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In case you haven’t heard, actor Christian Bale managed to make a bigger ruckus this week than his latest film The Dark Knight, which grossed a record-breaking $158.4 million on its opening weekend. Bale was accused Tuesday of assaulting his mother Jenny and his sister Sharon in a London hotel. He was released on bail, but not charged.

Since then, Bale has only said that the event was “deeply personal” and he would ask that the media “respect my privacy in the matter.” Through his lawyers, he said the allegations were false.

See Christian and all other celebrities who request privacy, here’s the deal – you are a celebrity. You are paid God-awful amounts of money to do what you do. On one film, you probably make more than most of us will see in our lifetime. Then, we turn around and pay to see you on the big screen and so really, you are just the employee of the audience. After all, if you aren’t popular, you aren’t making huge bucks.

That means when you do something off camera – whether it be have a baby or beat up your sister – we want to know about it. This is not necessarily a new phenomenon – ask Liz Taylor about the media brouhaha that occurred when she left Eddie Fisher for Richard Burton.

You can ask for privacy, but guess what dude? Ain’t gonna happen. If you want privacy, get out of the limelight and go work for McDonald’s. If you want to keep making the big bucks, try to keep yourself out of trouble because if you don’t, it’s gonna hit the press. End of story.

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