Why do celebs lose their cool?

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Why do celebs lose their cool? Status-linked ego, say experts

26 February 2012 NEW DELHI


Celebrities ko gussa kyon aata hai? (Why do celebs lose their cool?) That's the big question, given the recent cases of Saif Ali Khan's scuffle with an NRI businessman and Shah Rukh Khan's brawl with Shirish Kunder.

With status comes aggression and ego, say experts."Anger is present in each and everybody, but as people grow up and excel in their field, they become more egoistic. The aggression within them also increases. It just depends on how one handles that aggression," Neelesh Tiwari, chairman and managing director, World Brain Centre, said.

Earlier this week, Saif became the 'bad man' for getting embroiled in a brawl with Iqbal Sharma, an Indian-origin businessman from South Africa, who filed a police complaint against the actor for allegedly assaulting him at Mumbai's Taj Mahal Hotel.

All this over an apparently trivial issue of lowering voices! Saif admitted he could have avoided the brawl. The incident saw two days of non-stop coverage. Similar was the case with the Shah Rukh-Shirish spat, as has been over incidents involving other actors like Salman Khan, Govinda, Abhishek Bachchan and Sanjay Dutt.

This is just a result of "attributional thinking", explains Samir Parikh, chief psychiatrist, Max Healthcare.

"We all have a tendency to bring down celebrities. We indulge in attributional thinking, wherein the basic thought in our head is always that the celebrity must be in the wrong.

"Picking up from the recent case (involving Saif), one has heard both sides ' the celebrity's and the non-celebrity's. Whatever they may say, nobody has evidence of what transpired; so how can we believe that only the celebrity was at fault? "Once we have clarity over who was wrong, the matter can be discussed as an anger issue. But anger is a universal phenomenon after all, isn't it," Parikh said.

Public spats or misdemeanours are not restricted to just entertainers.

Last year it was reported that a Punjab-cadre senior IAS officer, Sujata Dass, created a ruckus in an upscale Chandigarh market when she thrashed a nursery student in full public view in reaction to a minor scratch on her Honda City car.

"Celebrities alone do not get angry. It happens with everyone. We just tend to single out celebrities and whatever they do is highlighted. The menu at my wedding won't make news, but it surely would for a Bollywood actor, who has the spotlight on his head all the time," added Parikh. ' IANS

Even sportsmen and politicians were under the scanner for either losing their cool or hurling abuse!

Like if Harbhajan Singh hit S. Sreesanth during an Indian Premier League match or Andrew Symonds and Harbhajan got into the "Monkeygate" scandal.

Uruguayan footballer Luis Suarez was hurled a racist slur when he got into a verbal spat with French footballer Patrice Evra.

One of the most horrific celebrity-anger incidents was when former boxing World champion Mike Tyson bit off Evander Holyfield's ear during a bout.

It's the same case with celebrities across the globe. Last year Hollywood actor Nicholas Cage was arrested in New Orleans for roughing up his wife and yelling at a policeman.

Former supermodel Naomi Campbell, known for her hot temper, pleaded guilty to assaulting two police officers at London's Heathrow Airport. She was even guilty of a physical dispute with her personal assistant and other women. Naomi was also accused by her maids Gaby Gibson and Ana Scolaino of reckless assault.

Mel Gibson had a verbal argument with his instructor about his name tag during the first day at an anger management class after his rant at a police officer; Russell Crowe admitted he has an anger-management problem and publicly apologized for throwing a telephone at a hotel concierge; Chris Brown was arrested for attacking his girlfriend (now ex) Rihanna and making criminal threats against her.

Anger stems from many reasons, said World Brain Center's Tiwari, adding: "Besides the siutaion, your upbringing, childhood experiences and intensity of aggression play a key role in it."


