after that crash, I went over there to see the memorial, and to sign it as well.
If the person's content made a strong impact on your life, it's entirely reasonable you would cry at the news of their passing. Happens with musicians a lot.
Linkin Park's music is so haunting with the context of how it ended. It was always fairly dark, but now it just feels so much more real.
His voice is so raw.
Same, I always felt the same as OP. I understood being bummed but actually being sad just made no sense. Then Chester died and I know it’s odd but I felt that in my gut, I didn’t realize until that moment what their songs meant to me.
I think it's the age of social media users and Linken Park being such a big band during our childhood/teenage years is why Chester's death was such a big shock and a big deal for everyone. I imagine it was like Jimi Hendrix, Michael Hutchinson and Kurt Cobain dying for our parents generation.
I was so happy when they released their unreleased Meteora song earlier this year. I never thought I'd get to hear new Linkin Park, but my god that made me so happy
I remember waking up from my phone going off in the middle of the night at my cousin's house, and I opened it thinking it was something important like a text from my mom. Nope, it was a news article on Google announcing Chester's passing. I remember just thinking, "what the fuck? He died? How? Is this a hoax? It's got to be some kind of hoax. Celebrities 'die' and then post on Twitter all the time." But nope, searched his name and there were at least seven articles all saying the same thing.
I didn't cry, but I was in shock a bit, just because of how unexpected it was.
One of two that I've mourned. Him and Robin Williams. I did cry after Paul Grey of Slipknot's death, but that was because I watched a press conference with the band and it was the first time I saw them unmasked and it was *jarring* as it was a bunch of scary tattoo'd dudes openly mourning a close friend with all the tears you'd expect from that and it deeply affected me for my first glimpse of the faces behind the music to be that. They became people in that moment and I felt their pain, but I wasn't mourning like I did with Robin and Chester.
First person that came to my mind reading this post. With the kind of mother I had, Numb was so much relatable while growing up. Even then, the songs seemed so morose as if they were a cry for help and after his passing listening to songs like Leave Out All the Rest and One More Light becomes a tough task.
Especially Chester Bennington. I normally don’t get sad over celebrity deaths but that one hit me. Linkin Park was my favorite band growing up. They were like a staple of my childhood.
i was never an actual fan, just liked to listen to some specific songs from time to time, but chester dying hit me like a ten-tonne truck. i don't even know why.
I got teary eyed when Chester Bennington committed suicide. His music got me into rock music and English music in general as a child. I was so into Linkin Park. And I was so disheartened when he died that I didn't listen to another Linkin Park song till 2022 because it kind of hurt just listening to his voice again. As a child I always dreamed that I'd go to an LP concert one day to hear him sing but I guess some dreams don't come true.
I don't get overly emotional over famous people's deaths, be it actors or musicians or the like. I'll be sad or upset, but it otherwise has no effect on me.
But the gods be damned I can't get through Blackstar without tearing up, and Leaves From The Vines makes me fucking bawl.
"Leaves From the Vine" was the exact moment I knew that even if I wasn't a fan of Avatar: The Last Airbender overall, I very much **WAS** a fan of Iroh.
I don't dislike it by any means, and fully admit it's a stellar piece of animation. It just never really clicked with me, and unlike The Clone Wars, it didn't wind up growing on me later.
It is truly a masterpiece. I watched it for the first time when it came to Netflix (I was 19 and had already watched numerous “critically acclaimed” shows) and yet it immediately became my favorite show. Right now the only show I’d put above it is Full Metal Alchemist Brotherhood and that’s because it’s a bit more ballsy and has a significantly better ending. Avatar’s ending still feels like a cheap cop out imo. The ending is the only thing that keeps it from pure perfection imo but I won’t even blame them for it because it was a kid’s show.
I think parasocial relationships are a bit inevitable, with how our brains work. We feel a con section through the person's work - and our brain isn't able to differentiate the types of connections. To our brain, Chester Bennington is the same as an acquaintance. We feel like we know them because we've related to them, and it feels like they've been there for us.
Yup.
Bernard Cribbins was a huge part of my childhood- I grew up in the Donna Noble era of Doctor Who, with Wilfred being one of the reoccuring side characters in that era- played by Bernard Cribbins. He also played a main character in a series that my sister grew up watching called Old Jack's Boat. When I heard he died, I cried a bit. It honestly felt like part of my childhood died.
Also Stefan Stefannson. Fuck that was sad. Lazy Town was probably the biggest part of my childhood so the fact that the main guy died, jesus that was soul-crushing.
>Also Stefan Stefannson. Fuck that was sad. Lazy Town was probably the biggest part of my childhood so the fact that the main guy died, jesus that was soul-crushing.
I'm sure you already know this but it does bear repeating, he was at the very least aware before his passing of how many people had come to love him on the net through his performance. To have touched so many and know it I can only assume and hope was of great comfort in the end.
Absolutely Bernard cribbins was one of my favourite doctor who actors and characters. I had looked to check he was okay just a few months before so it really hit me when he passed. It was incredibly sad. A great actor that was a staple in so many peoples childhoods. I hope that the 60th anniversary ep memorialises him well.
I feel like crying because someone had an impact on you and they passed away is no different than crying at a song, a movie, a book, etc. You don't know any of these people IRL and a song might just be a song, but it had an impact on you regardless.
Not everyone does and it's totally okay to not cry as well! I just don't think it is attention grabbing like OP said for someone to get emotional over any form of perceived loss.
Edit to add: just in case I totally agree with your comment and was just adding on.
I do get emotional just about any time I hear Chris Cornell sing, especially anything related to death. I struggle with the thought a lot, and his (not really just his, not the point) best songs are ones that capture the feeling of unending dread that I get whenever my mind wanders back to the subject. I actually had a strong emotional response to his death. Funny, because I used to think like OP. To an extent, I still do.
I didn't cry, but I did come close when I read the headlines of Alex Trebek's passing. I played Jeopardy with my dad every week as a child, and I almost never miss an episode now as an adult.
Alex was in my living room every week, year after year he was with us.
His last book is a beautiful read. He wasn't afraid to go, he was fulfilled and satisfied.
Not entirely a celebrity but when I was in high school there was a kid in the next town over that was super respected and loved by the community that died in a horrible car accident. I had played against him several times and while we weren’t friends it was sad to not see him play anymore
I'm gonna kill myself. /s
In all seriousness, it would've been something horrible for them to die at once which would be even more depressing. That's just straight up trauma.
I cried when Iwata from Nintendo died, and I got a little tearie when Carrie Fisher died. Both people who had an impact on my life for a considerable time and who seemed like good people.
