Reading about the character flaws of public figures is fascinating to me, in (I'm assuming) the same way people like paparazzi photos of celebrities getting cof

Reading about the character flaws of public figures is fascinating to me, in (I'm assuming) the same way people like paparazzi photos of celebrities getting coffee in sweatpants. Bleary-eyed, frumpy, regular-sized, basically normal. Part of the attraction is a kind of zero-sum ego trip. Bringing stars down to earth lets me believe that I'm closer to having "made it" in some vague, ill-defined way, without ever having to leave the couch.