Cure and the cause
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I find myself on this on this Friday morning quite utterly horrified at the state of Amy Winehouse. Why the fuck isn’t this woman in rehab? Or indeed, dead, because it can’t have escaped the nation’s notice that she is sporting the look of a cadaverous twig. Just look at the pontoon eyes, for a start.
I hold my hands up and admit that I harbour a salacious streak when it comes to celebsville. Guilty as charged, m’Lud. My friend George is of the opinion that ingesting this pig swill will rot my soul, but I don’t care: the more spotlight-hungry fools willing to make utter twunts of themselves (yes, you Jodie Marsh, I mean you), the better as far as I’m concerned. I love this shit so much I’ve even started moonlighting at Holy Moly.
But on a personal level, when I see photos of the drug ravaged mess that used to be Amy Winehouse (and in spite of what I enjoy doing in a professional mud-slinging capacity) it makes me uneasy. Deeply so.
I’m well aware that I’m just as bad as the next person. I read the websites, I buy the newspapers, hell I’m the bitch writing about it. And enjoying it too. But it doesn’t mean the irony is lost on me. There comes a point when even the most cynical of us begin to think it’s time to switch off the idiot box and amuse ourselves elsewhere.
Profound eh? Might have to lay off the 11am gins…
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Stateside, it was really interesting to see even tabloids lay off Britney Spears for a while last year when it became apparent she was really in trouble and not just a simple “hot mess.” The tone of items about Amy Winehouse always seem to delight in her constant denial that she has a problem. Maybe when she finally admits it, they’ll back off a smidge?
By Shannon on 26.09.08 7:11 am
You make a good point Shannon. I think the Spears farce is exactly the same, but an additional influence here could be the pitbull attitude of the British press in comparison to just about anywhere else in the world. The tabloids don’t let up on a car crash like the Winehouse farce: it sells to well.
By Ms Hush-Hush on 26.09.08 7:33 am
You make a good point Shannon. I think the Spears farce is exactly the same, but an additional influence here could be the pitbull attitude of the British press in comparison to just about anywhere else in the world. The tabloids don’t let up on a car crash like the Winehouse show: it sells too well.
By Ms Shambles on 26.09.08 7:36 am
Amy Winehouse looks as though she has been dead for ten years already. She anoys the goddamn sh*t out of me. The media should leave her alone, simply so that we don’t have to look at her and want to throw up our breakfast…
By Elle on 27.09.08 10:10 am
S’alright. Someone else will go crackers soon. More tabloid fodder. Deep joy.
By Ms Hush-Hush on 29.09.08 4:06 am
I read the crap, but don’t get all into it like others do. It pisses me off when people start talking about celebs like they know them. All we know is what the mags said, and everyone knows that’s just embellished lies for entertainment purposes. When people start disecting why Sienna Miller is so awful, I’m like…so why do you say that? Because the 3AM girls say she is? Yawwwwn.
By Jo on 29.09.08 11:52 am
I loved the phrase ‘pontoon eyes’ once I figured it out. Stick & twist, right?
By Richard on 30.09.08 6:32 am
Spot on Richard!
Jo - I met a 3am girl once. They are a breed of their own…
By Ms Hush-Hush on 30.09.08 12:51 pm
They tried to take her back to rehab, apparently, but she declined.
By Fraser on 01.10.08 5:22 pm
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