The Gossip Game

A lovely, lovely man.

The thing that irks me the most about being a Michael Fassbender fan, is that the most public places that feature a gossipy forum thread or article about him (ie. Daily Mail), receives comments from the most ignorant and clueless "fans" and passers-by on the planet, (with some claiming they are fans of Michael). Two threads on two totally separate message boards that are not part of a true Fassinator fan network, are currently enjoying slamming Michael's character based on exaggerated reports/articles. The speculations made are jaw-droppingly stupid and far fetched, and some are just plain rude.

What are your thoughts on these questions: Why does the media insist on painting Michael Fassbender as a player? Why do some people appear to enjoy contributing bullshit to the rumor mill as fact?

To people who know nothing about him as an actor or general human being, they use scandalous comments and articles to smear and judge him. I just don't understand this. There are many performers that I don't give a rat's ass about, but I surely would never bother to post a response to a negative article about said person to help corroborate the negative gossip. But people seem to want to do that for Michael Fassbender. People chose and pick which articles to focus on and they deliberately ignore others which show him in a completely polar opposite light. Apparently some types of articles have scandalous ingredients and keywords implanted within them which get the sewing circle's hackles up. So I also ask, what real fan would bother to participate in such silliness, and are other real fans disturbed by what they see as well?

In the end, Michael Fassbender's career is doing incredibly well regardless of the ridiculous gossip, and the overwhelming majority who sincerely are interested in him, know that he's a decent man and great actor. I guess life's lesson is that a testimony to one's success is having haters.