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Genuine question, (because this whole "champagne socialist" thing has always baffled me) why?
I'm not entirely sure of your question but it's harder to take him seriously because firstly he is a celebrity, and therefore gets a privileged lifestyle (invites to events, awards, freebies, etc) and also because of the money he earns (an assumption on my part) that means he is able to pretty much do whatever he wants and pick and choose his work.

Once you get so far removed from "normal" life, it becomes hard to remember what it was like when you were at the bottom of the barrel, despite his attempts to remind us that he hasn't always been where he is now ("recovering drug addict").