There was a time when women like Cindy Crawford and Brooke Shields were the most admired Hollywood it girls. Beauty, money, beauty, charm, fame, more beauty and brains was all included in the package deal. Both these women appealed to both males and females, something that isn’t easy to accomplish.
Nowadays all you need is anxious body parts, a mouth that talks, oh and having a rich family name helps. Que in our generations “blond bombshell”, the one and only Paris Hilton.
We’re all guilty of failing for those ridiculous “reality” shows. It seems the concept of them gets crazier and crazier. When I heard of Paris Hilton’s new project- her search for a BFF (best friend forever) I immediately thought no way am I going to fall for it. No way was I going to waste my time. After all this is the same woman who rudely interrupted my soap operas, while playing her own real life soap opera when she was sent off to jail. No way was I going to support any airtime for her.
Unfortunately, the same could not be said for another member of my family. While washing the dishes one night I couldn’t help but hear some interesting comments. Comments that made me stop what I’m doing and run for the TV.
In the eyes of Paris Hilton winning a challenge increases your royalty, acting immature and insecure to impress someone makes you a better candidate for a best friend. A best friend forever that is.
It’s hard to say what’s more embarrassing, the fact that Hilton can honestly do what she does with a straight face and convince herself she’s doing good and working hard like normal folks, or the irresponsible Network owners who allow these shows to run.
The whole concept for the search for a new friend is a joke, never mind the fact that desperation is written all over it. We all know in a real world you can’t test people to be friends, unless your desperate for desperate people to call you a “friend”.
Everything from the over the top walk she does, to her overdone appearance, to her ineffective emotional speeches are wrong. It is an unsuccessful way of garnering sympathy from North Americans. Are we supposed to feel sorry for her? I certainly don’t. Not many people can live with so many crimes on there records and have only the amount of time she had in jail. No one after breaking loose gets their own reality show making fools of other people. No one gets to open yet another fragrance. No one should be famous for just being famous.
There are many talented young women out there that if they received half the attention Hilton did, would make a difference. But then again there is a reason why those girls are not in the public eye. Yes, as people we strive for negative stories, but girls like Natalie Portman, Emma Watson, Emma Roberts and Hilary Duff don’t jump at the chance of talking about how hard working and humble they are. They are the girls that should be celebrated.
Going back to the show, besides free promotion and career opportunities I’m convinced there’s more in it for the contestants. They act as if she is royalty or one of the wonders of the world. Now I understand everyone wants there 15 minutes of fame, but where the heck are people’s morals? Doesn’t anyone feel stupid, embarrassed, lousy, and cheap after groveling at her feet in front of thousands?
To quickly conclude, its nothing new the amount of attention young starlets get, but it gets old, which is why it’s so frustrating to see people like Hilton all over the place. We’ve seen enough. We’ve seen all her poses, camera angles, heard more than enough interviews and for some they have seen all there is to see- literally. It’s time to let people like Hilton just pass, and use the media or the money that is invested in shows in better places.
After watching the last ten minutes of the show, which included two girls bawling their eyes out and begging for another chance to be her friend, I began my walk of shame back to the kitchen.
As Paris always says TTYN (talk to you never).
Nowadays all you need is anxious body parts, a mouth that talks, oh and having a rich family name helps. Que in our generations “blond bombshell”, the one and only Paris Hilton.
We’re all guilty of failing for those ridiculous “reality” shows. It seems the concept of them gets crazier and crazier. When I heard of Paris Hilton’s new project- her search for a BFF (best friend forever) I immediately thought no way am I going to fall for it. No way was I going to waste my time. After all this is the same woman who rudely interrupted my soap operas, while playing her own real life soap opera when she was sent off to jail. No way was I going to support any airtime for her.
Unfortunately, the same could not be said for another member of my family. While washing the dishes one night I couldn’t help but hear some interesting comments. Comments that made me stop what I’m doing and run for the TV.
In the eyes of Paris Hilton winning a challenge increases your royalty, acting immature and insecure to impress someone makes you a better candidate for a best friend. A best friend forever that is.
It’s hard to say what’s more embarrassing, the fact that Hilton can honestly do what she does with a straight face and convince herself she’s doing good and working hard like normal folks, or the irresponsible Network owners who allow these shows to run.
The whole concept for the search for a new friend is a joke, never mind the fact that desperation is written all over it. We all know in a real world you can’t test people to be friends, unless your desperate for desperate people to call you a “friend”.
Everything from the over the top walk she does, to her overdone appearance, to her ineffective emotional speeches are wrong. It is an unsuccessful way of garnering sympathy from North Americans. Are we supposed to feel sorry for her? I certainly don’t. Not many people can live with so many crimes on there records and have only the amount of time she had in jail. No one after breaking loose gets their own reality show making fools of other people. No one gets to open yet another fragrance. No one should be famous for just being famous.
There are many talented young women out there that if they received half the attention Hilton did, would make a difference. But then again there is a reason why those girls are not in the public eye. Yes, as people we strive for negative stories, but girls like Natalie Portman, Emma Watson, Emma Roberts and Hilary Duff don’t jump at the chance of talking about how hard working and humble they are. They are the girls that should be celebrated.
Going back to the show, besides free promotion and career opportunities I’m convinced there’s more in it for the contestants. They act as if she is royalty or one of the wonders of the world. Now I understand everyone wants there 15 minutes of fame, but where the heck are people’s morals? Doesn’t anyone feel stupid, embarrassed, lousy, and cheap after groveling at her feet in front of thousands?
To quickly conclude, its nothing new the amount of attention young starlets get, but it gets old, which is why it’s so frustrating to see people like Hilton all over the place. We’ve seen enough. We’ve seen all her poses, camera angles, heard more than enough interviews and for some they have seen all there is to see- literally. It’s time to let people like Hilton just pass, and use the media or the money that is invested in shows in better places.
After watching the last ten minutes of the show, which included two girls bawling their eyes out and begging for another chance to be her friend, I began my walk of shame back to the kitchen.
As Paris always says TTYN (talk to you never).
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