The Simple Life

The entire world seems to be talking about the Paris Hilton story so I would feel left out if I didn’t join the superficial debates. After all, being shallow is what I’ve been accused of the most.

I watched a few nights ago as Paris Hilton was finally been released from jail. It was an ecstatic moment for the Hilton heiress who finally got to breathe fresh air after 23 days of solitary confinement after being committed to serve time for a DUI (driving under influence) Soon after her release, she made an appearance on Larry King Live and answered his volley of questions honestly and maintained that the courts were unjust to her.

I agree.

US newsreader Mika Brzezinski has become a heroine after her on-air refusal to read a Paris Hilton story instead on an item related to the Iraq war. Brzezinski, co-host of Morning Joe on network MSNBC, stunned her bosses when she snubbed the leading item regarding Hilton's release from jail, believing the story did not deserve precedence over other reports regarding Iraq and the White House.

I think Ms. Brzezinski did the right thing.

I don’t think Paris or her kind, deserves the attention and hype; but who gave it to them in the first place? Paris Hilton is just another young heiress who got too much, too soon. She is a party animal, does designer drugs, has a sex tape leaked, drives too fast and again, parties too hard.

But lets, for just one second believe that Paris is the girl she says that she is. Let’s for an instance assume that she does run businesses, model, have a TV show and a couple of films. I know most of these are facts. Sure, its not as humble a profession as say being a surgeon but it is a way to make a living, isn’t it?

Given every model of logic and rationality – there is a 50% chance that she is telling the truth, right? We’ve all partied hard at some point in life, perhaps tried or know people who tried fancy drugs – some of us even have hidden sex tapes.

So why, has Paris become this HUGE poster girl for all things crazy? Maybe, just maybe, if the media didn’t create these ‘celebrities’ then Paris, Lindsay and Britney would probably just be like any one of us.

I think the media wants to see her this way as its feeds their stories. It gives them the “spice.” Paris (and other celebs) are constantly under the media scanner. I would be pretty pissed off if the media camped outside my house 24/7. These people are no different.

There are two sides to every story and I’m not saying that Paris should win a year in review by the Economic Times; I’m just saying, that the poor girl should just get a chance to live The Simple Life.