Does anyone out there remember The Love Boat? Or Fantasy Island?
Before reality TV was invented, these cheesey situation comedies served a vital purpose: they temporarily took a has-been off the crowded dinner theater stage and for one brief, shining moment, put him or her back into the spotlight.
Until recently, parenting didn't work like that. You had one chance to raise your kids, and if you screwed it up, nobody gave you another kid to raise. Until now.
Yes, just as shows like Dancing with the Stars bring people like Billy Ray Cyrus back onto center stage, internet tabloids like TMZ.com are allowing people the chance to post open letters to other people's children.
And thus, Candy Spelling, notorious for being the mother of Tori Spelling, a talentless, vacuous, empty-headed bleached blonde, recently used TMZ.com to post an open letter to Paris Hilton, a ditto.
Considering Candy Spelling's child-raising stats, we're wondering whether a stint on Dancing with the Stars might not be a better idea.
Image courtesy of TMZ.com
The weird thing is that it really has some good advice for Paris.
I think Mrs. spelling wrote a poignant and accurate letter (too bad she didn't just FedEx it to Paris??). I remember seeing a segment years ago where Tori was preparing gifts for the under-priviledged..perhaps she wasn't raised as poorly as we'd all like to think (heck-getting involved with a married schmuck?? I've seen well-educated and otherwise competent women do that-still to my dismay). Karma is gonna come and bite 'em in the ass! NO amount of money can help that.
Dear Candy,
Nice letter. Was it really necessary to deliver it to the entire world? Heartfelt words tend to be private. You might not know what that means -- it means that you should deliver such poignant words to the intended recipient and only her. Otherwise, using TMZ makes your motives a bit suspect.
XO,
The World