Celebrities?

Hmm ... if there's one thing I disagree with in the media, it's people famous for being famous.

Reality tv contestants whose next step is to become a celebrity tv contestant, sidestepping the celebrity part somewhere along the line.

A classic example of this is Katie Hopkins, the newest addition to the I'm A Celebrity jungle. She's 'famous' for nothing more than appearing on a reality TV show.

Whilst arguably the majority of the other contestants have questionable qulifications, Hopkins is just another reality TV show veteran, following in the footsteps of the likes of Big Brother's Jade Goody and Grace Adams-Short (who appeared, respectively, on Celebrity Big Brother, and Cirque de Celebrite).

Maybe I'm old fashioned in thinking you ought to earn celebrity status ... however, to say this I guess is to be ignorant of the shoals of today's celebrities, famous for nothing more than being rich (Paris Hilton), being related to someone famous (Kelly and Jack Osbourne), or socialising with someone famous (Tara Palmer-Tompkinson).