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What does it mean to crave fame?
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Oct 26, 2016
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What does it mean to crave fame?
Why fame and fortune are so additive?
Donald Trump in "All-Star Celebrity Apprentice."
Donald Trump in "All-Star Celebrity Apprentice."
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Why fame and fortune are so additive?

On Tuesday, The New York Times published a piece titled "What Drives Donald Trump? Fear of Losing Status, Tapes Show."

The tapes referenced there were recorded interviews the Republican nominee gave in 2014 to a reporter working on a biography titled "The Truth about Trump."
 

The Times noted that these recordings reveal a man who is "fixated on his own celebrity, anxious about losing his status and contemptuous of those who fall from grace."

Alex Cohen spoke with Donna Rockwell about what drives a craving to be in the limelight. Rockwell is a licensed clinical psychologist who specializes in celebrity mental health. 

Click on the blue player above to hear the full interview.