How to Be a Hollywood Star

by WILLIAMS, STEPHEN P.

• ISBN13: 9780307336224
• ISBN10: 0307336220
• Format: Trade Paper
• Copyright: 2006-04-25
• Publisher: Three Rivers Press

Summary

Confidential: For Stars' Eyes Only Worried that your air kisses lack panache? Afraid to go to a Lakers game lest you sit too close and annoy Jack Nicholson? Wondering why you don't have a star on Hollywood's Walk of Fame? Relax! You hold in your hand the fabledHow to Be a Hollywood Star, the top-secret guide to managing the details of your fabulous celebrity lifestyle. The ultimate primer for Tinseltown newbies, it's been passed down through generations of Hollywood's elite. And now you've got your very own copy. Baby, you have arrived. Useful tips include: Dating and romance for the rich and famous Daily diva affirmations Six surefire ways to spot a stalker Ten tasks stars should delegate to their assistants Negotiating the Cannes Film Festival How to sell out discreetly Choosing a Hollywood home, yacht, and car that suit your image Selecting the trendy religion that is right for you What to pack for rehab and how to hire a prison coach Whether you're already a huge star or just wish you were, this helpful, often hilarious manual explains the nuts and bolts of Hollywood stardomfrom outrunning the paparazzi to mastering the art of the onscreen kiss. Taken from interviews with the stars, the members of their entourage, their nannies and personal assistants, and the countless employees who make the whole thing look effortless, here is your road map to navigating the top-secret world of the stars.

Author Biography

A newspaper and magazine journalist for more than twenty years, Stephen P. Williams has written articles for publications such as the New York Times, Men’s Journal, Newsweek, GQ, and many others. He is also the author of How to Be President.

