Celebrities Say the Darnedest Things

I will admit that I am also in awe of celebrities. I mean to the rest of us they are actually living a life we dream about. Or at least the life that a vast majority of us dream about. I say a vast majority because there are some who get so disgusted with the latest celebrity gossip that they shut the radio off in the car in disdain or they hurl objects at the television to no avail. Thankfully I am not one of those more because it's pointless but also because I don't want to risk damaging my television. Still, celebrities are often good for a chuckle, simply because they sometimes say things which are meant to be deep but come out sounding so inane that you truly begin to appreciate the talents of movie directors and screenplay writers who make some of these dunces sound absolutely Shakespearean.

To give you an example, Lindsey Lohan finally checked out of rehab this month. Either she's finally learned her lesson or the facility just wants to get rid of her so that they can get rid of the dealers who followed her in. In either case, she's out now after having spent a month or so attempting to clean herself of her addiction to drugs and alcohol. Naturally this is Earth-shattering news so the media was on hand to find out how Ms. Lohan felt after her long duration stay at the facility. Lindsey, the epitome of ironic quotes replied with this gem of a statement. "Rehab was a sobering experience." Now some people may be wondering what in that statement I find ironic and it's the fact that she basically followed a principle that was drilled into the heads of students in schools for ages. It still is I believe and that principle is never to use the word you're defining in the definition. That means that if asked to define the word definition, I wouldn't say that it means to define something. That answers without really answering.

In the case of Lindsey's answer she's saying the same thing. Of course rehab was a sobering experience. That's the whole point of rehab isn't it? To get you sobered up to the point that you stop making a mockery of your life and career in the public's eyes. Perhaps it's her attempt to 'make good' on the fact that her career is in trouble following her recent relapses compounded with problems in her past. She was chewed out by studio heads for acting in an unprofessional manner. Still, she's from a crop and generation of celebrities who take celebrity to another level and use it as an excuse to act like a total clod. I mean on the one hand in films and/or television they may act like angels and in real life they are often hard-charging abusive and abused Hellions. That right there is another ironic feature isn't it?

Still, celebrities are what the public craves and the media does its best to cover the topic for us. I mean even respected news networks cover celebrity news with as much pathos as is found in their coverage on the war in Iraq. I mean when Anna Nicole Smith died there was constant coverage on channels such as Fox News. When Paris Hilton was to be returned to prison there was a helicopter hovering over her house to watch the entire process. It was nice to see that her roof was in fine condition. I suppose perhaps the media was hoping that Hilton would suddenly seek to become infamous in addition to being famous and drive one of her expensive cars down south to Mexico. Still, with the gas mileage that some of her super-cars get, she probably wouldn't have made it very far.

But celebrities, even the ones who claim not to want attention, still do and say things that are meant to grab attention. Remember OJ Simpson claiming that he wouldn't rest until he found his wife's killer(s) after he was found not guilty in his murder trial? What about Paris Hilton claiming that she would open a home for recently released women prisoners so that they have a chance to get back on their feet? I guess she's doing 'research' by hitting the party circuit. How about George Clooney ranting against the media attention he gets to the same media hoping that the media will understand he wants to be left alone? Do you see a trend here? I guess it's necessary for some of these stars to remain prominent but they also deserve some modicum of privacy and not everyone is willing to give them that. They are just ordinary people too and they desire some amount of normality in their lives. They just don't often get it. Still, when they continue to offer up silly phrases like "rehab was a sobering experience" then I tend to wait for the latest crop of news too.