In order to write this blog, I must first openly admit that I watch American Idol. That's right people, I'm a reality television whore. Oh GOD, the SHAME! The shaaaahahahaaaaame! Allow me to 'splain! I used to watch just the auditions, because I enjoyed the really really bad singers... Last year, I got really into the actual SHOW however, because of this lady:

Yeah, she rocks, so thbbt. So I've been following along this year, with much disappointment, because no one can compare to Melinda. 

ANYHOO, last night they aired their, I think second annual fecking "Idol Gives Back" episode. Talk about a bunch of self-indulgent bullshit!

They have a bunch of celebrity guests appear on the show. Apparently the site of famous people is going to convince to send money more than the images and videos of starving crying children they keep exploiting the hell out of. But it's true! There were people offering to double their donation if Ryan Seacrest would blow a kiss into the camera. Barforama.

What first got me proclaiming bullshit was Snoop Dogg's performance on the show. Lemme see if I can find it on youtube......K, here we go. Notice the DIAMOND ENCRUSTED MICROPHONE. Wonder how many fecking families the cost of that mic would feed? Oh, and by the way, diamonds fund terrorism, not drugs. But that's a whole other blog entirely.

These people make millions of dollars. MILLIONS. My mom sponsers a couple of children and she sent one of them a hundred bucks for Christmas. It provided them with misquito netting and food for the whole family, with money left over to go in the bank. Imagine what a million dollars could do.

So, these people spend hundreds if not thousands on their outfits and accessories and what have you to appear on this show for a night. What if they wore jeans and a t-shirt and donated the money that they spent on clothes?  Or how about this? Idol's been bragging about this brand new stage they built for this season. Bet that money could have gone to some hungry mother fuckers. Instead, they televise a charity event where they ask everyone ELSE to donate money so they can say that IDOL gives back. feck that.

More over, they showed videos all night of celebrities like Brad Pitt, Alecia Keys and even my beloved Annie Lennox going into third world countries and talking with these children who are suffering. It wasn't enough that they got videos of these poor little shiznit. crying, but they had to make sure that they all had footage of themselves singing with them and of COURSE hugging them and then crying over it. Never once did they mention that any of these celebrities donated any of their money. Talk about exploitation. And feckers actually buy into this shiznit.

People, it's all about looking good for the camera. It makes THEM more money, gives THEM more ratings, and makes YOU look stupid. I will say this for Idol; that episode got Great Britain to donate 20 million dollars. In your smug little face, Bono!!

One more thing I'm gonna bitch about. This Miley Ray Cirus chick...or Hannah Montana...whatever the hell her name is performed on this show last night. They made mention that she's only 15. 15!! Watch this performance. She humps the stage and grabs her ass at one point. We can't have statutory rape laws in this country and then allow shiznit like this on tv. It's disgusting.

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