Personal trials are the great equalizer that continues to draw public fascination.

We've all seen the media endlessly focus on the personal lives of celebrities. Most of it is gossip and tabloid fodder.

Sex is the great equalizer.

The great equalizer is health. If you don't have it, you're screwed.

But it kills me, this fascination with celebrities' personal lives.

A Texas girl who grew up in terrible poverty, I ended up leading a pretty glamorous life.