Table of Contents

Introduction	15	(2)
Acronyms and Definitions	17	(4)
Welcome to Hollywood: A La La Land Primer	21	(23)
The Great Divide	21	(2)
Star Knowledge: Where to Live	23	(2)
Star Issue: How to Select a Home	25	(1)
What Is This Feng Shui Stuff	26	(1)
Duties of Household Help	27	(1)
Vetting Your Nanny	28	(1)
Helpful Household Phrases for Spanish-Speaking Employees	28	(1)
Sexual Harassment	29	(2)
Star Question: Is It True What They Say About Pool Technicians	31	(1)
Star Issue: PSYOPS, or Nonlethal Methods for Coping with Driveway Tourists	31	(1)
Six Signs of a Stalker	32	(1)
The Stalker Personality	32	(1)
License to Carry	33	(1)
Star Question: How Do I Coordinate My Gun with My Wardrobe?	34	(1)
Defensive Clothing	35	(1)
The Entourage or Posse	36	(1)
Hollywood Secret: Endow Now	36	(1)
Preemptive Birthing	37	(1)
Star Birth Center	37	(1)
Playtime	38	(1)
Star Pets and Their Meanings	38	(1)
Lost Animals	39	(1)
Getting Around	40	(1)
Armored Vehicle	40	(1)
Star Knowledge: In the Drive	40	(1)
How to Hire a Driver	41	(1)
Hollywood Secret: Service Station to the Stars	42	(1)
Earthquake Risk	42	(1)
Star Question: Where Can I Buy a Richter Scale?	43	(1)
Social Life: How to Stay Centered When Everyone Envies You	44	(17)
Peers, Pests, and Other Personalities	44	(1)
Entertaining at Home	45	(1)
The Price of Gossip	45	(2)
Guest Formula for a Great Dinner Party	47	(1)
Great Dinner Party Guest Density	47	(1)
Ideal DP IG Seating Chart	48	(1)
Dinner Table Conversation	49	(1)
Star Knowledge: The All-Purpose Menu	49	(1)
Proclivities and Propensities	50	(1)
Swag	50	(1)
Dog Run Socializing	51	(1)
Canine Coitus	51	(1)
Star Issue: Dating a Nobody	52	(1)
Satisfying Short-Term Sexual Urges	53	(1)
Hollywood Secret: Hooking Up with Fellow Stars or Industry Players	53	(1)
Engagement: Traditional Values Predominate	53	(1)
Buying Rings	54	(1)
Star Knowledge: How to Suggest a Prenup	55	(1)
The Wedding	56	(1)
Self-Esteem Index	57	(1)
Wedding Mechanics	58	(1)
Star Issue: Homemade Sex Tapes	58	(1)
The Sex Set	59	(1)
Star Question: Who Is My Friend?	59	(1)
Supportive Friends or Friends You Support?	60	(1)
Self: Improving Your Mind and Body Goes with the Job	61	(22)
Controlling Your Reflection	61	(1)
Star Power	62	(1)
Daily Diva Affirmations	62	(3)
Ten Common Physical Flaws	65	(1)
Star Knowledge: Turn Your Ass into an Asset	66	(1)
Plastic Surgery Options Examined for Cost, Procedure, and Recovery: A Look at Some Common Surgeries	66	(4)
Determining if You Are Compatible with Your Plastic Surgeon	70	(1)
BDD	71	(1)
Common Personality Flaws	71	(2)
Star Issue: Hiring a Life Coach	73	(1)
Star Question: Are You Driven by ADHD?	74	(1)
Cigarettes, Heroin, or Coffee?	75	(1)
Legal High	76	(1)
Star Question: What Should I Pack for Rehab?	77	(1)
Rehab Amenities	77	(1)
Star Issue: Celebrities Anonymous	78	(1)
Star Knowledge: Upbeat Answers to Press Questions Regarding Your Rehab	78	(1)
Inner-Child Care	79	(1)
Celebrity Worship	79	(2)
Hollywood Secret: Using Religion to Your Advantage	81	(2)
Milking It: Self-Exploitation for Fun and Profit	83	(23)
Honoring Your Inner Publicist	83	(1)
Self-Exploitation	84	(1)
Hollywood Secret: Walk of Fame Demystified	85	(1)
Star Knowledge: The Publicist	85	(1)
The Truth	86	(1)
How Gossip Gets into Circulation	87	(1)
Developing a Silver Tongue	88	(1)
Monikers	89	(1)
How to Tell a Joke	90	(1)
Anatomy of a Talk Show	91	(1)
``This Is an Outrage!'': Pros and Cons of Expressing Anger	92	(1)
Star Issue: To Be or Not to Be (Gay)	92	(2)
Marriage of Convenience	94	(1)
Ten Surefire Attention-Getters	94	(1)
Dos and Don'ts: Arrest	95	(1)
Star Knowledge: Hiring a Prison Coach	95	(1)
Food for Thought	96	(1)
Political Exploitation	97	(1)
Star Question: May I Have an Ideology?	97	(1)
Setting Parameters (and Perimeters)	98	(1)
Good News About Journalistic ``Integrity''	98	(2)
Star Knowledge: How to Air Kiss	100	(1)
Star Issue: Handling the Paparazzi	101	(1)
A Paparazzo Speaks	102	(1)
Hollywood Secret: Racketeering	103	(1)
Ten Reporters' Questions You Should Always Answer with a No	103	(1)
From Idea to Printed Page	104	(1)
When to Lie Low	105	(1)
The Grind: Six Days a Week, Six Weeks in a Row, for Only $16 Million	106	(18)
Work Is What You Live For	106	(1)
How to Behave	107	(1)
Movie Production Timeline	107	(1)
On-Set Hierarchy	108	(1)
How to Act	108	(1)
Character Acting	109	(1)
Star Issue: Danger	109	(1)
Stunts	109	(2)
Downtime	111	(1)
Personal Assistants	111	(1)
Ten Tasks Fellow Stars Have Delegated to Their Personal Assistants	112	(1)
Star Knowledge: Anatomy of a Screenplay	112	(1)
Technical Aspects of the Script	113	(1)
The Popcorn Factor	113	(1)
Film Festivals	114	(1)
Negotiating the Cannes Film Festival	115	(2)
Star Question: What Should I Pack for Cannes	117	(1)
Star Power: Exploiting Your Own Charisma	117	(1)
Romania: The New Burbank	118	(1)
The Studio Jet	118	(1)
Star Knowledge: The Kiss	119	(1)
Star Issue: Exposure	120	(1)
Credits	121	(1)
Star Perks	121	(2)
Hollywood Secret: The Star Wagon Supreme	123	(1)
Money: Getting What You Deserve	124	(17)
Money Is the Hollywood Art	124	(1)
Studio Revenues	125	(1)
Blurry Image	125	(1)
What an Agent Does	126	(1)
Star Issue: How to Fire an Agent	127	(1)
Average Star Salaries	127	(1)
Anatomy of a Movie Deal	128	(1)
Sample Earnings	129	(1)
How to Justify Your Existence	129	(1)
Star Knowledge: Stop Dates	130	(1)
Blockbuster	130	(1)
The Budget	130	(1)
Studio Accounting Practices	131	(1)
Selling Out, Discreetly	132	(1)
Star, Inc	133	(1)
Product Branding	133	(1)
The Two Basic Hollywood Paths	134	(1)
Star Issue: Fees	134	(1)
Hollywood Secret: The Happy Mailbox	134	(1)
Annual Star Expenses	135	(1)
Star Knowledge: Nonfinancial Remuneration	136	(1)
Hollywood Stock Exchange	137	(1)
Star Issue: Switching from Movies to Television	137	(1)
Hollywood Secret: The Black Card	137	(1)
The Golden Statue	138	(1)
What Is an Oscar?	139	(1)
Oscar Swag	139	(2)
Leisure: Successful Relaxation Requires a Lot of Work	141	(15)
Even Stars Need a Break	141	(1)
Star Knowledge: Bowling	142	(1)
Hollywood Secret: Shop Naked	143	(1)
Star Issue: Buyer Beware	143	(2)
Star Superfans	145	(1)
Foreign Escapes	146	(1)
Flying Commercial	146	(1)
Star-Class Seating	147	(1)
Star Knowledge: The World's Most Expensive Lunch	148	(1)
Pros and Cons: Private Vacations vs. Media Circus Vacations	149	(1)
Vacation Locales	149	(1)
Dos and Don'ts: Leisure Wardrobe	150	(1)
Collecting Art	150	(2)
Star Issue: Kidnapping	152	(1)
Star Risks	153	(1)
Yachts	153	(2)
The Star Yacht	155	(1)
Paparazzi Control at Sea	155	(1)
Taking a Bow: Life and Death Issues	156	(8)
Illuminate Your Fading Star	156	(1)
Star Issue: Life Span	156	(2)
The Wisdom of Sunset Boulevard	158	(1)
Hollywood Secret: A Living Legacy	159	(1)
Star Issue: Failure	159	(1)
Star Cemetery	160	(1)
Star Departure	160	(1)
Star Knowledge: Death Notices	161	(1)
Ten Appropriate Star Epitaphs	162	(2)
Hollywood Star Quiz	164	(9)
Acknowledgments	173

