Catching London by MV Ellis

Author:MV Ellis [Ellis, MV]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: hot, Romance, bad boy, drama, interracial romance, artist, rock star, US, Intense, contemporary, read, interracial, famous, love, Paris
Publisher: Hot Tree Publishing
Published: 2018-02-16T18:30:00+00:00

Chapter Fourteen

Many of the cities we pass through on the tour aren’t new to me, as I’ve visited them with this production or that. Those trips were generally brief, and even on the few longer stints or holidays, my exploration was pretty much limited to the tourist traps and usual landmarks. Eiffel Tower and a crepe in Paris? Check. The Colosseum and a gelato in Rome? Check. Big Ben and fish and chips in London? Check. All great fun at the time, but you could Photoshop someone else into my photos, and not notice the difference.

Travelling with Arlo, I get to see a different side to all these places. In fact, I feel like he has the keys to the city. Every city. I guess when you’ve been as shit-hot famous as he is for as long as he has, you get to see and do a lot that isn’t on the table for most people. He knows the most exclusive eateries, bars, and shops at one end of the scale, while at the other he’s welcomed like the prodigal son at the places you’ll never read about in any tourist guide. Those unassuming holes in the wall where you’ll find the best food made to secret family recipes, or bespoke shoes and tailoring to rival the world’s top brands—Arlo knows them all.

I notice that when he chooses to, he has an easy rapport with people that sees them eating from the palm of his hands. Totally different to the rude, surly version of himself he so often presents to the world. Arlo in full charm mode is a thing of beauty. I can see how he could so easily have parted scores of women from their underwear. Although by all accounts, the majority are putty in his hands even when he’s at his most obnoxious—I get the impression that he hasn’t received as many slaps as his behavior deserves.

Although Arlo has unrivaled access to everything any city has to offer, we’re unfortunately never far from baying crowds or telephoto lenses. It’s a frenetic lifestyle of rushing to and from cars, hotels, music venues, media outlets, airports, restaurants, nightclubs, bars, and beaches, while trying to maintain some semblance of a private life. I realize early on that privacy and time are big currency in celebrity circles, and though Arlo is undeniably cash and experience rich, he’s definitely privacy and time poor.

This abnormal way of life has become normal for the band, and they mostly take it in their stride, accepting the craziness as part of the job they adore, and the lifestyle that comes with it. In this digital age where information flows across social media faster than water from a faucet in one of their luxury hotel suites, you can’t have success at the level they do without all the trappings of fame, both good and bad. Endless exposure is part of the pleasure and pain of living at the top.

It’s eye-opening for me, and with every passing day, I’m glad that my job is to observe and document the circus, rather than fully take part in it.

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