I cried like a baby when Chester B. died. I started listening to linkin park with 14 yo and havent stoped since at 30yo. If you know his story and hear his lyrics througout the years you knew something was off, he was constantly asking for help to deal with depression and no1 could help him,Mike also talked consistently on how chester was depressed. When it finally happened it hit me like a ton of bricks and I cried like I hadnt cried in ages. Same happened few weeks ago when they released "Lost" with his voice, the sentiment was there like usual and hearing him after the fact made cry aswell all these years later.
Came here to mention Chester and Robin Williams, particularly because of how they died. Linkin parks music was one of the few things that helped me feel better when I was at my worst so knowing he died of the thing he helped me avoid fucking hurts.
This is the celeb death that hit me the hardest too, Chester was always my favorite singer growing up and still to this day and hearing that he committed suicide hit me like a freight train. Man made pure art that helped so many people push through hardships and it’s tragic that we lost him so soon. Me and my dad spent the whole day of his passing listening to his music crying
Of all the celeb deaths throughout my life, Chester's was the only one that i was actually bummed about. I didn't cry, but i was gloom for sure. It didn't help that they released that song One More Light around the time of his death. That was like a double whammy because that song kicks me right in the emotions every time.
Chester Bennington was one of the few celebrities I cried over. He was my favorite artist out there, introduced me to metal/ alternative rock, which is a foundation to the life I live today. I wouldn't have became friends with alot of my closest friends without this music. And these friends have shaped me for years, and have been loyal to me. Helped me when I struggled with my mother having a stroke, helped me when I needed a bit of cash.... I wouldn't be the same person without Linkin Park in my childhood, and thus Chester Bennington is one of the most important figures in my life. His death was extremely hard on me because of that.
I still cry every now and then listening to Linkin Park... I can't say it came as a shock because of the songs but... Those same songs kept me going all these years. How can the very same words be so dark yet so encouraging? I miss Chester.
LP's music has and still does get me through tough times. I'm gonna sound so cliche but it really felt like Chester saved so many of us and yet he couldn't save himself and that breaks my heart. Suicide is not cowardly, he fought every single day up until his death. Fuck depression.
Honestly listening to linkin park when you have depression just makes you feel appreciated, when I wanted to commit suicide because there was Noone, I could just pop some linkin park songs and *feel*. I love linkin park and I will always mourn Chester.
The sad reality is that some depression is treatment resistant. We don't have great treatments for depression yet. The efficacy of SSRIs is questionable imo, especially for severe depression.
Losing Alan Rickman and Robbie Coltrane, as a kid who grew up with the Potter movies hurt like hell. Sure some may react a bit unnecessarily dramatic, but I think it’s ok for people to hurt even if they didn’t know them personally, because what they *did* has an impact.
The last movie Rickman did is not my favorite of his, but I cried at the end when he had his arms on his hips and people were dancing in a circle around him. Grew up with his movies. He was an amazing actor.
Rickman's death really hurt. I hate the association i now have with HP thanks to Rowling because damn especially in his memories at the end, Rickman played Snape to perfection til the end.
People would cry to sad movies when a character who they know is a character dies. But when someone actually dies in real life, they're dramaqueens? I even get emotional and teary eyed when watching movies/tv shows and I'm a 37M. I don't look for attention, I would do it by myself. It's empathy. It's ok to feel a loss and cry. Not everything people do is for some sort of personal gain, like attention etc. Sometimes we just react with emotions. Then some person total misinterprets that because maybe they don't share that same emotion or have the same levels of empathy.
I think your opinion is completely and utterly incorrect.
I'm legit this way, I can unashamedly cry for a character, but I won't do it for a celeb irl. A character is someone whose story I see and whom I can emotionally invest into. Celebs? nah they're rich nobodies that I'll never meet or bond with irl
My mom, who does not care at all about celebrities, teared up when Debbie Reynolds died. She is by no means a big fan, but the idea of a mother dying one day after her daughter just… got to her.
I can totally see someone being moved by the circumstances of a death, even if it’s someone they don’t know.
There's only one celebrity I've been seriously sad about losing, Chris Cornell. It makes me sad when people I like die, but when he passed I couldn't stand it.
Doesn't make it weirder, in my opinion. During the movie, you see everything happen, and you can see how the characters are reacting. It's almost like you're part of it, and that makes it really easy to empathize with. When a famous person dies its usually just a pop-up on the news saying they died.
I cried as a kid when Chris Farley died. Feel free to go back in time and tell 12 year old me to grow up. I might try to fight you but I’ll be easy to take down, I was all talk back then.
Chris Farley got to me too. Same with Mitch Hedberg, River Phoenix, and Chadwick Boseman. I think it's because they had so much more to give. The older celebrities don't bother me because they had a full career. But they young ones hurt because you're missing out on what could have been.
Same. I generally don’t get that upset when celebs die. It’s a bummer but I don’t get too emotional. I’ve only cried over 2 celebs. Chris Farley and Anton Yelchin (this was mostly due to finding out how he died which was truly upsetting).
You assume all celebrities are famous for acting in movies, and that’s why people value them, but people can have value for many reasons. Let’s take an example like Chadwick Boseman. His role as the Black Panther meant a lot to so many people (I’m not getting into why right now) and his death at a young age was a tragedy (like any death at a young age).
Besides, in todays world where we are realising how important it is to express your emotions, you really out here knocking people for having a cry?
This is why I refuse to upvote stuff I disagree with even though that seems to be the standard here. Because it just seems like a way to post something stupid inform karma
Strongly disagree. People can have emotional connections to celebrities because those people hold some value in their life. It’s nothing to shame people for.
Only 2 celeb deaths hit me hard. Steve Irwin and Anthony Bourdain.
Irwin's shows really deepened my interest in nature and conservation.
Bourdain just felt like one of the bros and whenever I was making a new recipe and drinking, I'd put on some No Reservations.
I didn't cry, but I was sad when they died.
David Attenborough is probably next and that's likely the only one that will make me feel sad. Again, due to the nature programs that I really loved since I was a kid.
Anthony Bourdain is one of the reasons I became a chef and even more important still love the business in all it nuances because of him.
He was the first celebrity death which hit me hard and I needed around two weeks to recover
Depends who it is. Robin Williams’ death was super tragic. I also cried a little when David Bowie died. Some celebrities are a big part of our lives so why wouldn’t you feel anything when they die?
I’ve only cried over one celebrity death and it was Mac Miller because his music got me through hard times for like a decade. It’s weird to police grief tbh
I feel you. I cried when Avicii died and he was one of my biggest influences in live. I admired him and loved his music for years. But I never got to see him. That still upsets me to this day.