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Posted: 13 years ago
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because they dont have anything better to do.
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Bcoz they suffer from Do you know who I am Syndrome... 🤔

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Originally posted by: -Maddy-

Bcoz they suffer from Do you know who I am Syndrome... 🤔


Yupp. That, and the naam-toh-suna-hoga syndrome. 😆
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Posted: 13 years ago
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I didn't read the article, but its kind of obvious. The question is just plain stupid. Forget celebrities, even non celebrities lose their cool a lot of the times for sometimes stupid, sometimes logical reasons.
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It's just not celebs. Most of us lose our cool because of our heightened ego and emotional insecurity.

It's very difficult to change our basic nature. We work hard to improve it but in most cases, it gets triggered if the other person knows how to push your buttons.:-)

Saif is an aggressive person by nature. Sharmila sent him to live with her good friend Gulzar to teach him humility and respect but Saif continued his harsh behavior and dated older women like Moon Moon Sen and drank past midnight. Later with Amrita he abused and thrashed journalists. There are many more stories of his aggressive behavior. Salman even hinted once that the main person behind the Buck case was Saif but only his name came forward because of star status. At that time Saif was just another actor in that group. He improved a lot and in my opinion, dating Kareena is the best thing that has happened to him. But I think your basic nature remains the same. You can polish it though. That's all.

Btw many are speculating this incident to be a publicity stunt for Agent Vinod. Apparently, Kareena and Iqbal's wife hugged before they were seated and Iqbal's claim that he didn't know Saif is untrue. Saif also apologized few times thus making him a better person. For all we know, Iqbal could just be Saif's Agent Iqbal.

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Originally posted by: TheDilettante

It's just not celebs. Most of us lose our cool because of our heightened ego and emotional insecurity.

It's very difficult to change our basic nature. We work hard to improve it but in most cases, it gets triggered if the other person knows how to push your buttons.:-)

Saif is an aggressive person by nature. Sharmila sent him to live with her good friend Gulzar to teach him humility and respect but Saif continued his harsh behavior and dated older women like Moon Moon Sen and drank past midnight. Later with Amrita he abused and thrashed journalists. There are many more stories of his aggressive behavior. Salman even hinted once that the main person behind the Buck case was Saif but only his name came forward because of star status. At that time Saif was just another actor in that group. He improved a lot and in my opinion, dating Kareena is the best thing that has happened to him. But I think your basic nature remains the same. You can polish it though. That's all.

Btw many are speculating this incident to be a publicity stunt for Agent Vinod. Apparently, Kareena and Iqbal's wife hugged before they were seated and Iqbal's claim that he didn't know Saif is untrue. Saif also apologized few times thus making him a better person. For all we know, Iqbal could just be Saif's Agent Iqbal.

Maya's first post. and a long one. let's celebrate!!
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Posted: 13 years ago
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Originally posted by: TheDilettante

It's just not celebs. Most of us lose our cool because of our heightened ego and emotional insecurity.

It's very difficult to change our basic nature. We work hard to improve it but in most cases, it gets triggered if the other person knows how to push your buttons.:-)

Saif is an aggressive person by nature. Sharmila sent him to live with her good friend Gulzar to teach him humility and respect but Saif continued his harsh behavior and dated older women like Moon Moon Sen and drank past midnight. Later with Amrita he abused and thrashed journalists. There are many more stories of his aggressive behavior. Salman even hinted once that the main person behind the Buck case was Saif but only his name came forward because of star status. At that time Saif was just another actor in that group. He improved a lot and in my opinion, dating Kareena is the best thing that has happened to him. But I think your basic nature remains the same. You can polish it though. That's all.

Btw many are speculating this incident to be a publicity stunt for Agent Vinod. Apparently, Kareena and Iqbal's wife hugged before they were seated and Iqbal's claim that he didn't know Saif is untrue. Saif also apologized few times thus making him a better person. For all we know, Iqbal could just be Saif's Agent Iqbal.



Wow, really? :O I have been thinking along those lines too. Just a promotional act for AV. Quite frankly, very uncool but its become a habit in BW 🥱
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🤗

Welcome back, Maya! 🥳

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