Silent Celebrities

Celebrities and politics don't mix:

If a celeb is 100% motivated to jump into the political fray, it’s not your job to stop them. At the end of the day, it’s their life and it’s their brand; the way I’ve always looked at it is: What’s the point in being rich and powerful if you can’t do what you want anyway? Instead, you must apprise them of the potential fallout so they can make an informed decision, and then you need to have a plan in place to manage what happens next. Sadly, the “advisors” in a celebrity’s orbit often have their own political motivations. Not everything a celebrity does is for him or herself. All kinds of horrible, career-mangling decisions can be traced to unethical family members and hangers-on. Regardless of their motivation, most celebrities who poke and paw at the political rail are doing their career a disservice. They’re shortchanging themselves.

Time to stop trying to make bank on politics...