Katherine Heigl, in my opinion, just does not get it. Is she so wrapped up in the Hollywood model of celebrity and PR, that she would think it perfectly normal to issue a publicity shot of her brand new adopted child to the world, barely before the ink dried on the contract?
Perhaps I should cut her some slack for not being on People or Us this week with said child, but I dislike all celebrities that use their offspring as an affected accessory. And the speed with which this picture follows on the heels of the announcement she made is unseemly.
Poor unaware, oblivious child. Welcome to the world of voracious and rabid celebrity, something you did not ask for, and you will never know that you could not have wanted.
@Opinionatedone: She may be trying to head the paparazzi off at the path; by putting a photo out there, she may be hoping to sate the appetite for the kinds of photos people get by stalking - far more traumatic for a child than a photo shoot, I would think.
I just don't think it's fair to constantly assume we know every little motivation of every celebrity out there. There's always more to the story than we imagine.
@queenieinmanhattan: There is a big difference between "introducing" what you assume is paparazzi-fodder through an appropriately-timed photo and cashing in on another opportunity to spin your image. I do not think for one hot minute that anything this woman does or says is not considered from all angles as to how it contributes to her image. She is well aware of how children are leveraged in her community, and though she may release a tasteful photo as opposed to a tabloid photospread, it is still timed in a way to capitalize on an announcement she chose to make just recently and contributes to MY opinion (which I am entitled to) that she is manipulating what the public thinks of her, yet again... I feel for this child and all the children of celebrities in this day and age. They are commodities; and it is a sad day when the long term affects of using children as such has not resulted in over-protection but instead over-exposure.
I would have way more respect for KH, if I ever could have respect for her, if the child had had some time to acclimate to her completely foreign environment before her "debut". 'Course by then, we may have forgotten those forgettable interviews where KH blew her wad.
I can't help but like Katherine Heigl, even though there's lot of hate for her. I'm happy for her. I like that her adoption doesn't seem as exploitative as other celebrities.
You can turn on your TV at any hour of the day and there's about a 95% chance that you will find a Full House rerun on somewhere. Even the unfunny Dave Coulier HAS to be raking in the royalties. How do you mismanage your money this badly? Come on now, cut...it...out!
I think it would be kinda neat if after everything, Kanye West and Taylor Swift could become friends. Or maybe just be able to joke about what happened.
@Sputnik_Sweetheart: I feel a little sorry for him because he seems so crestfallen, like he's genuinely shocked and dismayed by how much he upset people, but at the same time, what the hell did he think? The audience were going to stand up and shout 'KANYE IS RIGHT! BEYONCE WUZ ROBBED!'?
@Sarah Dove: He thought it would go just like it has all the other times he has interrupted people's award show moments (the EMAs where the guys he hijacked verbally fought back on stage), or blurted stuff out during charity events, or, or, or . . . It's his thing, he always does this. It gets him publicity, people roll their eyes and laugh (or, in the Katrina case, actually think a little harder about the issues).
But this time he made the mistake of interrupting a beautiful young white blonde-haired blue-eyed teenage girl and he unleashed a shitstorm upon himself. Of course he's shocked, he thought his behavior would be viewed te way it always is-- oh, that nutty Kanye and his giant ego! haha!-- but he forgot that his race is still a major part of his public perception and big black guys can't go picking on pretty white women without some serious outcry.
@AnotherJenn: I don't debate that his race is part of the volume of the backlash, but I think that a bigger part of it is that he publicly bullied a much younger, female artist. He crapped on her big moment for no reason, and he deserves to take flack for that. His need for publicity and ego-feeding doesn't trump that it was an awful thing to do to a young girl. Sorry if that hurts his widdle feelings, but maybe next time he should think before he shoots off his mouth.
@Ailatan: I still cannot wrap my head around the fact that Alanis could get so worked up over THAT guy & wrote a song about him! Really, Alanis? Dave "Full House" Coulier?
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A whole generation isn't going to know what a proper name looks like thanks to that woman.
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Perhaps I should cut her some slack for not being on People or Us this week with said child, but I dislike all celebrities that use their offspring as an affected accessory. And the speed with which this picture follows on the heels of the announcement she made is unseemly.
Poor unaware, oblivious child. Welcome to the world of voracious and rabid celebrity, something you did not ask for, and you will never know that you could not have wanted.
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I just don't think it's fair to constantly assume we know every little motivation of every celebrity out there. There's always more to the story than we imagine.
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I would have way more respect for KH, if I ever could have respect for her, if the child had had some time to acclimate to her completely foreign environment before her "debut". 'Course by then, we may have forgotten those forgettable interviews where KH blew her wad.
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I'm assuming you mean "deeper."
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Too soon?
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They need to collaborate. That's all.
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But this time he made the mistake of interrupting a beautiful young white blonde-haired blue-eyed teenage girl and he unleashed a shitstorm upon himself. Of course he's shocked, he thought his behavior would be viewed te way it always is-- oh, that nutty Kanye and his giant ego! haha!-- but he forgot that his race is still a major part of his public perception and big black guys can't go picking on pretty white women without some serious outcry.
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better than to mess with the IRS.
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*wink, nudge*
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