Forget Paris (And Nicole)

On Sunday, the new season of the Paris Hilton/Nicole Richie ditz-fest, "The Simple Life: Till Death Do Us Part" premiered on E! Not wanting to miss the season finale of "The Sopranos," I dutifully recorded it. I watched it last night.


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I loathe both Paris and Nicole and my threshold for watching them and actually having to listen to them talk is about four minutes. I somehow made it through about nine minutes of this show before deleting it from my DVR and gouging out my eyes. It was the equivalent of holding my breath underwater for nine minutes. In which case, eat my shorts David Blaine.

The fact that Hilton and Richie are even still doing the show together -- despite a very public, long-running feud -- is suspect. Particularly since they don't address the source of the falling out. The only reference to their animosity is a coffee shop "skit" in which Hilton sends an iced cookie bearing a nasty message to Richie. Either they really hate one another but love money more or they've manufactured the rivalry to drum up interest in their various ventures, including this schlock.

What qualifies as schlock? Pretty much everything about the show: The premise of this season lands the girls (separately) in homes filling in as wife and mother. Nicole deadpans an offer to have sex with the husband of a nine-months pregnant wife and tattoos "ROCK AND ROLL" on a child's knuckles. Paris loses a battle of wits with a three-year-old (this is before she tells the same skeptical kid that the way to get out of future work is to do a bad job the first time). Oh, and all of this is done while the stick-figured halfwits are wearing 35-pound "pregnancy vests."

The show was a wasteland of stupidity in season one, although its novelty made it somewhat watchable. The novelty has worn off. Do yourself a favor. Avoid "The Simple Life." Maybe if enough of us give it a pass, it'll just go away.

By Liz |  June 7, 2006; 10:43 AM ET  | Category:  Celebrities , Nicole Richie , Paris Hilton , TV
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One "loathe" doesn't seem enough, somehow. Loathe, loathe, loathe, loathe, LOATHE. Wouldn't-urinate-on-either-of-'em-if-they-were-on-fire loathe.
I mean, *really* loathe.

Posted by: byoolin | June 7, 2006 2:40 PM

I'm impressed that you made it for nine minutes. That's eight longer than I could have stood the pain.

Posted by: TC | June 7, 2006 3:37 PM

I know these girls are famous, but can somebody tell me why?

I love celebrities. I subscribe to all the magazines, I watch the TV shows, and I'm trying to figure out if we should hate these girls because they're horrible people, or whether it's because they do horrible things.

All I know is that I've seen Paris Hilton's mother, and she's kinda like Paris, but not anorexic and really old.

Posted by: Bradley | June 7, 2006 4:01 PM

Methinks thou dost loathe too much, byoolin! I confess to being fascinated by the success of such utter vacuity- hence my reading this blog, and the THREE comments in 6 hours! Remember that the opposite of love is not hate, but indifference- looks to me like SOMETHING about this bizarre phenomenon is hitting you where you live. As for me, I care so little I couldn't be bothered to type... uh.... never mind.

Posted by: Philly | June 7, 2006 5:27 PM

What I find more interesting is how JEALOUS people get when they see beauty and wealth mixed into one package.


Posted by: Anonymous | June 7, 2006 6:49 PM

This is a typical mainstream liberal media reaction to a show that stars a Republican.

Paris donates to Republican candidates and she is the perfect Republican poster girl because she is really rich and doesn't do real work and Bush has cut her taxes and wants to eliminate almost all the other taxes she pays.

But you shouldn't be angry. You should become like her. Donate money to Republican candidates and perform poorly at work. Get a cute little dog. Have your hair done in Beverly Hills. Eat at the best restaurants. And most important, stop paying that silly FICA (payroll) tax. Paris doesn't pay it on her investment or inheritance income, does she? So why should *you* pay it?

Remember, as Paris's role model Leona once said, "Only the little people pay taxes."

Stop paying taxes. Become a big people. Then buy a camcorder and make your own TV show.

Posted by: roblimo | June 7, 2006 7:04 PM

Yes, who could *not* be jealous of Paris Hilton. I mean, she's done a porn, she was born into wealth, she hangs out in clubs, and she is classy beyond belief!

I mean, who wouldn't want to be just like Paris? (rolling eyes).

Posted by: Ms. Jealous | June 7, 2006 9:32 PM

Ms. Jealous, those are things that most 22 year olds would dream of doing and having. Yes, even the taping of sexual encounters with their significant others. You need to get out more and stop hating on people who are more beautiful and wealthy than yourself.

Posted by: Live and Let Live | June 8, 2006 3:22 AM

Philly, I think you might be on to something. (But first, let me throw a few more loathes on the fire.)

I really couldn't give a rat's behind about Ms. H.; I think I loathe more the fact that we teeming millions have made her famous. (I mean, what does it say about *me* that even though I've seen no more than 30 seconds of The Simple Life, not heard her sing, and only saw her on SNL because I watch SNL, I *still* know about her reggae album, her porn video, her stolen BlackBerry, the dog, the fight with Nicole, etc., etc., etc.?)

I feel all dirty now. ("But that might just be Philly," thinks Pittsburgh me.)

Posted by: byoolin | June 8, 2006 12:00 PM

whats wrong with you people you don't now why Paris is famous shes famous because her dad owns the Hilton hotels and because she is a model. Nicole's famous because her dads a singer and because they are the prettiest girls ever.

Posted by: amanda | June 23, 2006 11:26 AM

i dont want you talking anymore trash about them

Posted by: amanda | June 23, 2006 11:27 AM

they are "famous" because silly people that are trying to fill some kind of void in their lives believe they are...& put them there. ANYONE can be famous (see MTV's The Hills), you just have to have the right PR person & listen to a crap stylist, wear horrid clothes, get rail thin, then deny you are rail thin, loose any amount of class you MIGHT have had, get plastic surgery & deny that you had any even when pix of you from previous years surface. oh & being rich, living off of your grandparents $$, that helps as well. that is how one does it. keep repeating until we go to hell in a handbasket.

Posted by: sharpe | June 27, 2006 4:14 PM

I THINK THAT THE REASON NICOLE AND PARIS
FELL OUT OF FRIENDSHIP IS THAT NICOLE CAN'T HANG OUT WITH PARIS CAUSE SHE MIGHT START DOING DRUGS AGAIN. NICOLE HAD TO CHANGE HER LIFESTYLE AND PARIS WAS A BAD INFLUENCE FOR HER... PRETTY MUCH NICOLE CLEANED UP HER LIFE & IF PARIS CLEANED UP HER LIFE THEY WOULD BE FRIENDS AGAIN... YEP THATS WHAT I THINK....

Posted by: SHERRY | August 20, 2006 12:54 AM

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