Kerry Katona
Before I link you to what is an utter car crash of a television personality, I think it's about time I had something to say about her.
Celebrity culture has always been highly publicised and often abused, regardless of whether it is detrimental to the welfare of its focus of attention.
In the case of Kerry Katona, I can't think of a better case of the phrase "Car crash television".
Celebrities that are likened to her in terms of negative press are Britney Spears, Amy Winehouse and Pete Doherty.
Kerry Katona is worse than all of the above for three simple reasons.
1) She is a mother of at least three children. She might be hiding more in surrounding shrubbery or under flaps of skin she hasn't yet had tended to, but we'll soon find out about that in The Sun.
Amy Winehouse and Pete Doherty are solely responsible for their own degrading mental and physical state. Kerry has children to worry about, and isn't worried.
2) She's close to home. She's a British citizen, has a column in OK! magazine, a frankly abominable MTV show, and a sponsorship deal with lazy mum vending machine, Iceland.
This makes her more likely to be identified with. Your average pram-pushing sixteen year-old mother of forty-three is more likely to feel what she's going through, and she's therefore under more pressure to set an example.
3) She keeps denying it. Britney, Pete and Amy can't really deny their exploits. Kerry is still insisting (several months after declaring herself bankrupt) that she's absolutely fine, and that her kids are in perfectly capable hands.
This aside, judge her for yourself. We all reserve the right to do so, because it's not us.
Brilliant.
Kerry Katona drunk on This Morning with Fern and Philip.
Derive from this what you will.
Celebrity culture has always been highly publicised and often abused, regardless of whether it is detrimental to the welfare of its focus of attention.
In the case of Kerry Katona, I can't think of a better case of the phrase "Car crash television".
Celebrities that are likened to her in terms of negative press are Britney Spears, Amy Winehouse and Pete Doherty.
Kerry Katona is worse than all of the above for three simple reasons.
1) She is a mother of at least three children. She might be hiding more in surrounding shrubbery or under flaps of skin she hasn't yet had tended to, but we'll soon find out about that in The Sun.
Amy Winehouse and Pete Doherty are solely responsible for their own degrading mental and physical state. Kerry has children to worry about, and isn't worried.
2) She's close to home. She's a British citizen, has a column in OK! magazine, a frankly abominable MTV show, and a sponsorship deal with lazy mum vending machine, Iceland.
This makes her more likely to be identified with. Your average pram-pushing sixteen year-old mother of forty-three is more likely to feel what she's going through, and she's therefore under more pressure to set an example.
3) She keeps denying it. Britney, Pete and Amy can't really deny their exploits. Kerry is still insisting (several months after declaring herself bankrupt) that she's absolutely fine, and that her kids are in perfectly capable hands.
This aside, judge her for yourself. We all reserve the right to do so, because it's not us.
Brilliant.
Kerry Katona drunk on This Morning with Fern and Philip.
Derive from this what you will.
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