Thursday, January 3, 2008

Drive By PR (Lynne Spears)

Here we go again with the great hypocrisy of the tabloids over Misha Barton's DUI and Lindsay's champagne. Fine. They have money to grub. 

Just like all the finger pointing at Lynne Spears, though, the general public seems to enjoy a bit of hypocrisy themselves. 

TRCB Thinks:
How responsible were you at 16-25?
Hw many parties, bars, clubs, after-parties and hook-ups did a really good night involve?

No multiply (x):
How many millions of dollars did you have?
How many venues rolled out the red carpet for you and whomever you wanted, including gifts travel, hotels, private planes? 
How much are you and your friends paid to show up? (A friend of Justin's got 50k for getting him to a Vegas club where they stayed 15mins and didn't take a photo).
How many people are pursuing you either honestly or to use you?
How many people were selling details of your every movement? Discussion? Mood altering substance?

You have no real responsibilities, so why not go out, since:
Your parents, friends, hangers-on and everyone you know is exploiting you and not exerting any control...
Your career is predicated on being seen, photographed, written about, speculated on and discussed...
You never had a real home life or normal childhood and your parents are media whores...

16,000 people died as a result of drunk driving last year in the US. Why didn't any of those drivers call cabs? Their friends? Their families? The venues? Valets?

Im not excusing anyone at all and LOTS of celebrities lead very responsible lives. True stars aren't involved in this lifestyle at all, Lindsay excepted, and don't need/want the tabloid fame. It is a beast that must be fed. And, Without being famous, if you had the scrutiny they do at the that age and we all had the resources for cabs, rides, etc. - who is left to toss that first stone? Not me.

I assume many reading this have had their own share of close calls, at a minimum. What were your excuses/reasons? 

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