But, to be fair, there is a sense in which our gossip about celebrities does involve treating them as though they were members of our own social group - our conversations about the conflicts between characters in soap operas, the relationship problems of super-models and the marriages, careers and babies of film stars are often indistinguishable from our gossip about family, friends and neighbours - so I'll give Noon & Delbridge the benefit of the doubt on this point.
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