A 17-year-old boy has already died in an SUV driven by a celebrity. Someone else is going to die, and it will happen sooner rather than later.
Nicole Richie's loved ones could easily have been planning her funeral today -- likewise the loved ones of the people driving the right way on the 134 Freeway early Monday morning.
Lane Garrison must be scratching his head today. Why, he must be asking, did he have such bad luck? The fact is, the differentiating factor that makes Garrison a killer and Richie a DUI'er is luck. That's it.
I'm not trying to preach, and I will readily admit that TMZ has prospered off the antics of a group of young celebrities. When Brandon Davis went on his "firecrotch" rant against Lindsay, it was endlessly entertaining. When Paris got in fender-benders, it was so TMZ. And when Britney spread her legs for all the world to see, well it was Internet gold.
But the line has been crossed. The dark side of Hollywood has been revealed in the last month. And really, it's no surprise. There are a lot of young celebs who got really rich and very famous way too soon. The people who surround them are not used to saying "no." These celebs have gotten away with a lot -- mostly small stuff -- for a long time. And each time you get away with something you shouldn't, you get bolder the next time.
These celebs, for the most part, have no compass to guide them. Look at Lindsay Lohan. Her dad used the revolving door at his local jail while her mom was at war with him when she wasn't out partying. Lohan really didn't stand a chance, and it's sad.
So who will save the day and save these kids from disaster? In this town, saviors are awfully hard to come by.
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#55, Sherri Davis, Are you lost girl? We are talking about Nicole Richie and spoiled celebs, take that crap to cnn or msnbc. Uhhhhh.
What is taking so long for these two celebs to be charged with DUI??? They both belong in jail. Any "average joe" not a celeb is usually still sitting in jail. They are nobody special and should not receive any special treatment because of who they are. It's funny that they still can't determine if Lane Garrison was drunk after 7 shots of Grey Goose... DUH!!! who would'nt be??
The Savior is probably too easy to come by. That's why no one believes true freedom is really free. Wonder what's missing? Ask HIM.
Thank you for saying this, I was thinking the same thing. How many people have to get die before everyone, not just celebrities, learn some personal responsiblity and not get behind the wheel after drinking, drugging or both....
I agree #66 Vickie. Being a mom to a newborn, you should be home with that child. A night with our friends is cool but coming home at god knows what hour of the night smelling of booze and smoke is not cool. Showing your crotch to the world is definately not cool. (Mistake or not) I used to defend Britney but now I kinda of look down on her after her divorce and think "WHY?" What happened? She had a bad ruin in the media for awhile (2 years) then she started to look good and kind of her old self again. Then WHAM all this negative press!
Echoing everyone's supportive thoughts here.
It's sad that these celebs will only read this item if someone actually dares to show it to them (the latest PR flack right before they get fired - or HOPEFULLY listened to). The reality is that they're probably keeping most of 'em away from the internet - if they even bother with the internet at all, which I doubt, except to feed their various nefarious habits. Thank God my kids are 100 times better than these hacks.
Nicole has a problem... and she is sick.
to call her out on her problem is not fair.
Yes, it is bad and someone could have died. But that didn't happen and she should be grateful for that.
but everyone should be focusing on helping her overcome her sickness so that she can become a better person. Not bashing her for it.
how about all the non-celebrities that do stupid stuff??? i know a lot of normal people that do this kind of stuff everyday! the ONLY difference is is that their business is not posted all over TMZ.com.... we need to start saying "people in general need to stop driving under the influence" and not focus on celebrities only...
Nice post Harvey and I hope you read these comments as feedback.As another poster said, you are part of the problem. But I honestly don't know what the answer is. The juggernaut that is the tabloid press in all media will roll on regardless of whether you stop publishing this stuff or not.
It helps that at least you present a point of view, unlike some rags like People who just post the positive stuff and ignore the negative just so they continue to get access to celebrites for exclusives.
I do have one beef with you though, these are not "kids." Britney for example is 25 and a mother two. Ignorant, undeduated, immature yes. A kid, no.
I think what disturbs me most though is to see the immature and stupid comments posted in these threads sucy as "Leave her alone!!!" and "Give her a break!!!" etc. There's a group of people who enjoy watching the freak show/trainwreck, but the ones I worry about are the ones DEFENDING these celebutards. Those are the ones to be concerned about. There are too many people out there who can't tell the difference between good and bad, tasteful and crass, moral and immoral behavior. And that's just always so disappointing to see.
Maybe if more of the tabloid owners continued to criticize the behavior instead of glorify it, these underclass posters would start getting a clue that this behavior is not proper or normal. It's something they clearly didn't learn from their parents or siblings or peers.
This is a joke. I could care less about her. I wish she had died that night. What pisses me off the most is that nothing will come of this. She will check her self into some rehab 5 star hotel for a month. After that she will be doing all this sh*t again.
Nothing bad will happen to her. A man in oakland who caused a non fatal crash was sentenced to 15 years in prison. She will no see a day in prison.
I guess all of us are the only people that can complain. We elect the same lawmakers that fail to protect us from these out of control people. We do not stand up for our rights to be protected from these people.
1/2 of these kids are not old enough to be in clubs yet the ABC(alcohol beverage control) will do nothing to stop it.
This incident should be the launching platform for a no tolerance campaign.
Any of us would be in jail for the next several years. If If i were to get stopped at a traffic stop and blow a 0.09 I would lose my license for a while. This chick was using controlled substances and driving on the wrong side of the freeway!!!
Man, this really pisses me off.
-To take something from South-Park Johnny Cockering should use the Richie defense for anyone that gets a DUI...
ok noone answered my question so i'll throw it out there again... if you are all tired of hearing about these people, who would you like to hear about? whop should sites like tmz tell you about? just wondering...
I totally agree....finally a columnist who speaks the whole truth and nothing but it..these kids are out of control and we are just feeding their fury.....stop following them around and follow someone worth while.
its true we all make mistakes. but we live and learn these celebs are'nt punished so they don't learn their lessons.they also chose to be celebs knowing their business is put out there for the world to see . thats why they make the big bucks