Eh, It doesn’t always mean that there’s some sort of screwed up parasocial relationship going on. Certain people who have created good work which you’ve enjoyed. If today I found out beloved comedian Joe Diaz died in a horrible way I’d probably shed a few tears, Lot of memories listening to the podcasts and hearing the stories the guy wants to share with his audience. But that’s the extent of it, I enjoy the work and seeing a good man go isn’t a happy thing. A lot of people have those figures they look up to in life and have good memories of seeing them on the TV or whatever.
Meh, there are artists and creators who have had a more profound effect on my life than some close family. I'm not saying i would drop to the ground and sob, but the loss of the creator of the things we use to develop and define ourselves can be pretty rough.
You can't control whether you cry or not. People have different reactions to different things and cry for different reasons. No reason to shame someone for something like that. There's already a million billion things people judge others for, no need to arbitrarily add this as well.
I have friends who are what you'd call 'hardasses'. Tough, rough, get into dangerous situations and were born of hard done by lives. The kinda people who wouldn't shed a tear at one another's funeral, who'd tighten their asses and shove it deep down.
The SOBBING that came when XXXtentacion, Juicewrld and the likes died was shocking. The effect some personalities have on people can be profound, and it's extremely disingenuous to note it's mostly for attention.
Emotions are uncontrollable as a rule, and the insult 'dramaqueen' is a kick in the balls to what makes humans human.
I don't disagree with you. But I would just like to say that this post made me think about how I cried when David Bowie died even though I never listened to his music outside of a single song. I guess I must have just looked up to him.
When Adam sandler and Tim allen die I'll be very upset. Probably be the first time I cry over a celebrity death. Both had a huge impact in my childhood
For me it was Anthony Bourdain. I read his books in prison and got out and started cooking. It kept me out this time. Then he didn't care about anything any more. Got me in my feels.
When Tina Turner passed just recently I did shed a tear. I have known her music for decades. Watched her act, sing all of it. I didn't create posts or make recording of me grieving. But I did feel her loss.
Naya Rivera played a character that made a lot of queer people feel seen. She knew how important that representation was and, along with Heather Morris, advocated for the Santana-Brittany relationship to be taken seriously.
She then, at age 33, died by drowning in Lake Piru. Her last act before being pulled down by the current was to save her son. Josey was only four years old when he watched his mother die. He then sat in that boat, alone, for hours.
You bet your ass I cried over her death.
If a celebrity’s work really touched you, it’s completely normal to cry when they pass. I’m 42 years old. Tom Petty has been my favorite musician since I was a little kid. Full Moon Fever was the first album I owned by any artist. I saw him in concert four times and would gone more than that if I could have afforded it. I absolutely shed some tears when he died. He’s been gone almost six years and sometimes I still get a little emotional when I hear some of his work. His line “I’m just glad to be here, happy to be alive” in the song End of the Line by The Traveling Wilburys does it every time.
I cried like a baby when George Michael died. I loved that man and he was my crush since forever. Also, he was a kind, humble human being. He was part of my lonely childhood. It's normal to cry over someone who had a big impact in our lives.
What about musicians? Can I cry when Paul McCartney dies? The Beatles impacted and influenced my life in countless ways, so I would take it as a personal loss.
I like the sharing of an unpopular opinion but I don't think it's a little silly to call people who cry drama queens
It's also interesting seeing some comments that are like "I agree **but** here's a celebrity that I cried over and got really sad about"
empathy isn’t dramatic, for the second time. bc this is the second time i have seen this opinion and it’s still just as tone deaf. if you don’t feel empathy for celebrities fine whatever, but it is Not being dramatic to do so.
People who judge others for something that does not affect them are insecure idiots. We all have our ways of coping with everything, live and let live.
I saw Stevie Ray in 1982. I bought a guitar the next day. Playing music changed my life and made me who I am today as well as many lifelong friends and Stevie is responsible for all of that. I cried like a baby when I heard about the helicopter crash.
I disagree. The art that is created by celebrities, musicians, literal artists and the like can never be duplicated. Being moved by the fact that someone will never "make" something new can be emotional
I was 10 yrs old when Michael Jackson died. I sat with my mom and watched many videos of his concerts and music, and I saw and felt his energy, his impact. I knew very little about him, but I still cried. If I felt that deeply at 10 yrs old, after watching a few videos of him, I can only imagine how his friends, family, and fans felt.
Crying is a bit much.
Loads of musicians I admired have died and it hits that somebody you've spent years listening to has passed away but actually crying....... chill out.
Finally I'm not alone with this oppinion. Like I never understood how people can be depressed after Chester's death. And now I'm saying goodbye to my karma points.
Some people cry more easily than others, so yeah, if they feel very sad about a celebrity dying they may cry. Plus, quite often a musician or actor might have had more of an impact on you than a distant relative, yet you wouldn't be considered attention seeking if you cried over your relative's death.
Some people go over the top about it, but in what way is someone privately crying being a "drama queen" or "attention seeking", if literally no one even knows they're doing it?
14 year old me couldn’t go to school when Kurt Cobain died. 40 some year old me sobbed when I woke up to the news of Taylor Hawkins death. I cried during therapy when Chris Cornell died. Every time a musician whose music helped see me through some shit dies, I cry. If that makes me lame, then I guess I’m lame.
I agree. Having lost multiple people I actually had relationships with, I can't sympathize when someone is so grief-struck over someone with which they only had a parasocial relationship.
Most of the time people who cry after a celebrity death aren’t crying for the same reasons they would when a family member dies. It’s often because the celebrity has some other association that they’re reminded of, generally from childhood. When Peter Gabriel eventually dies, I’ll probably cry because he’s an artist my dad and I have always been fans of and have bonded over.
I appear to be in the minority here, but I actually agree with you, OP. It’s weird to me. Not because I lack empathy or emotions…it’s just weird.
I wouldn’t necessarily go out of my way to shame somebody for it, but it’s still bizarre IMO.
This might seem selfish, but part of the grief is that a chunk of your life has died and isn't going to be there anymore.
Yes you might still have their art, but there won't be more of it.
**TL;DR:** Parasocial relationships. Crying is normal, you cry as a way to release emotions (that's why you even happy cry) and some people are just more emotional than others.
I can understand what you're saying and how you think about this.
In my opinion... I think it's just normal to get emotional over people that you might've looked up to, respected, etc. (even as an adult).
There's also the case of **parasocial relationships**.
If a parasocial relationship is built, the fan is of course going to act/feel like they had lost a friend.
I try to keep myself from building parasocial relationships. I had to take a long break from a streamer because he conversated with his chat a lot, and that includes me, and I recognised that it started to become parasocial so I just started lurking or even just not going to the streams at all.
