Sherre Hirsch

I love the Oscars.

I like all the big awards shows: the Emmys, the Golden Globes… My mother and I have a tradition, if we are not together then at each commercial we call each other and discuss the award, the speech and, of course, the clothes. So this year, as I was watching the Golden Globes, I was left speechless on the phone.
An actor who shall remain nameless (I do not want to speak Lashon Hara - wicked tongue) was glorifying drugs from the podium. I know that it has happened before. I am not that naïve. But for some reason this year when he started with “How cool is it that I was just doing cocaine in the bathroom with a so and so,” I was disgusted.
Why this year did it bother me more than ever?
Is it because the tradition will also soon include my daughter and I talking at the commercials?   I can’t let her watch this kind of talk. Or is it that an actor is paid to act. I do not want to hear about his illegal antics.  If the drug thing is just part of the act then it is inappropriate and if it is not, then it is even more so.
We all know that we live in a society where our celebrities are our children’s heros.   And as a mother, I never want my child to see someone they look up to glamorizing drug use.

A brief message to the upcoming Oscar winners: When you win, you are being rewarded for your acting. Be gracious, humble and brief. Most importantly keep your illicit activities to yourself.   If you have to keep acting, to do that, keep acting.  My kids are watching.

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