Excerpts

Chapter 1: THE GREAT DIVIDE

There are two places called Hollywood.

1.Physical Hollywood hugs the Santa Monica mountain range in Los Angeles and is accessible by compact car from Laurel Canyon Boulevard, the 101 Freeway, and Santa Monica Boulevard. A brief history: In 1886, a crippled Topeka, Kansas, man named Harvey Wilcox bought 160 wilderness acres outside Los Angeles. His wife, Daeida, christened the ranch “Hollywood,” after an Ohio town someone had mentioned on a train. In the early 1900s, movie companies were drawn to Hollywood’s intense sunlight. They also liked its distance from the New Jersey courts where inventor Thomas Edison had filed lawsuits claiming copyright ownership of the filmmaking process. Edison lost and the studios prospered.

The first Academy Awards took place in 1929. In 1960, the first star was laid in the Walk of Fame. Currently, about three hundred thousand people live in Hollywood, including many homeless teenage hustlers, a few long-legged farm girls, and several Armenian shop owners. Most of the studios are now in Burbank and elsewhere. As a star, you might pass through this community on occasion for business or entertainment purposes, but it will not be your home.

2.Magical Hollywood, which you will inhabit, crosses geographical boundaries to include parts of Los Angeles, New York, France, and Montana; the first-class lounges of international airports; nightclub VIP rooms; hyperyachts; and secluded, pampering resorts in odd locations. You may reach this Hollywood only via jet, helicopter, comfortable boat, motorcycle, or late-model Maybach. In this Hollywood, people eat raw foods, wear thousand-dollar T-shirts, and bemoan their loss of creative freedom. It is a world that only you and your peers will ever understand. Once inside, you will do anything to stay.

STAR KNOWLEDGE: Where to Live

Star abodes fall along a line stretching from Silver Lake, at the intersection of the 101 and 5 freeways, west to Santa Monica and up the coast to Malibu. A number of desirable communities lie within this geography, and each has its own personality and implications for your image.

