Yesterday I was on the phone with a colleague of mine and we were talking about how people are becoming too Hollywood.

The “Hollywood” mentality has always been there but lately it is spreading fast! So I am going to call it the Hollywood Flu.

Here are some signs that you may have the Hollywood Flu!

1. When you only kick it or talk to somebody because they know celebrities and have connections.

2. When you feel you have taken some steps forward in your career and you start to ignore or act snobby to people you USE to talk to.

3. When you are on a reality show and you think everybody is HATING on you and now you want to do the typical “after reality TV” move: Act, Model, Sing (Hey follow your dreams but are people really hating on you that hard…doubt it. You are in the same boat as every other starving actor/model/singer. “New York” has truly twisted the minds of a lot of reality girls!)

4. When you are claiming clients that you know aren’t yours. (Example: If you are a publicist for a “celeb” and that celebrity is giving out his/her personal email to do interviews either…

a. You are not doing your job and they are about to fire your a**!

OR

b. They were never your client to begin with! Saying hi to someone at an event does not mean they are your client! (I think it’s this one!)

5. When you always talking about “who you know”. (Newsflash, most people don’t give a damn about who you know and if you have to constantly tell people you know them most of the time that means you don’t know sh*t!)

My thickettes stay away from the “Hollywood Flu” and those who have it….it can get contagious.

I have found out that most people who catch the virus aren’t really those confident people they try to portray. See most people trying the get into the game now don’t do it for the love of the craft (i.e. music, media, acting, etc), they do it to make them FEEL IMPORTANT.

Being in the industry is like validation that they are somebody so when you don’t know who you are, you act a damn fool and get the HOLLYWOOD FLU.

Advice to those you have caught the virus!

**The same people you meet on the way up are the same people you meet on the way back down**

Your thoughts?