TV Trash and Internet Idiocy

I find it immensely saddening that in a conversation discussing our TV Memorable Moments from the last 12 months, the only one that immediately sprang to mind was watching Denise Richards on "Denise Richards: It's Complicated"*, going through her entry on http://www.whosdatedwho.com/ and getting affronted by some of the inaccurate ones, and clearly affronted that some are missing, getting in that she hasn't dated a "normal" guy since high school (for all the good it's done you, sweets). I remember her saying: "That's so funny" in a tone of voice that implied it wasn't at all funny. (To be fair, it wasn't. John Stamos? Scott Baio? The point of the episode was that she had a thing for bad boys, but I think the issue is more that she has a thing for hair gel and washed up 80s stars.)

Anyway, it was brilliant because honestly, Denise, you FREAK! I am perfectly sure celebrities do check out sites like that and forums, but not on camera. The reek of desperation was glorious. Denise, Denise, Google yourself! Go on! I bet Denise Googles herself at least once a day. Maybe it was when she Googled herself and the last news article was from 2004 that she decided to do a TV show to make sure everyone knows she is still out there, and as horrifically watchable as equally monstrous, good-argument-to-nuke-Beverly-Hills "The Hills." It was like television eating itself in front of you. The Naughties summed up in a single sequence of false "OMG!" Television relies on celebrities, celebrities rely on television. Meanwhile, I rely on Denise Richards and Dina Lohan. How did it come to this?

(The site kept us entertained for a while, especially for the younger celebs whose fans get well over the border of hysteria and forayed well into stalkerdom. Rupert Grint and Lily Allen? Really? Does your mother know? In the words of one disenchanted young fangirl who makes the error of believing an interview above the internet: "how reliable is this site, anyway?" Girlie, for Denise's and Rupert's sake, I hope not very.)

*Note: It Isn't.