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Paula: You are very lucky, Catherine. You are a celebrity and your image will appearsappearsis appearedI don't know on the cover of the most prestigious beauty magazines.

Catherine: My life is not exactly what you think it is. I feel like I've lost my freedom. Even in my everyday life, I is expectedam expectam expectedI don't know to be who my fans want me to be. When I are invitedam invitedam inviteI don't know on a TV show, I am teachedam taugtam taughtI don't know how to answer the journalists, I am toldis toldam telledI don't know what to say or what to do and so, there's little space for me to be authentic.

Paula: But there arewill beenisI don't know also some advantages of being a celebrity, aren't there?

Catherine: Oh yes, of course! For every shot, I am affordedam affordam afordedI don't know the opportunity of wearing clothes that most people can only dream about and moreover, in one contract deal, I am gaveam givenam giveI don't know an amount of money that most people would not make in their lifetime.

Paula : On just a whim, you travelletravelltravelI don't know to beautiful countries, don't you? On top of that, I read that during the last Cannes Festival, they lentlendinglendedI don't know you gorgeous pieces of jewellery, didn't they ?


Catherine: Yes, that's true, Paula, but my job is not only glitz... Last Tuesday, I had three outside shows in Moscow.
What a day!
People swarmmedswarmtswarmedI don't know to change my hair. I was make upwas made upwas maked upI don't know by three specialists who spent three hours making me look like an icon.

The shooting was hell for me. I was askwas askedwere askedI don't know to smile though I was suffering dreadfully from jet lag. On top of that, the temperature was icy and I havehadhasI don't know only light clothing on.

And when the show finished, I went back to my hotel and I feeltfeeledfeltI don't know very lonely.

Paula : But you were treatwas treatedwere treatedI don't know like a princess, weren't you?

Catherine: Paula, you should stop considering only the glamorous side of fame ! Don't you know that in many magazines, my private life is flauntare flauntedis flauntedI don't know ? Wherever I go, I am houndam houndedare houndedI don't know by paparazzi. I am harassed by photographers in my every move.

I am judgedam judgeam judgeedI don't know by my appearance, in my everyday activities, when I grab the paper or even when I simply blow my nose and this is hugely damaging to me. I am shownam showedam showedI don't know like an object.

Paula : So, these paparazzi stealedstoledstoleI don't know your private life, didn't they?

Catherine: Of course, and I bemoaneedbemoanebemoanI don't know my lost anonymity. You should understand, Paula, that I'd like to be adoredbe adorredadoringI don't know for who I am really and not for what I am requirredam requiredam requireI don't know to be.