Gossip Rocks Forum - View Single Post - OK! has decided to publish notorious Britney Spears interview

southernbelle · July 25th, 2007, 03:57 PM

I thought the article was really in poor taste. I can understand them wanting to call Britney out on her behavior, but reading this article made me really dislike OK. The entire time they praised themselves and made cheap, tacky references to money and their own skills and talent while tattling on Britney. This article was about 50% name dropping, 45% information that we already knew, 5% details expanding on what we already knew, 0% "revelation." There was absolutely nothing shocking about it.

I felt like the cheapest part was their insinuation that she stole things from the photo shoot. Most big stars are used to taking whatever they want from photo shoots, and it's generally understood that will be the case. I wouldn't be surprised at all if one of the staff members, who they've already told us were bending over backwards to make Britney happy, told her she could keep the clothes before turning around and implying that she stole them when the interview didn't go as planned.

I used to be a Britney fan, but as of recently I'm disgusted by her behavior. However, I feel that by publishing this article OK is painting themselves in a bad light just as much as they are Britney. She's clearly mentally ill, and their snarky exploitation of her problems, followed by a snide "when you're REALLY ready to talk, we'll listen," just leaves a bad taste in my mouth.

The entire time I was reading the article, I felt like it was a piece appearing in the gossip column of a middle school newspaper, written by the loser who has just caught the most popular girl in school doing something bad and can't wait to tattle on her, exaggerating every detail, for their 15 minutes of fame... and totally unaware that while they're slapping themselves on the back with joy, everyone else is rolling their eyes.

July 25th, 2007, 03:57 PM	#42 (permalink)
southernbelle Elite Member Join Date: Oct 2005 Location: Texas Posts: 6,069	I thought the article was really in poor taste. I can understand them wanting to call Britney out on her behavior, but reading this article made me really dislike OK. The entire time they praised themselves and made cheap, tacky references to money and their own skills and talent while tattling on Britney. This article was about 50% name dropping, 45% information that we already knew, 5% details expanding on what we already knew, 0% "revelation." There was absolutely nothing shocking about it. I felt like the cheapest part was their insinuation that she stole things from the photo shoot. Most big stars are used to taking whatever they want from photo shoots, and it's generally understood that will be the case. I wouldn't be surprised at all if one of the staff members, who they've already told us were bending over backwards to make Britney happy, told her she could keep the clothes before turning around and implying that she stole them when the interview didn't go as planned. I used to be a Britney fan, but as of recently I'm disgusted by her behavior. However, I feel that by publishing this article OK is painting themselves in a bad light just as much as they are Britney. She's clearly mentally ill, and their snarky exploitation of her problems, followed by a snide "when you're REALLY ready to talk, we'll listen," just leaves a bad taste in my mouth. The entire time I was reading the article, I felt like it was a piece appearing in the gossip column of a middle school newspaper, written by the loser who has just caught the most popular girl in school doing something bad and can't wait to tattle on her, exaggerating every detail, for their 15 minutes of fame... and totally unaware that while they're slapping themselves on the back with joy, everyone else is rolling their eyes.