Tuesday, Jan. 6, 2009
I just watched an episode of Access Hollywood during which they were in the Bahamas to cover the death of John Travolta's son, Jett. They were asking family friends and ambulance drivers to forego any semblance of privacy and concern for the family while faking concern and sadness over the kid’s death. Then they accused the Travolta family of lying about their son’s illness because they are Scientologists.
All of which is pretty standard fare for all of those Entertainment Tonight type shows. Sadly, it’s nauseatingly fascinating, and I’m ashamed of myself for watching it (that’s why it’s on). Oh, they also played sad piano music over all of the Travolta stuff and then at the end of the show read emails from other parents who had lost children. There’s nothing more comforting than hearing Nancy O’Dell and Billy Bush read sad emails.
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