Last week, actress Edie Falco (The Sopranos, Nurse Jackie) gave an interview for New York Magazine’s Vulture blog.

During the interview, Falco talks about:

• Society’s hunger for and obsession with fame.
• How many celebrities really haven’t done anything to earn to be where they are.
• How frightening it is that reality stars specifically, such as Kim Kardashian, are being asked their opinions on matters.
• Her Nurse Jackie character’s nearness to either beating her addiction or dying from it.
• Her own battle with addiction, and how her role as an addict on Nurse Jackie fortunately did not open any old wounds for her.

Overall, a pretty good lazy day read. I especially enjoyed her thoughts on the importance society has placed on the opinions of people who’ve really done nothing for us to think their opinions could in any way be beneficial or authoritative.

When we talk to stars like Glenn Close and Falco’s former Sopranos co-star Joey Pantoliano about important issues like mental illness, we know their opinions are worth listening to. These are celebs who have some sort of immediate experience with the subject, whether it’s through a family member or themselves.

(In addition to staring their own mental health awareness and education campaigns, Close actually had her genome mapped and Pants flew overseas to talk with soldiers about mental wellness.)

They’re advocates who’ve done their research and take the subject seriously.

I have nothing (much) against reality stars, but I can’t imagine what opinions of theirs we’d place significant importance on. Like Falco says during her interview, it’s one thing “if there’s something about her personality or something that she’s accomplished or her philosophy on something,” but it’s quite another if that’s not the case.

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