I love Chelsea Handler. She is the epitome of "no social sieve" and I am so jealous that she gets to live out all of her narcissitic fantasies of saying exactly what she wants on television! Fame for having a big mouth - what could be more glorious?!?!?
One of the clips that always makes me laugh is when she is talking about Bristol Palin having some sort of speaking engagement to young people. Completely incensed by the absurdity of this, Handler comments that she has a better idea of who would make a great role model for young people - "someone who is 19 and doesn't have a fucking baby."
Continuing on with my obsession about celebrity, I just read two things today (well I am sure I read MORE than two things today) that really made me think: WTF???
1. Bristol Palin is set to write her memoir. WTF? She is 19 with a baby and no job. What the hell does she have to say? Does she plan on discussing her shock when she discovered she was pregnant? Maybe she will mention how her mother neglected to mention that you could actually get pregnant on a school day. I mean, her mother is Sarah Palin: it is QUITE possible that this was a common belief in the house. Will she recount - in graphic detail - how she lost her virginity to the ultimate narcissist, Levi Johnson? Because unless it is in graphic detail - bordering on porn - who the hell is going to read it? It would be like watching the Jersey Shore with old people in it.
2. First of all, I am sickened that there is actually a show which glamourizes teen moms. Seriously? But, again, there is another article about one of them speaking of the importance of birth control. This is someone who has found fame due to a simple lack of two things: 1) common sense and 2) a condom. So let's see: I am a fame seeking teenager with really no discernible talent or, frankly, ambition. I hear a message from another teen who, through the simple act of getting pregnant, has found fame and fortune. All of this fame and fortune were achieved without hard work or an education. So WHY exactly would I not be tempted to get pregnant? After all, at some point these women will be too old for the title of "teen mom" and there may be a casting call.
But what do we expect? We would criticize these young women if they stood up and said: "Heck ya, I'd get knocked up again. I'm rich because of it." At least Palin has realized that she needs to capitalize on remorse for as long as she can. I just wonder what her kid is going to think when he realizes that the house he lives in was paid for by money his mother made while traveling the country letting everyone know what a mistake he was.
But this is good TV, right? I mean: who is going to watch a show about a bunch of girls who make smart choices and abstain from sex?
