The reckoning with the entertainment industry’s long history of misogyny is far from over.
No incident is responsible for this calculation, but the newly launched New York Times/FX at HULU documentary Framing Britney Spears a new light shone on the way the media harassed and chased the young stars. Witnessing the abuse Britney suffered, many have reviewed the old coverage of their colleagues who have undergone similar treatment.
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A clip that went viral Twitter showed the host of the dawn David Letterman tormenting Lindsay Lohan about a rehabilitation period in 2013. A visibly uncomfortable Lindsay tried to deflect the questions, claiming that the topic was not addressed in the “pre-interview”.
It turns out that the Freaky Friday the former friend of the star Paris Hilton he also found himself in Letterman’s hot seat and experienced a very similar line of questioning in 2007. Check out the clip below:
In the last episode of your podcast This is paris, who presented his sister Nicky Hilton, the heiress reflected on the disturbing appearance. She explained:
“Letterman’s team kept calling my public relations team for me to join the program and we always said no. And then, months later, I had a fragrance being released, and their team called again, and basically my public relations team made a deal with them that [jail] it was off limits and he wouldn’t discuss it and we’d just be there to promote perfume and my other commercial ventures. I felt it was a safe place because I had been using Letterman for so many years, and he always had fun with me and played, but I thought he would keep his word on it, and I was wrong. “
Despite the prior agreement, once they were in front of an audience, she recalled that the comedian “kept pushing me and pushing me” to talk about it. She continued:
“I was getting very uncomfortable and very upset. It was like he was just trying to humiliate me on purpose. And during commercial breaks, I looked at him like, ‘Please stop doing that. You promised me that you wouldn’t talk about it, and that’s the only reason I agreed to go to the program. Please don’t touch the subject again. ‘And he said,’ OK. ‘ And then [he did] again.”
YUCK! Knowing what was going on during commercial breaks makes it even worse! The 40-year-old continued:
“It was very cruel and cruel. And after it was over, I looked at him and said, ‘I’m never going to the show again. You crossed the line. ‘… I didn’t scold because I’m not that kind of person, but I got angry. And then he was apologizing and, like, sent a box of Château Lafite Rothschild wine to our house. “
This is an expensive wine! But it seems that they decided to ask for forgiveness after being denied permission, and this is very unethical.
Carter ReumThe bride admitted that she forgave the 73-year-old after he continued to apologize and ended up returning to the show. But his younger brother remembered another public embarrassment surrounding his prison sentence, this time in the hands of Sarah Silverman at the 2007 MTV VMAs. The obscene comedian joked on stage that prison guards would paint the bars of his cell like male genitals to make the reality show star feel “more comfortable”.
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Sitting in the audience, Paris remembered “trying to be brave”, but feeling that she wanted to “die” by hearing the cruel joke. She shared:
“I literally wanted to run out of the room, but I was just trying to be strong and sit there while the whole audience laughed. It was so painful, especially with what I was going through in my life, that people were so mean about it. It was very difficult. “
As Nicky stated that his sister still owed an apology for the “horrible” comments, the Simple life star added:
“I would see it with myself, with Britney, Jessica Simpson. There was a certain type of girl that they craved that would never do that to a man. “
We can all agree on this point that Paris is right, and certainly many apologies are due to everyone. We just hope that we can do better in the future and fix the behaviors of the past in the best possible way.
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