'It's Personal!' Is Dak Prescott Wrong to Rip Coverage Of Mansion Move?

FRISCO - In some sort of Perfect Celebrity Dream World, Dak Prescott would have a point. Brad Pitt would get paid millions of dollars to star in a movie, but when he walked down the street to buy a loaf of bread, nobody would notice him. Beyonce would get paid millions of dollars to sing a song, but when she sailed aboard a yacht on vacation, no one would care.

But that's not the way celebrity works. And it never has. So as much empathy as one might wish to feel when a celeb is a "victim of invasion of privacy''? Given that this is part and parcel of what they signed up for, it's not really an "invasion.''

It's more of an "invitation.''

And so this week, when the Dallas Cowboys quarterback - by virtue of his job position North Texas' version of Brad Pitt and Beyonce all rolled into one - groused about the media coverage of his $3 million, 8,800-square-foot Frisco-area mansion being destroyed as part of his plan to build a bigger, better mansion?

Dak's just wrong.

"I think it's crazy the coverage that it got,'' Prescott said. "Just being frank, trying to keep my personal life my personal life, build a home or a place or have a property that, you know, I'm about to raise a daughter and a family there. ... I truly don't appreciate the drones, the extra videos, and, honestly, the conversation of it.''

And I understand that. Wouldn't it be nice to make $60 million per year largely because of the public's interest in your job ... but then to also be able to control that public interest like a light switch, the celebrity flipping it on when it suits him (like after Cowboys wins!) but flipping it off when he wants a "personal life''?

That's the problem with celebrity, of course. There is a "personal life'' sacrifice made.'' The fact is inescapable.

Are there - or should there be - limits? Obviously. There are lines that fans and media members too often cross. Of course, those lines get blurred when the celebrity complains about "the extra videos'' ... when it appears that he himself made sure to create a video (complete with the "celebrity'' presence of the guys from Dude Perfect) that ended up on TMZ.

Brad Pitt and Beyonce would love to have it both ways: Benefit from an incredibly high profile when its time to promote a movie or an album ... but secure complete privacy when they buy a loaf of bread. At some point, though, most celebrities come to the realization that those same fans who gawk, take photos and ask for autographs are the actual folks who pay their salaries.

In short, Dak's new $240 million contract is the product of his talent, his hard work, his good fortune ("America's Team'' will do that for a guy) .. and the fact that millions of people care about who he's dating and what brand of shoes he's wearing and yes, definitely, why he's tearing down a mansion.

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Prescott, the centerpiece of a 3-2 Cowboys team that plays host to the Detroit Lions on Sunday , does get one thing right here.

I'm super-blessed,'' he said, "to be able to, at this point, build what I want.''

Dak, you've got that right. But with "super-blessings'' come super-responsibilities and super-expectations and yeah, super-burdens. And having millions of people care about where you buy your loaf of bread is part of the deal.

We discuss Dak's demolition, Trevon Diggs' injury issue and Ezekiel Elliott's desire for role clarification in the Fish Report. Come inside!

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