Starbury TV…

Stephon Marbury, if anyone is unfamiliar, played in the NBA for 13 seasons, and has his own affordable STARBURY basketball sneaker line. Now he can add crazy to his resume. The athlete’s meltdown has been documented (by himself) through streaming video on the Web, including moments of him singing, crying, and apparently eating Vaseline.

It makes you wonder why. Some articles say Marbury doesn’t know what to do with himself now that his basketball career is over, some say his ego is so huge that he can’t stop broadcasting himself. But I know other professional athletes that have found things to do after retirement (it can’t be that hard when you’re rolling in $$$). I also know other professional athletes that have huge egos yet don’t broadcast themselves going crazy on the Internets (TO, Ocho Cinco…)

This is yet another instance of a celeb on the Internet sharing their personal life (maybe too much of it) with fans. It’s such a weird phenomenon to me. I mean honestly, what’s the need for paparazzi when you have stars taking far more intimate videos of themselves and posting them for the world to see? Some of the most intimate (and disturbing) videos of celebrities have been shot by the stars themselves (or family/friends of stars), and posted online. Take the Britney Spears video where she’s obviously high on something, talking about time travel with her boo, K Fed. Or the David Hasselhoff video taken by his own daughter, where he is so drunk he is having trouble eating a cheeseburger. The paparazzi better watch out, their jobs are being taken by celebs themselves.

As for Stephon Marbury, if this really is a “cry for help,” as many speculate, I hope it brings the help he needs to stop eating lube. But the whole ordeal brings a greater issue to light—why do celebs post online video? I guess we can just suffice it to say, as they do in the tabloids, “STARS – THEY’RE JUST LIKE US.”