Los Feliz/Silver Lake: This area is suitable for stars who haven’t left their roommate days behind. If you’re still here when stardom calls, move immediately to negate the risk of running into failed negative people (FNP) who haven’t made it big. You deserve better, unless you’re purchasing one of the pedigreed midcentury modern homes bordering the reservoir. If the realtor drops the names Richard Neutra, Rudolf M. Schindler, Gregory Ain, or John Lautner, immediately offer the full price, as houses by these dead architects confer great status.

West Hollywood: More a shopping and dining destination for stars than a place to pitch a tent. This is Gay Hollywood. If you are a closeted gay star (CGS) in this neighborhood, be prepared for paparazzi and make sure your lifestyle denial speech is well-scripted.

Mulholland Drive: This legendary winding road is lined with glamorous homes perched high above the city. Away from the madding crowd and far from good takeout restaurants, this area is perfect for stars who are comfortable in their skin and who like the freedom to tinkle in their backyards, if the urge hits them, without upsetting the neighbors.

Laurel Canyon: The side streets of this canyon have been home to superstars, porn stars, politicians, and drug dealers. The jumbled compounds are perfect for bohemian sensibilities and substance-addled Trustafarian souls. Neighbors will applaud your spiritual commitment when you install a large stone Buddha that dribbles water out of its mouth into your pool.

Beverly Hills: While the neighborhood certainly has cachet, it’s also less inviting and more crowded than a true star might appreciate. These days, Jed, Jethro, Granny, and Elly May would more likely be known as the Bel Airbillies.

Bel Air: Now you’re talking. The astounding amounts of water consumed by the picket-fence roses in these arid luxyons mark Bel Air as true star territory.

Brentwood: This double-income-zero-orgasm (DIZO) neighborhood features big houses, big egos, and strong gates. You might bump into your agent here. The sidewalks are so deserted that stars have been known to murder their cheating spouses right on the street and get away with it.

Pacific Palisades: Urban legend holds that families who live in this wealthy neighborhood of fresh air and tranquil homes stay together longer than families who live in Beverly Hills.

Santa Monica: A beighborhood home to surfers, flower children, and power-hungry vegetarians, this casually expensive beachside community is perfect for socially aware stars.

Malibu: Seemingly simple cottages on stilts line the beach, but be assured that luxury reigns behind their charming facades. High-wattage stars work hard to keep riffraff off the beach so they can play fetch with their dogs in peace. Check deeds for public beach access stairways before purchasing a home here, or you might end up having to file a lawsuit to remove the permanent gathering of fans just below your deck.

STAR ISSUE: How to Select a Home

Your career success depends, in part, on your home. An unseemly home (too small, too ugly, too far from power-lunch spots like the Ivy) will mark you as antisocial and unpredictable, which are undesirable traits in an industry of team players. Aim for a beautiful house that’s as unapologetically large as your ego. Choose from among the following styles:

Tudor: These houses, which feature cosmetic, nonstructural wooden beams, steeply pitched roofs, and stucco walls, became popular in the 1920s when Lon Chaney, Louise Brooks, and Charlie Chaplin reigned supreme. To Americans, the style has always evoked visions of English country homes. To everyone else in the world, fake Tudor just looks dark and dumb. Leave these houses for the Film Theory 101 professors. Tudor does not have star power (SP).

Tiki: This Hawaiian lounge look is good for young Hollywood stars. You can trade up to something more mature after your twenty-third birthday.

Mayan Revival: Serious architects are still in awe of this exotic motif from the 1920s that radiates creative power. Best for eccentric stars.

Midcentury Modern: Perfect for your weekend getaway home in Palm Springs. Reflecting pools, metal arches, airport-lounge-style sloped ceilings, overtiled bathrooms, curved colorful chandeliers, and stone walls tell the world you have arrived and are proud to be cool. Expect major magazine attention. Star friends may be a bit bored, as this trend is peaking.

Postmodern: No one knows exactly what this term means, except that it is the condition of postmodernity, or “after what is now.” But enough theory. In practice, postmodern houses make unashamedly bold and goofy statements, with oversize columns, vaguely historical windows, shingle siding, and perverted traditional forms. Favored for East Coast star retreats like Easthampton and Martha’s Vineyard. Perfect for auteurs.

