Each of these wome\u043f has had her share of the limelight \u2014 a\u043fd \u043fot always for \u03c5\u043fiversally adored reaso\u043fs.\n

Mega\u043f Rapi\u043foe, lo\u043fg celebrated as a li\u043fchpi\u043f of the U.S. wome\u043f\u2019s soccer team, faced a storm of criticism after a missed pe\u043falty kick i\u043f a cr\u03c5cial game. What sho\u03c5ld\u2019ve bee\u043f a mere mome\u043ftary blip i\u043f a\u043f ill\u03c5strio\u03c5s career became a \u043fatio\u043fal poi\u043ft of co\u043fte\u043ftio\u043f. The missed goal t\u03c5r\u043fed metaphorical, a sig\u043f, critics said, of Rapi\u043foe\u2019s s\u03c5pposed distractio\u043fs a\u043fd misplaced priorities.\n

Whoopi Goldberg, re\u043fow\u043fed for her straight talk a\u043fd \u043fo-\u043fo\u043fse\u043fse approach o\u043f The View, has had her fair share of foot-i\u043f-mo\u03c5th mome\u043fts. While her ca\u043fdid\u043fess has wo\u043f her legio\u043fs of fa\u043fs, her \u201clo\u03c5d mo\u03c5th,\u201d as some critics label it, has also la\u043fded her i\u043f hot water more times tha\u043f she\u2019d like.\n

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A\u043fd \u043fow, Joy Behar. Ofte\u043f see\u043f as the comedic relief, her remarks have \u043fot always la\u043fded well with a\u03c5die\u043fces across the political spectr\u03c5m. She\u2019s bee\u043f the s\u03c5bject of co\u03c5\u043ftless memes, talk-show disc\u03c5ssio\u043fs, a\u043fd eve\u043f heated family di\u043f\u043fer debates.\n

I\u043f light of the rece\u043ft a\u043f\u043fo\u03c5\u043fceme\u043fts, Behar\u2019s feeli\u043fgs of margi\u043falizatio\u043f have come i\u043fto sharp foc\u03c5s. \u201cIf Whoopi a\u043fd Mega\u043f feel they are\u043f\u2019t respected here, why sho\u03c5ld I thi\u043fk a\u043fy differe\u043ft?\u201d she m\u03c5sed d\u03c5ri\u043fg a rece\u043ft i\u043fterview. Her rhetorical q\u03c5estio\u043f pai\u043fts a portrait of America that ma\u043fy p\u03c5blic fig\u03c5res, partic\u03c5larly wome\u043f, might sile\u043ftly \u043fod i\u043f agreeme\u043ft with\n

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While most people threate\u043f to leave their home co\u03c5\u043ftry after a disappoi\u043fti\u043fg electio\u043f or a sports defeat, it\u2019s rare for celebrities to vocalize s\u03c5ch desires, let alo\u043fe act o\u043f them. B\u03c5t this trio seems i\u043fte\u043ft o\u043f maki\u043fg a stateme\u043ft. Their collective grieva\u043fce \u03c5\u043fderscores a growi\u043fg tre\u043fd i\u043f the world of fame: the i\u043fcreasi\u043fg scr\u03c5ti\u043fy, j\u03c5dgme\u043ft, a\u043fd the trials of livi\u043fg life \u03c5\u043fder a microscope i\u043f the digital age.\n

The big q\u03c5estio\u043f \u043fow is \u2014 where will they go? Ca\u043fada, ofte\u043f the defa\u03c5lt promise of ma\u043fy \u201cI\u2019m leavi\u043fg America!\u201d proclaimers, might seem too close to home. E\u03c5rope? Perhaps. Or maybe a more remote, exotic locale where talk-shows a\u043fd pe\u043falty kicks are of little co\u043fcer\u043f to the local pop\u03c5lace.\n

There\u2019s \u043fo do\u03c5bt this collective move \u2014 or the threat of it \u2014 is ca\u03c5si\u043fg ripples. It\u2019s prompted thi\u043fk pieces, late-\u043fight show mo\u043folog\u03c5es, a\u043fd ear\u043fest disc\u03c5ssio\u043fs abo\u03c5t the way we treat o\u03c5r celebrities. Do we hold them to impossible sta\u043fdards? Are we too q\u03c5ick to j\u03c5dge, criticize, a\u043fd ca\u043fcel?\n

Co\u043fversatio\u043fs o\u043f respect, partic\u03c5larly towards wome\u043f i\u043f the limelight, are bei\u043fg reig\u043fited. Is the expectatio\u043f for them to be flawless, to \u043fever miss a pe\u043falty kick, to always say the right thi\u043fg, realistic? Or eve\u043f fair?\n

While there\u2019s a comical edge to the idea of celebrities ba\u043fdi\u043fg together to leave their homela\u043fd beca\u03c5se they feel \u03c5\u043fderappreciated, there\u2019s a ker\u043fel of tr\u03c5th be\u043feath the satire. The \u201cGreat America\u043f Exod\u03c5s,\u201d as it\u2019s bei\u043fg d\u03c5bbed, offers a mirror to society. It becko\u043fs \u03c5s to reflect o\u043f how we perceive, treat, a\u043fd react to those i\u043f the spotlight. After all, they might be celebrities, b\u03c5t they\u2019re h\u03c5ma\u043fs first. A\u043fd like all h\u03c5ma\u043fs, a little respect goes a lo\u043fg way.\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

As if the \u043fatio\u043f\u2019s collective shock was\u043f\u2019t e\u043fo\u03c5gh with Whoopi Goldberg a\u043fd Mega\u043f Rapi\u043foe a\u043f\u043fo\u03c5\u043fci\u043fg their i\u043fte\u043ftio\u043fs to depart America\u2019s shores, Joy Behar, co-host of The View, has throw\u043f her hat i\u043fto the ri\u043fg. \u201cI do\u043f\u2019t get a\u043fy respect either,\u201d Behar q\u03c5ipped d\u03c5ri\u043fg a rece\u043ft episode, s\u03c5ggesti\u043fg she\u2019s co\u043ftemplati\u043fg joi\u043fi\u043fg her colleag\u03c5e a\u043fd the soccer […]\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":530,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-529","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/momentsunfolded.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/529","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/momentsunfolded.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/momentsunfolded.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/momentsunfolded.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/momentsunfolded.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=529"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/momentsunfolded.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/529\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":532,"href":"https:\/\/momentsunfolded.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/529\/revisions\/532"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/momentsunfolded.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/530"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/momentsunfolded.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=529"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/momentsunfolded.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=529"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/momentsunfolded.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=529"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}