Do you think celebutantes send the wrong message to young girls?
I think that these celebutantes could go a little deeper and I think that that they are trying to go deeper, they're trying to be role models. If they're going to put out a perfume and a Barbie and a fashion line, then they need someone to buy that perfume, Barbie and fashion line; I don't buy it, you don't buy it, little girls buy it. Yeah, but the lives that they live are not a reflection of their product. Do you think that Donatella Versace is going to church every Sunday? No. Millions of people are spending millions of dollars on their clothes, on their products because of the lifestyle they project. Paris Hilton, Lindsay, yeah sure, they're all a mess but they live a glamorous lifestyle whether we like it or not. These children aspire for that. Is that a good thing? Maybe not. Is it a real thing? Yes. And do parents have the control to turn it off, to not subject their children to that? Yes. Do these girls have a responsibility to project a great image? No. The image they're projecting is the one they want to and the one that's making them millions and millions and millions of dollars. Ok, but also, lets step back and realize that a celebutante is not a role model. They are not supposed to be a role model, that's why we consider them celebutantes. We want them to party and to get drunk and go to jail and do the drugs; that's why they're famous, so I don't think anyone props these girls up as role models. Paris tried to start her career as a role model. She tried to write books for kids, she tried to, say, drink Red Bull's at parties and not cocktails, but then she couldn't hide behind that. Yeah, they tried to take that road and even they knew they were kidding.