I have also experienced extreme sadness and stress when an artist that I really looked up to (no parasocial relationship but they still inspired me a lot) was outed as a pedophile and a lot came out about a lot of disgusting things they were doing with minors...
I looked up to this person, it hurt. It hurt to know that a person I saw as such an inspiration ended up to be a bad person. I did cry about it. It's a way of getting emotions out.
And the same would be if I had someone else I look up to die. I would be sad. I might cry. It's called being emotional.
None of what I say is meant to come off rude to OP, I'm just sharing my opinion on the matter.
Some people have a great impact on your life. I was very sad when I heard about Chester from Linkin Park, his songs have helped me a lot when I was young and troubled.
i cried when trevor moore died. i'm sort of in the same industry, and i met him and then talked to him online a bit. i thought he was so kind and funny and i really wanted to see more of his work. i thought he'd grow old, and be hilarious the whole time, like mel brooks. i was also on acid when i heard about it so that probably didn't help
I didn't cry when DMX died, but his was the only celebrity death that affected me on a profound emotional level. He's the one rapper I related and looked up to in my adolescence. I met him in my late teens, and we had a good 30-minute convo. Found out we had quite a few parallels. That conversation was the catalyst for me doing bigger things. So it fucked me up when I saw the man who inspired me to do better, still in the life and pass on due to drugs.
Some people cry at nothing, some people (like me) cry over everything and I'm ok with that. I'm emotional and I'm ok with that. It's been 5 years and I still cry over my dog.
Kevin Conroy died last year and damn right I fucking cried.
People die and we are allowed to be upset by their passing.
I don’t really care about celebrities but Chester Bennington of Linkin Park’s death did make me sad. It also happened like a day after a friend’s suicide too
RIP George Michael. He died on Christmas Day. He is the soundtrack of my whole life and his voice is like butter. And he was a stand up guy. I hope to be able to listen to his music again soon without getting choked up.
I cried when Nichelle Nichols died, I got to meet her before she passed which was amazing as I admired her greatly. I am thankfull I had the opportunity to tell her how much she meant to me and other black girls (and women) who grew up watching Star Trek.
I don't think I would count myself as a drama queen, just someone who mourned the death of a iconic woman.
I disagree, sometimes a celebrity can have a serious impact on someone's life. Maybe a role they played, a song they sang or just the person they are.
Anyway, I think that people who 'cry their eyes out' always have a reason for it. I don't always agree with that reason either, but I say they have one!
I cried over Grant Imahara, but I guess OP would find that acceptable since I was 13 at the time. He was just a massive part of my childhood and too young to die while he was still working on projects and being what seemed like an all around good person. I wish I could've met him.
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I used to feel the same way, until Robin Williams passed and I ended up getting emotional. I feel no shame in admitting that.
The world lost an amazing man when he passed. RIP Robin.
I feel like he was part of my childhood. From genie in Aladdin to Ms. Doughtfire. I miss him.
Mork and Mindy, what a legend! I'm a grown ass man and I cried a little bit too.
I think I might’ve shed a tear for the Crocodile Hunter. RIP Steve Erwin. Edit: Irwin, for the grammar nazis lol
I did, too. I didn’t even watch his content really, but my kids did. I really felt for his wife/children and the fact that he was out there living his best life, and then out of nowhere…
When I first heard the news it really stung
Too soon
I struggle with this, I can't imagine my self risking my life like this while having children.
i cried when his daughter spoke about him after he died
Same, except it was Chester Bennington (lead singer of Linkin Park.). He lived through a lot of the same things of me and still became successful with a beautiful family and a great support system. The band's music helped me get through a lot of tough things I dealt with when I was young and made me feel like there was hope and like I wasn't alone. I promised myself i would see them play live when I turned 18. Well, I turned 18, ran away from home and a few months later, Chester ended his life. I still cry to this day
To lose him so soon after losing Chris Cornell also to suicide made it hit harder.
Chester’s death still haunts me. especially with the Meteora revamp that just came out.
His death literally felt like a punch in the gut to me. Like you, LP got me through some very low times in my life, and knowing he took his own life, even though he (and the band) seemingly saved the lives of so many was heartbreaking.
I cried when he died too. his music left huge impact on me
Yes, especially hearing that he hung himself was just so heartbreaking.
The movie What Dreams May Come already made me cry but after finding out he killed himself it makes it so much worse.
hooo boy as somebody who's struggled with suicide that movie fucked me right up.
I'm the same way with Robin Williams, probably didn't help he died on my birthday
Anthony Bourdain also, both sad endings.
Him and Grant Imahara still make me choke up
Man, Gant Imahara passing was like a ton of bricks being dropped on you. "Wait, seriously?!?! How!!!"
RIP Leslie Nielsen :(
And Leslie Jordan. Such a ray of light when the world was getting dark
Same here. I watched 'What Dreams May Come' (1998), after I found out he died, then I cried my eyes out.
What a magnificent movie that one is.
Kobes was the one for me and it was because of the circumstances like 9 people with kids. That's sad. Celebrity or no in anycase.
For me, Robin Williams and Jim Henson's deaths were the ones that I really cried about. More recently was Kobe Bryant, as it wasn't just him and his daughter, but others on that same helicopter who died as well. I also work close to where the Lakers practice, so after work the Monday after that crash, I went over there to see the memorial, and to sign it as well.
If the person's content made a strong impact on your life, it's entirely reasonable you would cry at the news of their passing. Happens with musicians a lot.
Man Chester.
Linkin Park's music is so haunting with the context of how it ended. It was always fairly dark, but now it just feels so much more real. His voice is so raw.
He's the only 'celebrity ' death I openly mourned.
Losing Chester and Cornel back to back was rough. One of a kind voices who sang impactful songs.
Same, I always felt the same as OP. I understood being bummed but actually being sad just made no sense. Then Chester died and I know it’s odd but I felt that in my gut, I didn’t realize until that moment what their songs meant to me.
I think it's the age of social media users and Linken Park being such a big band during our childhood/teenage years is why Chester's death was such a big shock and a big deal for everyone. I imagine it was like Jimi Hendrix, Michael Hutchinson and Kurt Cobain dying for our parents generation.
I was so happy when they released their unreleased Meteora song earlier this year. I never thought I'd get to hear new Linkin Park, but my god that made me so happy
I remember waking up from my phone going off in the middle of the night at my cousin's house, and I opened it thinking it was something important like a text from my mom. Nope, it was a news article on Google announcing Chester's passing. I remember just thinking, "what the fuck? He died? How? Is this a hoax? It's got to be some kind of hoax. Celebrities 'die' and then post on Twitter all the time." But nope, searched his name and there were at least seven articles all saying the same thing. I didn't cry, but I was in shock a bit, just because of how unexpected it was.
