Fame At What Cost?

I’ve been a little confused after watching tv this evening. I saw someone being interviewed and I was curious to know who he was so I watched on. He wasn’t a celebrity or an influencer or a health personnel or a counselor coming to educate the public on something important. He was there for something he was doing on social media. I’ll give you a minute to guess before I continue.

So he was cooking on trees. Yeah yeah, I bet you wouldn’t have been able to guess that even if I gave you an hour. But you heard me: cooking on trees. I was as confused as you are. He basically makes fire in a coal pot and hangs it on a tree. In other videos, he was seen carrying the coal pot while whatever food he had on it was cooking.

The moment I saw the videos I said ahhhh! Not in disappointment but in confusion. All that I could think of was what happened to putting coal pot on the ground to cook like the normal way? That’s really how far he’s willing to go to get famous? That’s the length he’s willing to go just to be on tv?

The most confusing part was when people were calling to congratulate him for his good works. Good works? What good works? People were even asking him to show them more exciting tricks. Others were applauding him for hus talent. Those comments actually made me laugh for a while.

All I could think of was the fact that he was putting his health in danger. What if the coal pot somersaults and lands on you while you are carrying it around? What if the branches of the trees are unable to hold the coal pot well and it just slips off together with the fire and you get burnt?

As an environmentalist, all I could think of was how he was hurting the trees. He wasn’t just putting weight on the branches of these trees but he was also applying heat. Left to me alone, he should be made replant ten trees for all the harm he has caused these trees.

But honestly, why are people willing to go so far just for fame. I’m very curious. People do all sorts of things whether harmful or not just to be known by people. Sometimes I wonder if people don’t think about the repercussions of their actions because you might get the fame but your consequences won’t spare you after you are famous. However you made your bed is how you’ll sleep in it so what’s the point?