Paris n Lindsay n Britney

Did you watch the MTV Movie Awards? I don't typically watch MTV's award shows, bc I think they are stupid. But I love the movie awards for the spoofs that they produce on the movies. This year's was a letdown, bc they let viewers create their own spoofs...and let's face it, when you don't have an unlimited budget and brilliant comedic actors who will act in them for you, they pretty much suck except to the friends and family of said video-makers, who understand their quirky inside jokes.

But that wasn't my biggest disappointment. I was APPALLED at how Sarah Silverman, Dane Cook and Sacha Baren Cohen humiliated Paris, Lindsay and Britney. Paris was at the awards show, right before she checked into jail. In Sarah's opening comments, she said something about Paris having to go to jail this week, and the entire audience erupted into cheers and jeers (including the celebrities). Then Sarah went on to say something really, really crude and just plain mean. It was humiliating. If Paris didn't realize it before, it became painfully clear to her how Hollywood feels about her: she was their laughingstock last night. The looks on celebrities faces while they laughed at her expense was horrifying. I was literally sick to my stomach. Later on in the show, Dane Cook said that Paris was so offended by Sarah's remarks that she left early and went ahead and checked into jail, which caused a whole other eruption of cheers and jeers, and Paris looked like she was going to cry.

Later on, Sacha Baron Cohen accepted an award for Borat and made a statement about how Borat would have been there to accept, except that fame had gotten to him and he needed to "relax" in rehab. Previously this week, Borat had crashed his horse and carriage into the fence around Jew-town, and was under the influence of fermented horse urine...and that they found a more-than-legal stash of rufies in the backseat. Then Borat was so freaked out about it all, he went to a barber shop and had his mustache shaved off. Again, this was all met with horrifying cheers and jeers from the entire audience.

I am no fan of Lindsay or Britney, and certainly not of Paris Hilton...but they are human beings, and let's face it, they are little girls deep down. They are all extremely young and have made horrible choices in their lives. But everybody makes mistakes, and they live in an environment that promotes this type of behavior instead of helping it. They did not deserve this sick humiliation, and it certainly won't help their problem. As my friend Erin said, "what about the people who were supposed to be looking out for these girls? what about the people who sold them the drugs and alcohol and who encouraged this behavior? they aren't going to jail or being publicly humiliated." Hopefully, reflection on last night will help Paris, Lindsay and Britney get the reality checks they need to start taking responsibility for their lives and better themselves. They've got their whole lives ahead of them, and I wish only the best for them.