Growing up I really don't remember that celebrities had much of an impact on my psyche. If I'd aspired to be like anyone from the showbiz world it would have been some combination of Kylie and Michaela Strachan (which, come to think of it is kind of how I've ended up), although I always harboured a secret desire (which has never left me) to be a ballerina.
Today, however, it seems that celebrities are shaping the consciousness of our nation's children to an ever increasing degree. When polled, young girls are consistently naming WAG, glamour model and reality TV star above nurse, teacher or vet as their career aspiration. In the face of such adulation, you'd think our 'role models' would feel burdened by the responsibility to create a strong role model for their devotees but we know that sadly that is not the case.
One of the biggest idols - 'nations sweetheart Cheryl Cole' is back in the papers currently because there is fervered speculation that she is getting back together with her ex husband Ashley. This, let us not forget, is a man who was sick on a hairdresser he was cheating with, and who sent photographs of his manhood to numerous girls. So why does Cheryl, someone thousands of girls aspire to be like, believe, to paraphrase the words she's paid to handsomeley to say, she's worth that behaviour? And does she not have a duty, as someone who these girls look up to, to stand there and say, 'you know what, I deserve better'?
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