I'm sure that's how it actually happens sometimes. Not most of the time, I think. I think more often than not it's the other way around. They treat people like crap, except of course those who recognize them as the center of the universe. This is no good, as it means less audience for the drama - which is terribly depressing for someone who above all else longs to be the center of attention.
Some people eat that stuff up, and no wonder.
The appeal is easy to see - invented drama is a safe and fairly manageable way to attract attention and create buzz. It generates the results such an individual evidently could not generate simply on the strength of his or her own true character, which is probably at best one-dimensional. And the audience, those who feed off this sort of drama, are perfectly happy with the arrangement, since there is substantially less effort or risk involved when dealing with a person whose primary demand is to be showered with attention than there is when you enter into an honest relationship with someone who insists on common decency and consideration for someone other than them. Yeah, well, I say all those dramatics and gyrations are unnecessary for the truly determined. Fair and square and without the excuse and crutch of life-enhancing medication .