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the people in the tmz world are not always wealthy. the only thing most of them have is a sliver of cultural capital, which stems from the imagination of the masses that they are rich and special and sexy because of their personality and not because of circumstance.
there are some wealthy ones in that world, but they are the minority. but they still hang in elite circles with the upper classes.
the myth you have is from the perspective of the mass man whose so jealous of the celebrity he has to invent this fantasy that they're desperately unhappy to salvage his pride. what he should really be focusing on is his limited imaginative capacity in having idolized these people in the first place.
they sell the socius the lie it wants, which is that the self is magical and can create its externalities as manifestations of what it is. "be the you that you want to be with your summer look and your vapid narcissism will be reflected in all the screens, sorry, mirrors and the zero sum nature of the economic system will dissipate by the sheer radiant positivity of your ignorance!". but all rich celebrities got that way through the economic rationality of the entertainment industry.
also, once you get income above a certain level, the opportunity to massively increase it skyrockets because successful and accredited advisors that, if you have any sense at all you can tell are legit or not, want to invest it for you because they get a decent commission. they dont get a decent commission out of the average joes savings so they dont bother. the average joe doesnt understand how people get rich and is too frustrated/stupid/busy/determined to blame everyone else but himself to know how to try and so is sold the idea that it's just the magical personal essence of the celebrity that got them to where they are. but thats bullshit.
so tldr only the stupidest or damaged of the wealthy and the elite would have that problem. the rest spend their time hobnobbing with non celebrities. the majority of the wealthy and elite are not entertainment industry figures.
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