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Mariah Carey vs. Nicki Minaj?
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Mariah Carey vs. Nicki Minaj?
Cat fight? Really? I can’t be the only one who believes this is another “staged” reality show fight to bolster ratings for a rusty 12-year old American Idol that has been losing viewers to copycat contests X-Factor, The Voice, The Next, Sing Off, Duets, etc.
While President Barack Obama and former Governor Mitt Romney were gearing up to debate the state of our economy, a different verbal smackdown “supposedly” occurred during the North Carolina American Idol auditions between their new judges.
A video from FOX’s closed set was “somehow leaked” to TMZ in which rapper Nicki Minaj drops a myriad of f-bombs on superstar singer Mariah Carey before “supposedly” threatening to off Mariah’s head, knock Mariah out and shoot Mariah.
Don’t Believe the Hype
The reasons I personally don’t believe this hype are:
1) When you threaten someone’s life, you get arrested. You lose your job. There are severe consequences. You don’t show up the next day and do press interviews while sipping Coca-Cola, pose for publicity photos together and go tit-for-tat on Twitter. Threatening a life is unacceptable. I’ve seen the devastation that occurs when women’s threats go unchecked. If Nicki Minaj threatened Mariah Carey’s life for real, FOX needs to fire her immediately and Mariah needs to press charges and have her arrested. Period.
2) But that’s not what happened, is it? Instead of firing Minaj, FOX’s producers leaked the video to TMZ and then claimed “No comment” when contacted about the footage. Be clear, Fam. FOX is filming on a closed set. That means that everyone signs a confidentiality agreement and no cell phone recording is allowed. No crew professional would risk losing their job to pull out a cell phone and start recording. Producers are hawks. Nothing gets by you on a set. The only footage that escapes a closed set is footage that is purposefully leaked.
3) Lastly, everyone knows that reality shows thrive off conflict. Cue Survivor, The Apprentice, any of The Real Housewives series, and even this Honey Boo Boo mess. American Idol desperately needs conflict to get viewers back. Following the “explosion”, host Ryan Seacrest (producer of Keeping Up with the Kardashians) admitted on his radio show that Idol needs this conflict. “It did get intense,” he said. “We want that. We want them to be on this panel together.”
I’m just beyond disappointed that a show that sells itself as the most family friendly TV would stoop this low and leak this type of behavior as an example to young kids.
Booooo FOX!
If the network is going to stoop to childlike behavior, so can I. Booooooo! 2 thumbs down!
I have a choice. I can vote with my viewing, and I don’t have to watch this fake Family Feud. If it’s for real, then FOX, I demand that you act responsibly and put out a statement that violent threats are unacceptable and fire Nicki Minaj instead of capitalizing off the publicity stunt. The truth is I suspect producers cooked up this fight, like every other reality TV fight, and told the entertainers to entertain. Boooooo!!!!!
Where’s the reality in reality TV?
Can we get some “reality” in our reality TV? Can we get some truth up in here?
I am reminded of the leadership at the time of Jesus. When He is falsely arrested, Jesus is taken from the high priest Caiaphas to the Roman Governor Pilate, who has a view of truth that permeates today. In John 18:37-38, Jesus and Pilate have a fascinating conversation:
Jesus answered, “… In fact, the reason I was born and came into the world is to testify to the truth. Everyone on the side of truth listens to me.”
“What is truth?” retorted Pilate.
What is truth, Fam? Whatever FOX or whoever else shows us on camera? Absolutely not.
Every time I read that chapter I am baffled. A leader who cannot discern truth certainly will not be able to display truth. Producers who do not care about truth will readily push forward lies.
What about us? Well, don’t swallow the red or blue pill. Don’t go down the rabbit hole. Today, let’s commit to walking in truth, which emanates from God’s word. We don’t have to pretend reality shows are real. Let’s just call them what they are: publicity stunts.
Happy Friday!
Let’s find a way to be honest today…
…says the chic who works in LaLa Land :=)
Naima
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Nice word and of course the truth! Sometimes as a society we project Jesus as this docile human whereas the Word shows him as standing by the truth which is not docile!
Thanks, TJ. So true. I think most folks are not buying into the hype these days, but you never know. The entertainment news cycles are reporting the story as if it’s really true. Then Barbara Walters reported it and interviewed Mariah. I was like, “Really?” Are we really going to act like there is a real threat happening here? If Mariah’s life was truly threatened, this would be a whole different scenario. I know it’s Hollywood and all, but sometimes I’m like, C’mon, Fam! :=) Have a great weekend, my brother.
You too sis, have a great one.