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I think many people misunderstand friendly for friendship. Celebrities are very careful of who they trust because they are constantly working to ensure things don't end up in the tabloids. I have met several celebrities, but usually when I was working, so the opportunity to talk about anything other than what they want for lunch did not happen. I did get a chance to hang with Kurt Angle, Hardcore Holly, and Edge a few years back, but I never would have considered them friends. I'm sure they appreciated the downtime from being their WWE personas and just getting to be regular people for a while, though. I was with a group of friends who were trying to hang out in places they were because they wanted to hang with famous people. One of them had her groupie wish fulfilled. For me, I felt awkward and uncomfortable all night. I liked the conversation, but I doubt I ever would have talked to them if they were not wrestlers and the targets of our entertainment.
Celebrities don't often have many friends outside of their entourages. The ones they do have were friends before everything happened. It's a lonely life. Constantly having to go through life wondering if people want to know you and not just want to associate being with someone famous is a terrible way to live. Knowing it automatically comes with being a celebrity, I would never want that kind of life.
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