communication that encourages empathy and puts an end to all rumours.
This demystification of celebrities puts an end to decades of silence around their health, which erected fragility as a state secret, with press officers claiming the nervous exhaustion of artists ravaged by illness. Elvis on drugs, Marilyn Monroe interned under a pseudonym or Rock Hudson struck down by AIDS embodied absolute omerta: the star had to personify invincibility, even at the cost of lying. To admit an illness would have been to crack the myth of untouchable and eternal idols. Today, the pact has changed, the public no longer admires only the voice or the talent; He applauds those who have the courage to say "I suffer". And if the words of stars are the ultimate proof of their humanity, they also illustrate a growing need for collective empathy.
