I might write about celebrities, but I don't idolize them. Many lead very broken and lonely lives.

Yet despite whatever ills the limelight brings, there are some who manage to rise about the muck and act dignified in their station:

That's pure class.

From CNN:

On Thursday, a Utah jury ruled in Paltrow's favor by finding her not liable for a 2016 ski collision with Sanderson, a retired optometrist. Paltrow, who also won her counterclaim, was seen placing her hand on Sanderson's back, saying something to him as she was leaving the courtroom.

Sanderson revealed to reporters outside the courthouse what she said.

"Her exact words: ‘I wish you well,'" Sanderson said. "Very kind of her."

He said he responded, "Thank you, dear."

This man sued Paltrow for allegedly crashing into him on a ski slope in Utah back in 2016. For dragging her into court, Paltrow could have countersued to take the man to the cleaners.

But she didn't. She only asked for a single dollar.

Sure, she doesn't need the money that others might need if they had to spend time in court clearing their names.

But she could have taught the man a lesson about taking on a coastal elite, and she didn't. Kudos to her for rising above it.

Sanderson said he was "very disappointed" by the verdict and reflected that, "You get some assumed credibility from being a famous person."

"Who wants to take on a celebrity? No wonder I hesitated, right? It's difficult," he said of the trial with the Oscar-winning Paltrow. "Who wants to do that? Someone who learns lines, learns how to play someone else's part and be believable, be credible, wins awards? Who wants to go on that path."

It's hard to take on a celebrity, true.

Maybe don't crash into one on the ski slopes and then sue them years later again, either.