The Stupid: It Hurts - Episode 3

[teylaminh]

I'm officially making this a series. Episode 1 was Brian from Big Brother last year, and episode 2 was the hotel for the wedding, although as it transpired they were more than reasonable about it.

Anyway. Today's episode comes in the form of the aforementioned mini-article in Tuesday's Metro:



Gah. At the time this made me unspeakably angry, but now it just makes my brain hurt trying to imagine the utter stupidity. Like, she thinks all authors have ghost writers. That's the worst part, aside from the general "whuh??" factor of the quote. The fact that she clearly doesn't understand the concept of being a writer in the slightest also makes me twitch.

And anyway, I thought she'd gone back to being plain old Katie Price again these days, not 'Jordan'. Only when her publicity requires it, it seems.

The best part is, her kids' book (the one referred to here, not her autobiography, although I imagine she's guilty of the crime of not writing either of them) was called My Pony Care Book, which is either a reference-type book or, as Paul has just suggested, a picture book. If the former, would you trust her with live animals? If the latter, why on earth would you need a ghost writer?

The stupid. It hurts.

PS: I'm still not entirely convinced it's a real quote, because honestly: is anyone really that dumb? But at the same time... we all saw the photos of her wedding, right? ;)

Comments

[pandorasblog]

I don't know the paper/how reliable it's likely to be... if it's made-up, then it's well attuned to the public perception of Jordan. Perhaps if so, it's intended to lampoon the current vogue for celebrities writing kids' books. Darcy Bussel has a ballerina series... which she's doing with a ghost writer.

[teylaminh.livejournal.com]

It's a free paper you get on public transport. Mostly it's got the same kind of news stories you get in the actual news, but I also question the reliability of this particular item, as it featured in the 'gossip' column which claims to be about 'celebrities behind closed doors'... without any actual source for the quotes. Which obviously makes most of them quite dubious.

The trend for 'celebrities' writing books (up to and including their car-crash autobiographies) is quite appalling enough. If you can't write, don't. It should really be that simple.

[pandorasblog]

Plus they're cluttering up the market when lots of people with real talent deserve shelf-space. That's my biggest problem with it. Jordan, you're rich enough already and you have lots of other ways to be noticed and earn money. For some people, writing is all they have and something they actually love and care about and work hard on...

[teylaminh.livejournal.com]

Exactly, and she's just pouring salt into the wound by not actually writing it herself and thereby not even caring about the writing process. Apparently in Jordan's world, books appear as if by magic.

Unfortunately, the general public keep on lapping it up...