Bad celebrity, no Cristal!!

[kellinator]

This morning on 99X the morning DJs were talking to Erik Estrada about being on The Surreal Life, or whatever that shit is called. (Not that I haven't wasted a fair portion of my life watching reality shows... but still, most of them are crap. We all know this. We occasionally watch them anyway because everyone needs a guilty pleasure. I'm babbling.)

Near the end of the interview one of the DJs asks him if he's hoping The Surreal Life will give his career a boost, and he starts in with "No. I didn't do this for my career. I did this for myself. To find out what I'm made of. What kind of man I am."

And I'm just sitting there thinking, You want to find out what you're made of, you join the Peace Corps. Or climb Mount Everest. You don't go on a crappy, third-rate reality show with a bunch of crappy third-rate celebrities.

...Celebrities give us snarky people so much material. Their lives are so delightfully stupid.

Comments

[vill.livejournal.com]

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[kmn-rdr-caoimhe.livejournal.com]

Hell, it's not like he needs a boost, anyway. He's still working. I bet it was that moe-rawn, Jimmy, that asked him. It was Jimmy, wad'nit?

[wolven.livejournal.com]

Actually, i'm pretyty sure the "Morning X" crew is gone. *shrug* And anyway Estrada's on Sealab, and VH-1, every chance he gets. He's Fine.

[gladstone.livejournal.com]

No, Jimmy and Leslie are still there. Barnes is the one who left. I heard the interview this morning. I don't remember who asked the career question, but it does sound like a Jimmy question.

[wolven.livejournal.com]

I guess that's what i get for not listening to the radio, except when i'm in other people's cars. Heheh.

[theashifaction.livejournal.com]

the peace corp and the mount everest shirpas dont video tape you 24 hours a day though. thats the exact reason id want to be on a reality show. i want to see what other people see when they look at me, i already know what distortions are going on inside, its the outside i have no judge on. creative editing could solve that problem for me.

the only one that pisses me off on that show is trishelle cause hello, tap tap no do overs. especially no network hopping.

[alfabettezoupe.livejournal.com]

when i was 5 i had a poster my mother bought me. it was of erik estrada... he was shirtless wearing a gold chain and black jeans. i was in love. i don't even want to know how much time i spent watching chips. now i can't figure out what my 5 year old brain was thinking! oh young love! :D

[sanityescapesme.livejournal.com]

I could have told him what kind of man he is.

He's Ponch.

-R

[renaissancekat.livejournal.com]

psst... I found a pic of Richard Belzer I thought you'd like:

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