Insolence

From Pop Eater and a s/t (sword-tip) to Kathryn Lopez at NRO:

Now that ‘Teen Mom’ cast members like Amber Portwood are in their twenties, MTV is looking for a new crop of teenage girls to keep its monster hits ‘Teen Mom’ and ‘16 and Pregnant’ alive, and [surprise!] industry insiders tell me young ladies are so eager to be on reality TV that they are actually getting pregnant just to score an audition. OK, not much of a surprise. Simply take a spin around the various Internet forums filled with young girls inquiring about what’s required to score a role.


“This is yet another example of the desperation of fame,” Matt Titus, a relationship expert fromTheLoveConsultants.com, tells me. “The sad state of reality television has created a lowbrow vehicle for untainted train wreck personalities to display their private lives. Getting pregnant to be famous is like eating as many cockroaches as possible in a one minute period.”

I want to say that I am shocked, but I am not. I unfortunately watched one of these shows once, for about 10 minutes, and the level of insolent behavior was so high I declared to my wife that it had to be scripted.

There are some things I guess you just can't script.