Quote by Genie Francis

I remember being in Atlantic City once when I was 18 or 19, and a sea of people were screaming and pulling their hair because I was there. It was weird. Nobody deserves adulation like that. I tried to explain it to my kids once. I said, 'Mommy used to be kind of cool, kind of like a Britney Spears.'

I remember being in Atlantic City once when I was 18 or 19,

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In this quote, the speaker reflects on a peculiar experience of overwhelming adulation from a crowd during their younger years in Atlantic City. They recount feeling uncomfortable and incredulous about the level of attention received, believing that no one truly deserves such intense admiration. Struggling to articulate this incident to their children, the speaker compares their past popularity to that of Britney Spears, emphasizing the fleeting nature of societal acclaim and asserting that even fleeting moments of coolness should not be glorified excessively.

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