Fandom Is Out of Control: It’s What Psychologists Have Called “Celebrity Worship Syndrome”

From a New York Times column by Lindsay Crouse headlined “Fandom Is Out of Control”:

“Boo! Where’s the money?”

That’s what angry protesters could be heard yelling at Amber Heard on a video of the actress exiting the courthouse last month, where she’d spent four days describing the abuse she says that she suffered at the hands of her ex-husband, Johnny Depp.

“Gold digger!” one woman, presumably a fan of Mr. Depp’s, bellowed.