when monsters breed
A recent poll named Kate Gosselin as the worst celebrity mother. She even out rated such contenders as Octomom and Courtney Love. Now Courtney is understandable. She may be a murderous wife, an untalented song writer, a drugged out mess and a basket case, but she's a fantastic mom. Any woman who can raise a daughter with enough back bone to sue for emancipation and have custody switched from Love to the Cobain family is doing something right! Incidentally Courtney's come back just happens to coincide with her losing access to the Nirvana fortune. What a coincidence!
spoiled for choice
Celebrity and family are a bad mix - if poor Cameron Douglas is any indication - and when it comes to bad celeb moms there plenty to choose from. Britney Spears seems to be getting her act together. The boys haven't been hospitalized in over a year! Pam Anderson seems to be a pretty decent mom, but ought to make the list just on a bio hazard basis. Just being in the same room with Polyethylene Pam has got to put you at risk of infection! Dina Lohan was included in the Gosselin poll, but missed the coveted top stop. Her crumminess as a mom is completely overshadowed by Michael Lohan's absolute shittiness as a dad - he's totally self absorbed! Cindy Crawford narrowly missed inclusion. Strange things go on in her household. Angelina Jolie might've made the list just for being herself. All that crazy can't be a good influence on the kids - "Mommy's gonna kill herself unless Brad stays with us - so pass the word!" Fortunately Crazy Angie has Pitt to pick up the slack parent wise. They breed 'em responsible down in Missouri.
Then there's Cher, who can't be faulted as a mom. In fact she's a sort of super mom. When the refer to some one having 3 kids - one of each, Cher topped it by having the 3 in 1! Hope that Chaz' penis graft is taking! Speaking of 2 1/2 Men, poor Charlie Sheen is trying to decide which is the lesser of two evils between the women he has procreated with. So far evil skanky home wrecker and ex pro whore Denise Richards seems to be winning that contest. Charlie recently gave her full custody of their kids. I guess that she don't look so bad compared to the evil skanky crack addict Brooke Mueller he's currently married to. Hang in there kid 'cause she's bound to go off the rails sooner or later. Oh yeah & Katie Jordan Price - no explanation needed!
here's to the future
Of course the list could go on. There are also the bad moms to be: Mischa Barton hasn't dropped any kids yet. It remains to be seen how Sandy Bullock will do. Then there's the Jennifer Aniston question. There's also this brief video clip on the worst celeb parents. It's over a year old, so you'll be surprised at how past atrocities, like Alec Baldwin's 'pig rant' phone message became over shadowed by later misdoings. Of course no one can touch Ryan O Neal when it comes to shitty parenting. So all those poor wretched celebspawn might want to be thankful for small mercies - it could be even worse, you could belong to Amy Winehouse or Naomi Campbell!
American Woman
BTW Sarah Palin has made the dubious motherhood list. Usually she's above reproach. She's taken many a cheap shot, but the claws only come out when her kids have been dragged into it - as poor beleaguered David Letterman can avouch. Then again it's been kid of a rough year for Dave on many fronts. Back to Sarah, it seems that while she's been busy barnstorming the country and weighting her options, her daughter Bristol got caught sneaking into a bar. Bristol's 19 and legal drinking age down stateside is 21 (America is still a backward country in some ways).
smart people do the wrong things the right way
Now this is a minor scandal because everyone has done it - except for those who go on to become full blown alcoholics (like chain smokers, their problem is one of adjustment and evident early on). It's still a scandal because even though everyone has done it, it's not something that you're supposed to get caught at. It falls under the same category as shop lifting, teen age sex, cheating on school exams, and recreational drug use. It's how kids learn about societal double standards by experimenting with boundaries and by bending the rules. Then again the Palin clan were never whizzes in that department.