*Steve Harvey is opening up about the “unexpected price” of fame that can cripple some stars and has “almost no upside to it.”
In a new interview with The Sunday Times, Harvey compared the “unexpected price” of fame to “living in a big pretty prison.”
“There’s almost no upside to it, that’s the unexpected pain of fame. You have no privacy. It’s like living in a big pretty prison,” he said. “I’m staying here at this hotel, it’s gorgeous, guess what, I can’t go anywhere, I can’t go to the mall. I can’t take my grandkids to Disneyland, I can’t go to the park or a movie theater.”
He may not always appreciate life in the spotlight, but Harvey often experiences “emotional” moments because of his global stautus. He recalled one such moment recently in Cannes.
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“All of a sudden the DJ starts playing the theme song to Family Feud. Everybody applauded and pointed at me, I waved for a minute,” he explained. “I couldn’t stop crying because how did this little dude from Cleveland, Ohio, get to the south of France and they are playing a theme song and everybody in the restaurant knew who I am.”
Harvey previously revealed to People that he was homeless for three years and living out of his car while trying to make it big in Hollywood.
“It was so disheartening,” Steve recalled to the publication. “A week is really the maximum you can do. This was three years! It was rock bottom. But even in my darkest days I had faith it would turn around.”
Today, the best-selling author, comedian, TV personality and movie star, credits his many accomplishments to not being afraid to take risks.
“When we utilize our gift, the universe thanks us by giving us an abundance of riches,” he wrote.
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