Lazarus Long said:
I have decided that when I become a mad scientist supervillain, my first attempt at changing the world will be the Normalizer. It will drain the self-esteem of everyone on the planet, then redistribute it equally, so that jackasses with unwarranted self-importance and their own mind-numbing, blisteringly stupid "reality" shows, and genuinely decent people made to feel worthless because they don't have that kind of charmed life will both just look around and realize "Hey, I'm just this guy, you know?" and be totally okay with that.
Plan B: Rule the world with the power of amazingly long sentences.
Plan C: Ignite the atmosphere.
When you said "Hey I'm just this guy, you know?" it reminded me of a time after a show me and a few of the boys went out to McDonalds to grab something to eat. Some kids and their parents came up to me and started asking if I was the guy they had seen wrestling earlier that night. I told them that it was me and then they started with all the "I can't believe you eat at McDonalds like a normal person" and "What are you doing in Arkansas?" type things.
I had to explain to them that I'm just a normal person but instead of going to an office or factory to work, I pretend to fight. I go to school during the day, have homework, worry about bills, etc.
It's easy to get a big head when you are in any way a public figure. The key is to not forget that you aren't special. What happens with the reality show folks is they get famous without any effort and have people coddling them and advertisng them from the second they sign on. Usually these same people are fame hounds anyway and want the fame without the effort, so that's why they try out for reality shows to begin with.
We live in a world where you can become famous for having a lot of "friends" on Myspace or Facebook or get a made for tv movie because you make youtube videos where you change the pitch of your voice. Every "actor" is a "singer" and vice versa, long gone are the days of true talents like Frank Sinatra or Gene Kelly who were legitimate entertainers.