idolizing

ˈʌɪd(ə)lʌɪz

verb

admire, revere, or love greatly or excessively.

he idolized his mother

hero-worship,worship,revere,venerate,deify,lionize,adulate,adore,stand in awe of,reverence,look up to,admire,exalt,love,dote upon,put on a pedestal