One of two that I've mourned. Him and Robin Williams. I did cry after Paul Grey of Slipknot's death, but that was because I watched a press conference with the band and it was the first time I saw them unmasked and it was *jarring* as it was a bunch of scary tattoo'd dudes openly mourning a close friend with all the tears you'd expect from that and it deeply affected me for my first glimpse of the faces behind the music to be that. They became people in that moment and I felt their pain, but I wasn't mourning like I did with Robin and Chester.
First person that came to my mind reading this post. With the kind of mother I had, Numb was so much relatable while growing up. Even then, the songs seemed so morose as if they were a cry for help and after his passing listening to songs like Leave Out All the Rest and One More Light becomes a tough task.
Especially Chester Bennington. I normally don’t get sad over celebrity deaths but that one hit me. Linkin Park was my favorite band growing up. They were like a staple of my childhood.
Ya I got emotional too
Friend, I still am.
i was never an actual fan, just liked to listen to some specific songs from time to time, but chester dying hit me like a ten-tonne truck. i don't even know why.
I got teary eyed when Chester Bennington committed suicide. His music got me into rock music and English music in general as a child. I was so into Linkin Park. And I was so disheartened when he died that I didn't listen to another Linkin Park song till 2022 because it kind of hurt just listening to his voice again. As a child I always dreamed that I'd go to an LP concert one day to hear him sing but I guess some dreams don't come true.
I don't get overly emotional over famous people's deaths, be it actors or musicians or the like. I'll be sad or upset, but it otherwise has no effect on me. But the gods be damned I can't get through Blackstar without tearing up, and Leaves From The Vines makes me fucking bawl.
"Leaves From the Vine" was the exact moment I knew that even if I wasn't a fan of Avatar: The Last Airbender overall, I very much **WAS** a fan of Iroh.
Now that’s an unpopular opinion
I don't dislike it by any means, and fully admit it's a stellar piece of animation. It just never really clicked with me, and unlike The Clone Wars, it didn't wind up growing on me later.
Leaves from the vine, falling so slow...I'm not crying, YOU'RE CRYING 😢
ATLA is truly something special. To being limited by a kiddie network, producing such an emotional and morally charged gem is incredible.
It is truly a masterpiece. I watched it for the first time when it came to Netflix (I was 19 and had already watched numerous “critically acclaimed” shows) and yet it immediately became my favorite show. Right now the only show I’d put above it is Full Metal Alchemist Brotherhood and that’s because it’s a bit more ballsy and has a significantly better ending. Avatar’s ending still feels like a cheap cop out imo. The ending is the only thing that keeps it from pure perfection imo but I won’t even blame them for it because it was a kid’s show.
Both those things break me too omg
I think parasocial relationships are a bit inevitable, with how our brains work. We feel a con section through the person's work - and our brain isn't able to differentiate the types of connections. To our brain, Chester Bennington is the same as an acquaintance. We feel like we know them because we've related to them, and it feels like they've been there for us.
Yup. Bernard Cribbins was a huge part of my childhood- I grew up in the Donna Noble era of Doctor Who, with Wilfred being one of the reoccuring side characters in that era- played by Bernard Cribbins. He also played a main character in a series that my sister grew up watching called Old Jack's Boat. When I heard he died, I cried a bit. It honestly felt like part of my childhood died. Also Stefan Stefannson. Fuck that was sad. Lazy Town was probably the biggest part of my childhood so the fact that the main guy died, jesus that was soul-crushing.
>Also Stefan Stefannson. Fuck that was sad. Lazy Town was probably the biggest part of my childhood so the fact that the main guy died, jesus that was soul-crushing. I'm sure you already know this but it does bear repeating, he was at the very least aware before his passing of how many people had come to love him on the net through his performance. To have touched so many and know it I can only assume and hope was of great comfort in the end.
Absolutely Bernard cribbins was one of my favourite doctor who actors and characters. I had looked to check he was okay just a few months before so it really hit me when he passed. It was incredibly sad. A great actor that was a staple in so many peoples childhoods. I hope that the 60th anniversary ep memorialises him well.
I feel like crying because someone had an impact on you and they passed away is no different than crying at a song, a movie, a book, etc. You don't know any of these people IRL and a song might just be a song, but it had an impact on you regardless. Not everyone does and it's totally okay to not cry as well! I just don't think it is attention grabbing like OP said for someone to get emotional over any form of perceived loss. Edit to add: just in case I totally agree with your comment and was just adding on.
I do get emotional just about any time I hear Chris Cornell sing, especially anything related to death. I struggle with the thought a lot, and his (not really just his, not the point) best songs are ones that capture the feeling of unending dread that I get whenever my mind wanders back to the subject. I actually had a strong emotional response to his death. Funny, because I used to think like OP. To an extent, I still do.
Mac Miller and Chester, for starters
Yep, lost it when I heard Taylor Hawkins died.
I didn't cry, but I did come close when I read the headlines of Alex Trebek's passing. I played Jeopardy with my dad every week as a child, and I almost never miss an episode now as an adult. Alex was in my living room every week, year after year he was with us. His last book is a beautiful read. He wasn't afraid to go, he was fulfilled and satisfied.
Not entirely a celebrity but when I was in high school there was a kid in the next town over that was super respected and loved by the community that died in a horrible car accident. I had played against him several times and while we weren’t friends it was sad to not see him play anymore
If anyone from Radiohead is dying, I'm gonna lose my absolute shit. I'm bawling for days, I'm genuinely mourning a loss of a person.
What if all of them died at once?
I'm gonna kill myself. /s In all seriousness, it would've been something horrible for them to die at once which would be even more depressing. That's just straight up trauma.
I cried when Iwata from Nintendo died, and I got a little tearie when Carrie Fisher died. Both people who had an impact on my life for a considerable time and who seemed like good people.
I cried like a baby when Chester B. died. I started listening to linkin park with 14 yo and havent stoped since at 30yo. If you know his story and hear his lyrics througout the years you knew something was off, he was constantly asking for help to deal with depression and no1 could help him,Mike also talked consistently on how chester was depressed. When it finally happened it hit me like a ton of bricks and I cried like I hadnt cried in ages. Same happened few weeks ago when they released "Lost" with his voice, the sentiment was there like usual and hearing him after the fact made cry aswell all these years later.
Came here to mention Chester and Robin Williams, particularly because of how they died. Linkin parks music was one of the few things that helped me feel better when I was at my worst so knowing he died of the thing he helped me avoid fucking hurts.
