Actor Penn Badgley has opened up about his motivation behind Crushmore: Essays on Love, Loss and Coming-of-Age.

During an appearance on the Totally Booked with Zibby podcast, the You star shared: “I wanted to, and intended initially at the outset of that essay, to write way more specifically about what fame is or isn’t or what, at least, my experience of it is.

“It’s not just a huge part of a celebrity’s life. It’s a huge part of everybody’s life. Our culture is just inextricably, undeniably entangled and obsessed with celebrity.” The actor actually thinks the public should “hear more” from celebrities, reports femalefirst.co.uk.

He explained: “I think we should hear more, also, from people who are famous because it just gives us more of the pie of experience. It gives us more of a shar

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