I want to preface this blog post by saying that I have a love/hate relationship with celebrities and pop culture. There are a few celebrities whose lives I'm interested in. Not deeply invested, but just slightly interested in.
That being said, in this weirdass, beyond voyeuristic society we live in, there is a very fine line between stalking and "paparazzi", between "a source tells us" and outright slander. And while celebrities really deserve no pity for the life they are handed to play pretend and other people to watch, I have to say that over the past few years I've begun to feel sympathy for a lot of them.
The trigger pulled on this blog post is of course the saga that is Amanda Bynes. I don't know where I stand on Amanda Bynes. Not that it matters where I stand. I don't know her. I will never know her. Her daily life is no concern of mine.
She may be perfectly fine. She may only smoke tobacco and never drink. She may have been set up for a DUI. She may have only thrown a vase out a window. A NY cop may have sexually assaulted her. But because the powers that be are the media, we may never know which is the truth.
Now, does it appear as if she's fine? No. She's showing signs of a potential mental illness. Possibly schizophrenia or severe bipolar disorder. Or is that just what the media wants us to see?
This unanswerable question brings me to my next question...
Who are these "sources"?
I have to be honest when I say that if I read a magazine article or a blog post and the sentence begins or ends with "A source close to XYZ says..", "a source said" or anything where the source is unnamed, I immediately discredit the article or blog post and stop reading right there. Because to be honest, if you cannot name your source and it is not a report on some underground political mishap or something, I don't buy it. You made that shit up and there's no one to say you did not. Period.
Now how does this all tie in to Perez Hilton specifically?
Aside from Perez being the master of the unnamed source articles, he's also an enormous hypocrite. A while back when he vowed to stop bullying celebrities in the name of blog, I immediately gained some respect for him. I never really cared for Perez, but his site always did bring in the best celebrity gossip. Plus his website was easier to navigate than TMZ's. So, honestly, it came down to laziness for me.
But recently, he's sort of going back to his old ways. He preaches all day long about being a good person and being a healthy person. Health also includes mental health. If you're trying to tell people to be better people and to practice good health, wouldn't it be prudent to lead by example?
That aside, in the case of Ms. Bynes specifically, Perez found it necessary to begin harassing her. On her sprees of calling people ugly, he got thrown in there. Upon my own mini investigation, I noticed that this was because he was harassing her on twitter. Trying to get a rise out of her. Trying to make her lash out so he could screen cap it, put it on his blog and cry victim. Mind you, this is someone he maintains was his "friend". He's harassing his alleged "friend", who has the potential to be mentally ill to get her to lash out at him in the name of a juicy blog post. To me that's just out and out harassment.
Personally, I don't give a shit about Amanda Bynes. It's a shame to see someone in a downward spiral, but I don't know what goes on in her life. None of us see it. She very well may be happy and healthy. And I certainly don't give a shit about Perez Hilton. I think he's an obnoxious jackass who loves attention. But I do care when people become spiteful hypocrites toward those who can't defend themselves.
This is what America is now. And I fucking hate those Kardashians. Why do you care?! They're not even interesting! I'd rather listen to Kathleen Turner and Fran Drescher have orgasms in surround sound for a week straight than listen to any of the Kardashians talk for thirty seconds. If you smashed all their IQs together you'd get a total of cheesecake. Bruce Jenner's face looks like a vagina.
Which is gonna kill us faster; deep frying stuff or GMOs?
Channing Tatum looks like a monkey.
This blog is getting out of hand.
I think I've made my point?
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