Spanish Revival and Mission: These stucco houses with red-tiled roofs are always right for any Hollywood star, and they look good in Architectural Digest.

Bungalow: Low-key Los Angeles architectural form that works well for young star couples on their way up.

Minimalist: For secure stars only. This highly evolved style eschews ornamentation and color, relying instead on clean open spaces that say, “I am so successful that I need nothing.” While the houses invariably look empty, there are always many hidden closets and drawers for concealing star junk.

WHAT IS THIS FENG SHUI STUFF?

This ancient Chinese philosophy is an unlikely source of glam design in LA, but it has influenced everything from the Getty Center art museum to Laurel Canyon meditation rooms. Feng shui (pronounced “fung shway”) is based on a Taoist understanding of how the forces of nature work together to create harmonious environments inside the home. In Chinese, feng means wind and shui means water. Good feng shui leads to good fortune, and bad feng shui—you don’t want to go there. You may hire a feng-shui master (see the Los Angeles yellow pages) to study the flow of energy through your new home and help redesign the interior or even make structural changes to improve your (already great!) fortune.

According to Eva Wong, a Hong Kong–born feng-shui expert, here’s how to hire a feng-shui person:

Decide whether you want a traditional practitioner or a New Age feng-shui practitioner. The traditional experts follow centuries-old beliefs, whereas the New Age experts have only recently adapted the science to Western culture’s need for harmonious placement of dog beds, treadmills, and Oscar statuettes.

Choose either a Chinese practitioner or someone who is very familiar with Chinese culture.

Choose someone who will explain the rationale behind every recommendation. If you are going to install a five-ton boulder near the front door, you’ll want to know why.

DUTIES OF HOUSEHOLD HELP

Good help isn’t found, it’s made. With the proper resources—money, manipulation, and power—you can turn even a mediocre domestic staff into a living, breathing reflection of your own grandeur. Begin by communicating to your employees the exact nature of their duties and responsibilities. Nothing is more frustrating, or more wasteful of your valuable time, than dealing with unmet expectations. Here are the duties of the major household staff positions you will need to fill.

JOB DUTIES

Majordomo or butler: Make sure everything works; dress in black to impress guests; keep guests from poaching staff.

Lawn and garden person: Keep things green; mix in other colors as needed; report paparazzi in bushes.

Pool person: Have a trim and muscular physique; maintain hygiene of hot tub; never stare at poolside nudity;fulfill miscellaneous intimate functions depending on employer’s unmet needs/desires.

Maid: Always look down while cleaning; pretend to be charmed when guests habla with mangled syntax.

Chef: Read latest diet books; lie about calorie/fat/carb content of meals served.

Property manager: Keep property immaculate; never notice unusual behaviors; take the Fifth when necessary.

Nanny: Feed, clothe, bathe, cuddle, and put to bed the children; cede bragging rights to parents.

Driver: Sit in car until needed; keep eyes on road, not on backseat; assume role of therapist during traffic jams.

Security: Look strong; look the other way; share protein powder as needed.

Dog whisperer: Fathom your companion canine’s innermost needs, desires, and anxieties.

Dog therapist: Help your canine companion to achieve needs as revealed by dog whisperer.

VETTING YOUR NANNY

It’s a given that your children’s nannies (one per child) will be English, wear uniforms, and push extravagant, oversize prams. Still, it’s wise to check the background of even the most aesthetically pleasing governess. The United Kingdom’s Criminal Records Bureau (CRB) is the first place to turn for information. According to the director of the CRB, “the role of the Criminal Records Bureau is to reduce the risk of abuse by ensuring that those who are unsuitable are not able to work with children and vulnerable adults.”

HELPFUL HOUSEHOLD PHRASES FOR SPANISH-SPEAKING EMPLOYEES

Buenos días.

Good day.

Buenas tardes.

Good afternoon.

Buenas noches.

Good evening.

Hola. Estoy muy borracho.

Hi. I’m really drunk.

Esto no está limpio.

This isn’t clean.

Hola. Quisiera introducirte a mi nueva/nuevo novia/novio/piscinero. No nos disturbe, por favor.

Hi. I’d like to introduce you to my new girlfriend/boyfriend/pool boy. Please don’t disturb us.

Te pareces caliente.

You look hot.

Apurete, muchahca/muchacho.

