Why Celebrities Posting Good/Charitable Deeds Is a Double-Edged Sword

It is both narcissistic & selfless.

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We often see very public statements of good deeds whether it is celebrities posting on social media about giving more money than we’ll ever see to charities or individuals or simply a random Facebook friend posting about their charitable work building Habitat for Humanity or cleaning up their area with #trashtag.

Double-Edged Sword

At first glance, the most common reaction (especially in internet comments!) is that celebrities could be doing way more and random not-rich individuals are doing something great.

So, the question becomes why is it celebrated when random people do good and sneered at when celebrities do good?

The truth is that for whatever reason, we tend to hold celebrities to higher standards and expectations than our fellow non-famous brethren.

We expect more from them for no other reason than they are rich — and maybe because they live very public lives so people think they know them.

When famous people or very, very rich people donate one million dollars to help people during this pandemic or to support their…