Antoine Dodson arrested: a viral sensation pattern?



Antoine Dodson arrested / Credit: TMZ



It's been 2 days since some of us saw Antoine Dodson get arrested and the nation is still little by little learning about it. Antoine Dodson got arrested Saturday morning for marijuana possession.  There were allegedly other charges involved such as:  failing to appear on a traffic charge, failing to have insurance, and charges on speeding.  Instant fame brings people up to the spotlight, there's no question about it.  However, when these viral sensations get in trouble or do something that is inappropriate, some producers and other type of potential employers start having second thoughts about reducing the amount of offers to those who have reached instant fame. Does a a viral star really deserves to be judged by by potential employers? That's the part that comes into conflict. Let's roll back in time to the moment Ted Williams earned instant fame. Check out the blog post I made about him back in January of this year. The post summarizes all the attention Ted Williams had received as soon as he became viral and what I actually really thought about the whole situation. His case became controversial; some people were not very happy to hear that he was gaining so much fame and earning so many job offers just because he held a cardboard and became instantly viral. Just days after, it was all chaos.  Ted Williams even made more headlines when he entered rehab for drug and alcohol problems.

I was actually very sad to learn that Ted Williams had actually admitted in front of the cameras that he had been clean for two years and then from all of a sudden, boom! I read these headlines. I have to be very honest and say that I kept my hopes up on him. Today, Ted Williams has shown us that he's been able to make several accomplishments after becoming instantly famous. Now the fact of the matter is ladies and gentlemen, should we judge a viral star for not doing what's accepted in our society more than other bigger celebrities such as Lindsay Lohan or Lil Wayne for breaking the laws?