An expression used to describe a person who will
stop at nothing in an attempt to become or remain famous, even if that means humiliating themselves, betraying their friends, endangering their
children, disgracing humanity,
etc.
Recent examples of fame-seeking missiles have sold the
story of their affairs with married celebrities, released sex tapes, photos, voicemails, and sexts, posed naked, posed semi-naked with Kermit the frog, pretended to launch their kid in a balloon, had
10 cosmetic surgeries in one
day, compromised national security at a state dinner, wrote a tell-all, had a litter of
kids, checked into rehab, PRehab, or mehab, quit her
job as governor, took a punch in the face on camera, had the last name Lohan, and, of course, agreed to be filmed for a reality show.