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Lindsay Lohan wannabe created by crazy Hollywood mom
Filed under: Just For Moms, Teens, Life & Style, Day Care & Education
Amidst all the photos of Lindsay Lohan, passed out and drooling after a night on the town, the news of her cocaine-induced auto accidents, or her repeated stints in rehab, I forget that some awful parents actually encourage their children to look up to these out-of-control celebrity train wrecks.
Take this video, for instance, where an absurdly rich Hollywood mom with a disturbing set of priorities brings her preteen daughter to a tanning salon and spends $1300 so the kid can look orange and creepy "pretty" for her school picture.
At one point, early in the video, the mom convinces her daughter to get the tan by asking, "do you want to look like Lindsay Lohan?" (Of course the girl's answer was "yes.")
According to The Best Week Ever, who made the video, "Someday, historians are going to look back at this clip and regard it as the definitive explanation of the downfall of Western Civilization."
I completely agree.












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6-01-2007 @ 11:44AM
Leian said...Oh. My. God. This is horrible.
I cannot believe how shallow some people are. What kills me is the girl at one point says she doesn't want to do it, and the mom says she HAS TO! How wrong is that? And she is pushing her to do this for school pictures, implying that her daughter isn't attractive enough. Then people wonder why they have to shell out thousands of dollars for therapy for bad self-image.
People like this make me cringe. I understand the guy trying to make a buck - it's his job - but I could never do it. I'd be more likely to ask the mom why in hell she'd want her kid to look like, or in any way resemble, someone who is clearly not handling her fame well and who, at the rate she's going, will die early or be washed up early. And I'd ask her why she is making her daughter think she is not pretty as she is now. How awful.
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6-01-2007 @ 12:52PM
Lt said...Oh, this is just SOOOOO sick.
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6-01-2007 @ 3:42PM
S. Kelly said...Explain to me why it's illegal to let your child get sunburned but NOT illegal to FORCE them into a tanning booth using sick propaganda???
Tanning beds are NOT safe -- especially for children whose skin is MUCH more sensitive to sun damage.
And why the heck is the tanning salon ALLOWING this to take place? I thought there was an age limit!?!
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6-03-2007 @ 9:08AM
nicolebarber said...Ok I like talking my two year old into wearing dresses now and then, but this is sick,
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