Performing 24 hours after father's death: Hero or ego?

If my father died, I'd rather being doing something I loved and rehearsed 3 months for than sit at home crying. And I'm sure my father would prefer that too.

I think she should've been there. With him. With her mom.

Her whole family was at the show

You call her social media posts "distasteful", but why? Maybe she just wasn't comfortable posting about the grief she was going through as her father neared the end. Maybe she wanted to keep that part of her life private.

Must dash. I forgot to feed my wombat.

The show must go on. Sorry if you don't like it but that's show business. She probably grieved once everything was over. Yeesh.

If you're Christian, and your father passes away, you generally believe that your father's spirit is either "with" you where you currently are, or watching you from heaven. There are candid shots of Vanessa going to church every Sunday, and she's also spiritual, so she likely does believe that. Her whole family was at the show.

It's not that foreign or unusual of a concept. Even if you don't believe in that sort of thing, most Americans do. Which is why even the news anchors covering the story said things like "I know he's watching her, and he would be so proud of her."

The majority of people are also able to put themselves in someone else's completely different shoes, instead of just viewing things narrowly from their own individual perspective. For example, a large amount of people commenting on this story are saying "He would be proud of her" because they know parents view their children as their legacy and do everything they can to help them succeed.

And most parents are happy if their kids are happy, and wouldn't want them to be sad. A smaller percentage of people are totally perplexed by this because they can't relate to it.

You get word before the show has started that your favorite uncle died at dawn. On top of that, your ma and pa have parted. You're broken-hearted, but you go on.

First thing I would like to point out, most celebrity social media is timed and not personally written in regard to promotion, so give that up. Second, I'm sure he told her to continue on knowing how important it was. Third, unless you are with ms Hudgens 24/7 you can't say anything definitively about who she was there for, when she was there for them, etc... so stop being nasty. Fourth, this work commitment is not like normal ones where you can push stuff back, it was dependant upon her and her co stars showing up. It was a solid commitment. Lastly, and most important, I'm sure like most of us, that she'd rather be busy with something else that she loved than sit dwelling on the pain.