Ah, well, Ben, I can understand that. She's a person and like all persons would not appeal to everyone. However, knowing what I know about her, I am quite certain we
would get along. (As friends. Not completely sure I could stand being married to her, and even less sure about vice-versa, but that's certainly not an issue at present.
) She's a very sweet lady, and we have a number of interests in common which I won't go into here.
So for me, it
would be a cheap imitation. If she weren't a celebrity, if I had pursued my infatuation with Corsica and met her as a pretty young dance instructor in Ajaccio, I'm sure we would get along fine. And there's a level of my heart that feels that's the way it should be, and all this celebrity stuff is just a weird dream. It gets in the way.
And that's why I would prefer to be a from-a-distance fan. If someday we meet and have a chance to be friends -- and it's not as impossible as you might suppose -- then that will be fantastic. If not, I still have no desire to meet her in any other way. Her music, and an opportunity to see her in concert, are all I need as a fan.