| Current mood: |  annoyed |
What's The Big Deal?
So this morning, it seems that news has surfaced that one of the American Idol contestants has a past as a stripper he didn't come forward with, and another has had racy pics of her surface. My response to this is: So what? America watches this show to be entertained; if their performance is entertianing and America votes them to stay on, who is Fox to tell us who is a suitable Idol or who is not based on their outside life? I hardly think that they're (the viewing public) expecting the contestants to be perfect little angels with no skeletons in their closets.
As long as what they are doing or have done is not illegal, who are we or anyone else (RE: Perez Hilton) to bust their chops for it? If the people watching the show are hypocritical enough to DEMAND that the people they watch be free from ANY possible defects or flaws, they need to take a long hard look at themselves in the mirror. If the people truly have talent, why is what they do in their personal lives that doesn't affect their performance relevant AT ALL? If Hernandez and Malubay get booted off because of these incidents, perhaps Fox should consider changing the name of the show from American Idol to American Purists.....
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