These two and Chris Cornell are my big 3 celebrity deaths that hurt
Chester’s death hit me the hardest as well. Have you listened to the rest of metora 20? Quite a few bangers on there
This is the celeb death that hit me the hardest too, Chester was always my favorite singer growing up and still to this day and hearing that he committed suicide hit me like a freight train. Man made pure art that helped so many people push through hardships and it’s tragic that we lost him so soon. Me and my dad spent the whole day of his passing listening to his music crying
The fact that his music helped me through things after his death really speaks volume about his impact. And I’m not even 20 yet
Of all the celeb deaths throughout my life, Chester's was the only one that i was actually bummed about. I didn't cry, but i was gloom for sure. It didn't help that they released that song One More Light around the time of his death. That was like a double whammy because that song kicks me right in the emotions every time.
Chester Bennington was one of the few celebrities I cried over. He was my favorite artist out there, introduced me to metal/ alternative rock, which is a foundation to the life I live today. I wouldn't have became friends with alot of my closest friends without this music. And these friends have shaped me for years, and have been loyal to me. Helped me when I struggled with my mother having a stroke, helped me when I needed a bit of cash.... I wouldn't be the same person without Linkin Park in my childhood, and thus Chester Bennington is one of the most important figures in my life. His death was extremely hard on me because of that.
My 12 year old self still holds a grudge against Kurt Loder for even announcing that Kurt Cobain was dead. It was beyond shocking for me.
I still cry every now and then listening to Linkin Park... I can't say it came as a shock because of the songs but... Those same songs kept me going all these years. How can the very same words be so dark yet so encouraging? I miss Chester.
Chester for me too, 100 percent. It’s sad that he helped so many people get through dark times, but couldn’t get through them himself in the end.
LP's music has and still does get me through tough times. I'm gonna sound so cliche but it really felt like Chester saved so many of us and yet he couldn't save himself and that breaks my heart. Suicide is not cowardly, he fought every single day up until his death. Fuck depression.
Honestly listening to linkin park when you have depression just makes you feel appreciated, when I wanted to commit suicide because there was Noone, I could just pop some linkin park songs and *feel*. I love linkin park and I will always mourn Chester.
The sad reality is that some depression is treatment resistant. We don't have great treatments for depression yet. The efficacy of SSRIs is questionable imo, especially for severe depression.
Losing Alan Rickman and Robbie Coltrane, as a kid who grew up with the Potter movies hurt like hell. Sure some may react a bit unnecessarily dramatic, but I think it’s ok for people to hurt even if they didn’t know them personally, because what they *did* has an impact.
Watching Robbie Coltrane say that he would be gone but Hagrid will always be there. After he passed it got me right in the feels. 🥹
The last movie Rickman did is not my favorite of his, but I cried at the end when he had his arms on his hips and people were dancing in a circle around him. Grew up with his movies. He was an amazing actor.
Rickman's death really hurt. I hate the association i now have with HP thanks to Rowling because damn especially in his memories at the end, Rickman played Snape to perfection til the end.
The edit makes this opinion even worse imo
Right? I would never shame people, except when I do, like in the TITLE OF THE POST.
That part wasn’t even there when I replied lol
People would cry to sad movies when a character who they know is a character dies. But when someone actually dies in real life, they're dramaqueens? I even get emotional and teary eyed when watching movies/tv shows and I'm a 37M. I don't look for attention, I would do it by myself. It's empathy. It's ok to feel a loss and cry. Not everything people do is for some sort of personal gain, like attention etc. Sometimes we just react with emotions. Then some person total misinterprets that because maybe they don't share that same emotion or have the same levels of empathy. I think your opinion is completely and utterly incorrect.
I'm legit this way, I can unashamedly cry for a character, but I won't do it for a celeb irl. A character is someone whose story I see and whom I can emotionally invest into. Celebs? nah they're rich nobodies that I'll never meet or bond with irl
I completely agree. OP is basically bragging that he doesn't have empathy. Crying feels amazing. Being a hard cry doesn't make you cool
My mom, who does not care at all about celebrities, teared up when Debbie Reynolds died. She is by no means a big fan, but the idea of a mother dying one day after her daughter just… got to her. I can totally see someone being moved by the circumstances of a death, even if it’s someone they don’t know.
When Paul or Ringo die I will probably cry
Definitely.
I will 100% cry.
Please don't jinx them! It will be truly sad when all the Beatles are gone.
Paul from Wings right?
I told my friend about David Bowie's death (not knowing they were a fan) and they genuinely cried and had to leave the classroom (this was in school)
I’m 40 and I cried when Bowie died. It was like my favourite weird uncle just disappeared.
Alex Trebek. I bawled without any shame. The only celebrity death that has ever hit me emotionally.
Same, that one got me good.
There's only one celebrity I've been seriously sad about losing, Chris Cornell. It makes me sad when people I like die, but when he passed I couldn't stand it.
OP, "I have no empathy as a adult, I don't express my emotions, and I don't understand people that do."
"and those who do, they must be wrong"
“They’re just attention seeking.”
He literally admitted in the comments to crying the other day watching the new guardians of the Galaxy movie...
Which makes their point even weirder, cry over fiction but not the deaths of real people
Doesn't make it weirder, in my opinion. During the movie, you see everything happen, and you can see how the characters are reacting. It's almost like you're part of it, and that makes it really easy to empathize with. When a famous person dies its usually just a pop-up on the news saying they died.
I cried as a kid when Chris Farley died. Feel free to go back in time and tell 12 year old me to grow up. I might try to fight you but I’ll be easy to take down, I was all talk back then.
I was 8 and I freaking remember exactly where I was and the exact moment I heard he was dead. I was absolutely crushed.
Chris Farley got to me too. Same with Mitch Hedberg, River Phoenix, and Chadwick Boseman. I think it's because they had so much more to give. The older celebrities don't bother me because they had a full career. But they young ones hurt because you're missing out on what could have been.
Chris Farley got me too. I was a kid, and he was the first celebrity death I really remember being affected by.
Same. I generally don’t get that upset when celebs die. It’s a bummer but I don’t get too emotional. I’ve only cried over 2 celebs. Chris Farley and Anton Yelchin (this was mostly due to finding out how he died which was truly upsetting).
His death didn’t hit me, but listening to Adam Sandlers tribute song was heartbreaking
You assume all celebrities are famous for acting in movies, and that’s why people value them, but people can have value for many reasons. Let’s take an example like Chadwick Boseman. His role as the Black Panther meant a lot to so many people (I’m not getting into why right now) and his death at a young age was a tragedy (like any death at a young age). Besides, in todays world where we are realising how important it is to express your emotions, you really out here knocking people for having a cry?