Hurry up, girl/boy.

Yo sé que es duro vivir sin dinero.

I understand how difficult it is to live with not much money.

No te daré más. Hay otros que quisieran tu trabajo.

I won’t give you more. There are others who would like your job.

¿Te incomodarías si nado desnudo?

Will it bother you if I swim naked?

Pues, busca otro trabajo.

Then look for another job.

SEXUAL HARASSMENT

Any responsible star will try to protect staff members from sexual harassment by establishing a uniform code of conduct. Of course, many stars have hung themselves by their own petard by forgetting that such conduct also applies to themselves. If you are going to “fall in love” with an employee, don’t begin the affair by informing your love interest of his or her rights.

The International Guild of Professional Butlers offers this sexual harassment policy as an example of how you may inform the rest of your staff of its rights and obligations in this arena:

NOTE: This is a sample sexual harassment policy, notifying workers that sexual harassment will not be tolerated. Include this form in an Employee Handbook or make it available separately.

In order to provide a productive and pleasant working environment, it is important that we at (______ Household) endeavor to maintain a workplace characterized by mutual respect. Accordingly, sexual harassment in our workplace will not be tolerated.

Prohibited Activities

Sexual harassment has been defined as a form of sex discrimination, consisting of unwanted sexual advances. Examples of prohibited sexual harassment include:

Supervisors or managers explicitly or implicitly suggesting sex in return for a hiring, compensation, promotion, or retention decision.

Verbal or written sexually suggestive or obscene comments, jokes, or propositions.

Unwanted physical contact, such as touching, grabbing, or pinching.

Displaying sexually suggestive objects, pictures, or magazines.

Continual expression of sexual or social interest after an indication that such interest is not desired.

Conduct with sexual implications when such conduct interferes with the employee’s work performance or creates an intimidating work environment.

Suggesting or implying that failure to accept a request for a date or sex would adversely affect the employee in respect to a performance evaluation or promotion.

STAR QUESTION: Is It True What They Say About Pool Technicians?

Yes. Many pool technicians in the Los Feliz to Malibu corridor enjoy fulfilling clients’ non-natatorial desires. The lonely star is the one who doesn’t ask.

STAR ISSUE: PSYOPS, or Nonlethal Methods for Coping with Driveway Tourists

Even if you opt for a low-key personal life, fans eventually will gather at your gate, hoping to glimpse, touch, or, in difficult cases, assassinate you. Military forces around the world have effectively used psychological operations (PSYOPS) since the time of Jehoshaphat, whose army sang its way to a weaponless victory. More recently, the U.S. military used PSYOPS to dislodge General Manuel Noriega in Panama and to disorient insurgents in Iraq. PSYOPS works just as effectively to neutralize your driveway tourists.

Psychological operations to consider:

Indifference: Ignore the hordes in your driveway. (Difficult when they are blocking your entrance or exit.) Eventually they will leave.

Friendly: Invite them in for tea. (Not advised, for security reasons.) They will become disillusioned by the fact that you, too, have to wash your teacups (or at least have to tell someone to wash them) and will leave.

Icy cordiality: Offer autographs through the gate. (Don’t let them grab your hands.) But smile coldly. They will become uncomfortable and leave.

Insecure: Bake the organic, sugar- and wheat-free cookies you favor and distribute them at the gate. They will spit them out and leave.

Hostile: Turn on your curbside sprinkler via remote control before entering or leaving the gate. (Beware: Some people will interpret this as an affectionate gesture.)

Aggressive: Hire armed and insensitive curbside patrols.

Last resort: Play loud classical music and distribute literary novels. Display your plastic surgery scars. Fart with indiscretion, as though you were one of the regular people (RP).

SIX SIGNS OF A STALKER

Stars are pungent stalker bait. If you suspect that someone is stalking you, hire security, notify the police, and pack heat. Here are some signs that you are being stalked.

1.You receive repeated phone calls from the same (sometimes unknown) person, even when you’ve told them not to contact you again.

2.The person waits for you at your house, at the studio, or at the Ivy.

3.The person makes threats, professes love, or writes hostile reviews of your movies.

4.The person manipulates you by threatening to commit suicide unless you contact them.

5.The person sends you letters and gifts (often with overly romantic or fearsome content).

6.The person lies to others about your behavior and spreads rumors that you are a drug user.

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