Kirstie Alley's Vanity Provides Example of Celebrity Over-Exposure

Celebrity vanity continues punctuate irony of public life. Occasionally, us lower class citizens are able to enjoy the slight fall-from-grace remarks that our public figures in the entertainment industry provide. It is further proof, to me, that most celebrities have a hunger for attention, and in the process give birth to their complaints of over-exposure.

Recently, 55 year old Kirstie Alley appeared on the Oprah Winfrey show to show off her slim body in a bikini, as part of a year long bet. Alley, being a spokeswoman for the Jenny Craig program, lost 75 lbs coming down from a weight of 220 lbs.

She is quoted, on the show, as saying "I think women _ I don't think we ever feel like we're good enough. We don't feel like we're thin enough or pretty enough or smart enough or work hard enough. And we are good enough,' she said.

"The bikini thing is neither here nor there, other than the fact, you know, I am 55 years old. So I thought _ come on, we are all good enough. And we look good enough. And we are not our bodies."

If we are not our bodies, then why does it become such an issue to appear on one of the highest rated talk shows to show that body in a bikini? Doesn't that smack of hypocrisy? Haven't we been over inundated with Kirstie Alley's commercials for Jenny Craig where she wears slim dresses and pretends the attentions of the men sliding by don't affect her?

Ms. Alley is not the only celebrity making vanity statements recently. Save some room for Mischa Barton, who can't understand why she isn't more famous in the UK. The 20 year old O.C. actress was born in London and has been living in the U.S. since the age of 5.

She states, "I'm so surprised nobody really knows me in England. It's just unbelievable. I have to introduce myself, which I never have to do in the States."

It's ok, pretty little darlin', when you start earning royalty checks because The O.C. begins airing episodes in England you wont have to introduce yourself anymore. You've been living in the U.S. for 15 years and don't have to introduce yourself to anyone. I've lived in the U.S. for 32 of my 35 years and I have to introduce myself to everyone I don't already know.

Another example is Britney Spears. Recently, she made a surprise appearance on the David Letterman show wearing a slinky black dress to show off the realignment of her body after having another child. It was the perfect set-up for the fact that we now know she is divorcing her husband Kevin Federline. Ms. Spears is yet another celebrity that often cried and complained of media attention when she just wanted to be left alone. However, it was the media that she used to bring herself back into the spotlight attention that she craved.

Although it may have been one of the vainest statements ever, at leastParis Hilton does not hide the attitude and ego that celebrities have when she states, "I think every decade has an iconic blond, like Marilyn Monroe or Princess Diana, and right now, I'm that icon."

Sometimes you just have to wonder where peoples heads are at. With wealth comes privelage. However, I didn't know that meant the privelage to broadcast your need for attention to the world. When you've become a celebrity, the dollars us underlings have paid to see your movies, shows, and products should satisfy you of your need for attention.