An unexpected car repair bill means nothing to Bill Gates. A blue-collar mom working two jobs? That’s another story.

So consumers might greet headlines about their favorite star or singer with a shrug. It’s hard to get worked up over pay disparities in Hollywood, for example, when the actresses in question make more than Joe or Jane Sixpack earns in a decade.

Maybe two.

It still matters, but the average person’s well of sympathy isn’t deep.

What three celebrities said this week falls squarely in this category. The big difference? The lack of self-awareness in each dispiriting case.