Here's what I think is the life of a very famous rock star: write songs, get them recorded, go on tour, connect with fans, and perhaps deal with those who have stepped the line.  They do say it's part of the deal, with so many people running the gamut—from admiring you to wanting to be with you to, most definitely, something worse.  That could elicit different reactions from the big names themselves.  Beef up security, stop performing altogether… well, maybe not that drastic.

Well, American Idol winner David Cook has decided to take a pretty surprising move, by actually asking fans, or at least the more aggressive ones, to respect his privacy.  “We pride ourselves on being accessible to you as fans, but in contrast, we do enjoy what little privacy we can muster,” he wrote on his MySpace blog, through an entry simply titled "Attention".  “The efforts by some fans to find our hotel rooms, call our hotel rooms, attach things to our bus … is something I have to condemn.”

“This relationship only works when it remains healthy for both parties,” he continued.   “[Should] this behavior continue, the only thing we can do is take more preventative measures to maintain our privacy, which in turn makes us less accessible to you.”

“I hope this doesn't come off as harsh,” he concluded.   “I merely want to nip this in the bud so we can continue to have a great experience with all of you at the shows we have coming up.”

Reactions to the blog entry have been pretty mixed.  Comment one: “He has the right to speak up and let his fans know how to respect him just as they expected to be respected.”

Comment two: “It might be a bit premature for David to come out so publicly, after what sounds like isolated incidents … Dude, roll with the mania, one day you will crave and miss it.”

Comment three:  “You can't come on here and cry because people are calling your hotel.  Idiot!  Go back to working at target in whatever Midwestern town you came from if you don't want to be famous.  Otherwise, shut the hell up and deal with it!”

Personally, the funny thing is how people will treat this plea—it makes for a whole different debate altogether.  Anyhow, while I ponder fleetingly about whether the current crop of American Idol finalists are ready for such a future, I'll leave the opinions up to you. What do you think?




-Henrik Batallones, BuddyTV Staff Columnist
Source: People Magazine
(Image courtesy of WENN)