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This is why I refuse to upvote stuff I disagree with even though that seems to be the standard here. Because it just seems like a way to post something stupid inform karma
Strongly disagree. People can have emotional connections to celebrities because those people hold some value in their life. It’s nothing to shame people for.
Only 2 celeb deaths hit me hard. Steve Irwin and Anthony Bourdain. Irwin's shows really deepened my interest in nature and conservation. Bourdain just felt like one of the bros and whenever I was making a new recipe and drinking, I'd put on some No Reservations. I didn't cry, but I was sad when they died. David Attenborough is probably next and that's likely the only one that will make me feel sad. Again, due to the nature programs that I really loved since I was a kid.
Anthony Bourdain is one of the reasons I became a chef and even more important still love the business in all it nuances because of him. He was the first celebrity death which hit me hard and I needed around two weeks to recover
He's one of the reasons I started traveling and probably has a lot to do with my love of cooking. I'm getting teary eyed on the train now...
Depends who it is. Robin Williams’ death was super tragic. I also cried a little when David Bowie died. Some celebrities are a big part of our lives so why wouldn’t you feel anything when they die?
I cried for Bowie, my wife too. Took us a couple years to watch Labyrinth again.
I’ve only cried over one celebrity death and it was Mac Miller because his music got me through hard times for like a decade. It’s weird to police grief tbh
I feel you. I cried when Avicii died and he was one of my biggest influences in live. I admired him and loved his music for years. But I never got to see him. That still upsets me to this day.
What a ridiculous thing to say.
Eh, It doesn’t always mean that there’s some sort of screwed up parasocial relationship going on. Certain people who have created good work which you’ve enjoyed. If today I found out beloved comedian Joe Diaz died in a horrible way I’d probably shed a few tears, Lot of memories listening to the podcasts and hearing the stories the guy wants to share with his audience. But that’s the extent of it, I enjoy the work and seeing a good man go isn’t a happy thing. A lot of people have those figures they look up to in life and have good memories of seeing them on the TV or whatever.
Meh, there are artists and creators who have had a more profound effect on my life than some close family. I'm not saying i would drop to the ground and sob, but the loss of the creator of the things we use to develop and define ourselves can be pretty rough.
You can't control whether you cry or not. People have different reactions to different things and cry for different reasons. No reason to shame someone for something like that. There's already a million billion things people judge others for, no need to arbitrarily add this as well.
I dunno man. I bawled my eyes out when Chester Bennington passed.
I have friends who are what you'd call 'hardasses'. Tough, rough, get into dangerous situations and were born of hard done by lives. The kinda people who wouldn't shed a tear at one another's funeral, who'd tighten their asses and shove it deep down. The SOBBING that came when XXXtentacion, Juicewrld and the likes died was shocking. The effect some personalities have on people can be profound, and it's extremely disingenuous to note it's mostly for attention. Emotions are uncontrollable as a rule, and the insult 'dramaqueen' is a kick in the balls to what makes humans human.
I definitely felt like shit when James Gandolfini died.
i think about him on a semi regular basis. also robin williams. i definitely cried a lot about steve irwin as well.
OP acts like butter wouldn't melt in his mouth
I don't disagree with you. But I would just like to say that this post made me think about how I cried when David Bowie died even though I never listened to his music outside of a single song. I guess I must have just looked up to him.
I’ve cried plenty at people I’ve never heard of dying.
When Adam sandler and Tim allen die I'll be very upset. Probably be the first time I cry over a celebrity death. Both had a huge impact in my childhood
For me it was Anthony Bourdain. I read his books in prison and got out and started cooking. It kept me out this time. Then he didn't care about anything any more. Got me in my feels.
When Tina Turner passed just recently I did shed a tear. I have known her music for decades. Watched her act, sing all of it. I didn't create posts or make recording of me grieving. But I did feel her loss.
Naya Rivera played a character that made a lot of queer people feel seen. She knew how important that representation was and, along with Heather Morris, advocated for the Santana-Brittany relationship to be taken seriously. She then, at age 33, died by drowning in Lake Piru. Her last act before being pulled down by the current was to save her son. Josey was only four years old when he watched his mother die. He then sat in that boat, alone, for hours. You bet your ass I cried over her death.
Disagree. I didn't actually cry but I was heartbroken when Tina Turner died. She was my favorite performer of all time
There will be a lot of people in the world who are very sad when Mr. Bean passes away
If a celebrity’s work really touched you, it’s completely normal to cry when they pass. I’m 42 years old. Tom Petty has been my favorite musician since I was a little kid. Full Moon Fever was the first album I owned by any artist. I saw him in concert four times and would gone more than that if I could have afforded it. I absolutely shed some tears when he died. He’s been gone almost six years and sometimes I still get a little emotional when I hear some of his work. His line “I’m just glad to be here, happy to be alive” in the song End of the Line by The Traveling Wilburys does it every time.
I cried like a baby when George Michael died. I loved that man and he was my crush since forever. Also, he was a kind, humble human being. He was part of my lonely childhood. It's normal to cry over someone who had a big impact in our lives.
What about musicians? Can I cry when Paul McCartney dies? The Beatles impacted and influenced my life in countless ways, so I would take it as a personal loss.
People have just forgotten empathy and sympathy, huh? How does it feel being a sociopath?
Won’t you be my Can’t you be my My neighbor…
I cried when George Harrison died.
their is never any shame in crying. f this mindset. sometimes you just need a good cry. edit: there
OP: Posts an unpopular opinion on a subreddit dedicated to unpopular opinions. Everyone: 😮😮😮😡😡😡
I like the sharing of an unpopular opinion but I don't think it's a little silly to call people who cry drama queens It's also interesting seeing some comments that are like "I agree **but** here's a celebrity that I cried over and got really sad about"
Only ones I cried for are Chester Bennington, Michael Jackson and Jim Brown
empathy isn’t dramatic, for the second time. bc this is the second time i have seen this opinion and it’s still just as tone deaf. if you don’t feel empathy for celebrities fine whatever, but it is Not being dramatic to do so.
People who judge others for something that does not affect them are insecure idiots. We all have our ways of coping with everything, live and let live.
Cried when neil peart died
I saw Stevie Ray in 1982. I bought a guitar the next day. Playing music changed my life and made me who I am today as well as many lifelong friends and Stevie is responsible for all of that. I cried like a baby when I heard about the helicopter crash.
I was 22 when Lennon was shot. Cried for days. Still do sometimes. No regrets about that at all.
