Celebrity Gossip

I am so sick of Paris Hilton and Britney Spears both I cringe when I hear their names spoken. Evidently Lindsay Lohan is trying to compete with those two now. It seems every other month one of these celebrities has pulled another atrocious stunt to gain publicity, either through thinking they are above the laws that pertain to the rest of the world or through lack of using their mental faculties or both.

The media, of course, loves sensationalism and is perpetuating all the hype surrounding these two young women by giving them air time. They especially do this when they have nothing else of major importance to cover. They know they will retain more viewers with stories about young women with loose morals than they will with yet another police pursuit of some idiot who thought they could outrun the police cars and helicopters on the freeway. Hence, we are subjected to stories of a young woman flashing her privates in a car, shaving her head, endangering her childen's lives or driving under the influence without a driver's license at a high rate of speed. All the while, these young women laugh all the way to the bank.

As a mother, I have to wonder what kind of, if any, training their parents gave them as they grew up. Britney Spears, for example, had breast enhancement surgery while still a teenager in order to attract members of the opposite sex which would boost her album sales and her career! As a parent, I would have never allowed, much less encouraged, my daughter to have the surgery or to dress seductively! From the time of her surgery forward, Spears became more and more suggestive in her manner of dress and body language on stage and one would have to think that having been underage at the time the parents condoned that type of behavior. I have to wonder if they now regret earlier decisions after she has made a total wreck of her life and that of her children's lives. I certainly hope so.

Paris Hilton acts like the spoiled brat she is. She obviously thinks she is above the law and society's rules do not apply to her. I do not care who you are, if you break the law you need to be punished the same as any other person would be. For judges to afford these celebrities with what amounts to a nice private hotel room with priveleges unheard of for other citizens is a slap in the face to the rest of us. It also sends a dangerous wrong message to the younger generation who already often do not realize the harshness of jail sentences which they could face for partying too hard.

I would love to see these young women serve the time deserved for their inappropriate behaviors in the same manner we would have to. I would also like to see them have some serious counseling for their own benefit as well as the rest of us. The younger crowd in Hollywood all need to stop and think of how their actions affect their younger, impressionable fans. My child is now grown but had these young women been popular Hollywood names when my child was at home, there is no way I would have allowed anything in my house with which they were involved with in any form or fashion.