The 'Gossip-like-a-hungry-maggot' Syndrome

They talked about him/her and he/she fell like a tree. This is the after-affects of what the Greek mouth is capable of; if you liken the person being talked about to a tree, and the words that Greeks use to talk about him/her to maggots, then you can pretty much fathom how the tree got sabotaged.. I'm assuming that you're already familiar with what maggots are - right? Well, if you're not, they're actually those worm-like larva that feed off decaying matter - dead stuff.
If you've ever seen the movie 'The mummy' you'll know then that the comparison that I'm trying to set forth is similar to one of the deadly plagues that 'The Mummy' used in the movie. Remember the part where a bunch of locusts flew out of his mouth and covered the whole city? Well in like manner, every time a Greek person(figuratively speaking) starts gossiping about someone else, think of the scene where the Mummy starts opening its mouth; but instead of locusts coming out they're actually maggots. If you haven't seen the movie, I highly recommend that you watch it.
There are newspapers and TV channels here in Greece that are dedicated to doing just that - gossiping about others. It's one thing however to hear about some celebrity being savagely ripped apart, and it's a whole other thing when you witness it in action. They got these giddy little claws and tentacle like suction cups projecting from their mouths, and all they do is kill and massacre whoever it is they can. Even if what the other person says has no commentary value to it, Greeks will dig up something from nothing - as ironic as that may sound.
I've concluded that people who have it embedded as part of their rhetoric(which constitutes the majority of the population) must have a very low self-esteem. Or, they envy the other person so much that in order to make themselves feel better they need to hack them to pieces - even if it literally means killing them. I don't know what pleasure they derive from it, but I guess it captures the ears of whatever audience likes to listen to and support such debased filth.

God Forbid: God forbid you should ever become famous one day only to discover that your name will inevitably turn into a topic of exaggerated controversy and become labeled as some laughingstock failure for people's 'pincers' to claw at. Your best bet from there is to leave the country and try to aim your success elsewhere - unless you take pleasure in seeing your name decorated under the spotlight and full of malignant aspersions.