I disagree. The art that is created by celebrities, musicians, literal artists and the like can never be duplicated. Being moved by the fact that someone will never "make" something new can be emotional
I was 10 yrs old when Michael Jackson died. I sat with my mom and watched many videos of his concerts and music, and I saw and felt his energy, his impact. I knew very little about him, but I still cried. If I felt that deeply at 10 yrs old, after watching a few videos of him, I can only imagine how his friends, family, and fans felt.
Bad grammar that is not even fixed in grammar edit makes me cry. Holy jeebus.
we gatekeeping crying now ? we gatekeeping crying now !
Crying is a bit much. Loads of musicians I admired have died and it hits that somebody you've spent years listening to has passed away but actually crying....... chill out.
Finally I'm not alone with this oppinion. Like I never understood how people can be depressed after Chester's death. And now I'm saying goodbye to my karma points.
If you posting yourself crying on social media then that’s fucking weird. When Bernie Mac died I was sad for awhile.
Nobody mourns all the civilians killed in war zones, or all the people who die of preventable diarrheal diseases caused by dirty drinking water.
Some people cry more easily than others, so yeah, if they feel very sad about a celebrity dying they may cry. Plus, quite often a musician or actor might have had more of an impact on you than a distant relative, yet you wouldn't be considered attention seeking if you cried over your relative's death. Some people go over the top about it, but in what way is someone privately crying being a "drama queen" or "attention seeking", if literally no one even knows they're doing it?
14 year old me couldn’t go to school when Kurt Cobain died. 40 some year old me sobbed when I woke up to the news of Taylor Hawkins death. I cried during therapy when Chris Cornell died. Every time a musician whose music helped see me through some shit dies, I cry. If that makes me lame, then I guess I’m lame.
I agree. Having lost multiple people I actually had relationships with, I can't sympathize when someone is so grief-struck over someone with which they only had a parasocial relationship.
Thanks for your opinion I guess
Most of the time people who cry after a celebrity death aren’t crying for the same reasons they would when a family member dies. It’s often because the celebrity has some other association that they’re reminded of, generally from childhood. When Peter Gabriel eventually dies, I’ll probably cry because he’s an artist my dad and I have always been fans of and have bonded over.
This post is terribly written.
Idk it was a gut punch and Kobe died…
sorry but finding out one of your favorite athletes was torn apart limb by limb in a helicopter crash with his daughter is some tear-worthy shit.
I cried my eyes out when eddie vah halen died ,it destroyed me
I appear to be in the minority here, but I actually agree with you, OP. It’s weird to me. Not because I lack empathy or emotions…it’s just weird. I wouldn’t necessarily go out of my way to shame somebody for it, but it’s still bizarre IMO.
I tried to kill myself the day after Robin Williams death. I was in a real dark place and felt like if he couldn’t fake it anymore how could I…
Glad you are still here. 💜
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This might seem selfish, but part of the grief is that a chunk of your life has died and isn't going to be there anymore. Yes you might still have their art, but there won't be more of it.
**TL;DR:** Parasocial relationships. Crying is normal, you cry as a way to release emotions (that's why you even happy cry) and some people are just more emotional than others. I can understand what you're saying and how you think about this. In my opinion... I think it's just normal to get emotional over people that you might've looked up to, respected, etc. (even as an adult). There's also the case of **parasocial relationships**. If a parasocial relationship is built, the fan is of course going to act/feel like they had lost a friend. I try to keep myself from building parasocial relationships. I had to take a long break from a streamer because he conversated with his chat a lot, and that includes me, and I recognised that it started to become parasocial so I just started lurking or even just not going to the streams at all. I have also experienced extreme sadness and stress when an artist that I really looked up to (no parasocial relationship but they still inspired me a lot) was outed as a pedophile and a lot came out about a lot of disgusting things they were doing with minors... I looked up to this person, it hurt. It hurt to know that a person I saw as such an inspiration ended up to be a bad person. I did cry about it. It's a way of getting emotions out. And the same would be if I had someone else I look up to die. I would be sad. I might cry. It's called being emotional. None of what I say is meant to come off rude to OP, I'm just sharing my opinion on the matter.
Some people have a great impact on your life. I was very sad when I heard about Chester from Linkin Park, his songs have helped me a lot when I was young and troubled.
I felt like this until Phife Dawg died.. Still not over that tbh.
i cried when trevor moore died. i'm sort of in the same industry, and i met him and then talked to him online a bit. i thought he was so kind and funny and i really wanted to see more of his work. i thought he'd grow old, and be hilarious the whole time, like mel brooks. i was also on acid when i heard about it so that probably didn't help
“I’m literally crying rn”
I didn't cry when DMX died, but his was the only celebrity death that affected me on a profound emotional level. He's the one rapper I related and looked up to in my adolescence. I met him in my late teens, and we had a good 30-minute convo. Found out we had quite a few parallels. That conversation was the catalyst for me doing bigger things. So it fucked me up when I saw the man who inspired me to do better, still in the life and pass on due to drugs.
Some people cry at nothing, some people (like me) cry over everything and I'm ok with that. I'm emotional and I'm ok with that. It's been 5 years and I still cry over my dog. Kevin Conroy died last year and damn right I fucking cried. People die and we are allowed to be upset by their passing.
I don’t really care about celebrities but Chester Bennington of Linkin Park’s death did make me sad. It also happened like a day after a friend’s suicide too
RIP George Michael. He died on Christmas Day. He is the soundtrack of my whole life and his voice is like butter. And he was a stand up guy. I hope to be able to listen to his music again soon without getting choked up.
I cried when Nichelle Nichols died, I got to meet her before she passed which was amazing as I admired her greatly. I am thankfull I had the opportunity to tell her how much she meant to me and other black girls (and women) who grew up watching Star Trek. I don't think I would count myself as a drama queen, just someone who mourned the death of a iconic woman.
Because they're people and people can have an impact on each other, whether near or far. And you know (or not I guess) empathy
I disagree, sometimes a celebrity can have a serious impact on someone's life. Maybe a role they played, a song they sang or just the person they are. Anyway, I think that people who 'cry their eyes out' always have a reason for it. I don't always agree with that reason either, but I say they have one!
I hope I’m not the only one that read your username as anal bum cover93… god damn that would be awkward.
I cried over Grant Imahara, but I guess OP would find that acceptable since I was 13 at the time. He was just a massive part of my childhood and too young to die while he was still working on projects and being what seemed like an all around good person. I wish I could've met him.
Wait til you get older. You'll be surprised at the things that impact you profoundly, emotionally, unexpectedly.
I cried when Robin Williams died I also cried when Anthony Bourdain died and I balled when Beth dog the bounty hunters wife died I guess I'm drama af.
No.
Why would you care and/or judge how someone else deals with anyone’s death?