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Jamie Lee Curtis Blasts Paris Hilton's Mom, Others
Add another voice to the chorus weighing in on Paris Hilton's latest travails: Jamie Lee Curtis.
In an essay on The Huffington Post titled "Mom, It's Not Right!" (which refers to Hilton's outburst as she was ordered back to jail last week) the 48-year-old actress slams the lack of parental guidance given to Hilton and others of her generation.
"It was a painful episode to watch," Curtis writes. "A young woman, begging her mother, the person who should have taught her right from wrong, to help her, to teach her the rules of life. It was a little too late. And so she wept as the Universe was bringing the teaching and settling the score."
Curtis, who has a daughter, Annie, 20, and a son, Thomas, 11, with husband Christopher Guest, is no stranger to being young in Hollywood: The daughter of actors Tony Curtis and Janet Leigh, she made her film debut in 1978's Halloween at age 20. (She's also Jake Gyllenhaal's godmother.)
But she says today's celebs are lacking guidance: "The sad paths of the three most popular young women" – Hilton and, presumably, Lindsay Lohan and Britney Spears – "have ended in prison, rehab and mental illness. I hope their mothers are worried sick and wondering, 'What could I have done differently?' And our culture should be asking the same question too."
Parents her age, she says, are more concerned with being friends with their kids than teaching them important lessons. "We were the generation who applauded every move they made. Every step they took. 'Good climbing, Brandon' was our hue and cry. We were raised by people who didn't 'understand' us and now we don't 'understand' why our children are so messed up."
She concludes: "Can we take the wrenching sight of Paris asking her mother, 'why?' and ask it of ourselves? ... Wake up, Mothers, and smell the denial."
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Re: Jamie Lee Curtis Blasts Paris Hilton's Mom, Others
While I completely agree with her, I would hate to see her eat her words with Annie & Thomas.
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Re: Jamie Lee Curtis Blasts Paris Hilton's Mom, Others
Posted by nrthshgrl
While I completely agree with her, I would hate to see her eat her words with Annie & Thomas.
agreed.
and Barbra Walters said this morning on The View that Paris wasnt saying "its not right" about the sentencing. she said it because she went to hug her mother and the guards took her away and wouldnt let her touch her mom. if thats true, then i would scream "its not right" too if i was dragged away from my mom.
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Re: Jamie Lee Curtis Blasts Paris Hilton's Mom, Others
Posted by nrthshgrl
While I completely agree with her, I would hate to see her eat her words with Annie & Thomas.
I also agree but I think someone in Hollywood needs to be saying exactly what Jamie Lee Curtis said. So good for her!!
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Re: Jamie Lee Curtis Blasts Paris Hilton's Mom, Others
Parents her age, she says, are more concerned with being friends with their kids than teaching them important lessons.
I couldnt agree more with any other statement. I may get blasted for this, but I think parents and children are not meant to be BFF. I love my mother dearly but she is not my best friend. She was there to teach me right from wrong and allowed me to fail and to fall as I learned from my own mistakes. There was always a line. A parent is there for guidance, not as a drinking or shopping buddy.
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Posted by Goldi0218
Parents her age, she says, are more concerned with being friends with their kids than teaching them important lessons.
I couldnt agree more with any other statement. I may get blasted for this, but I think parents and children are not meant to be BFF. I love my mother dearly but she is not my best friend. She was there to teach me right from wrong and allowed me to fail and to fall as I learned from my own mistakes. There was always a line. A parent is there for guidance, not as a drinking or shopping buddy.
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Re: Jamie Lee Curtis Blasts Paris Hilton's Mom, Others
Posted by Goldi0218
Parents her age, she says, are more concerned with being friends with their kids than teaching them important lessons.
I couldnt agree more with any other statement. I may get blasted for this, but I think parents and children are not meant to be BFF. I love my mother dearly but she is not my best friend. She was there to teach me right from wrong and allowed me to fail and to fall as I learned from my own mistakes. There was always a line. A parent is there for guidance, not as a drinking or shopping buddy.
I don't know anyone who would blast you on this. I completely agree. I think there needs to be a boundary between parents and children. I knew that I could tell my mom anything if I was in trouble- but we had a line we didn't cross.
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Re: Jamie Lee Curtis Blasts Paris Hilton's Mom, Others
Posted by Goldi0218
Parents her age, she says, are more concerned with being friends with their kids than teaching them important lessons.
I couldnt agree more with any other statement. I may get blasted for this, but I think parents and children are not meant to be BFF. I love my mother dearly but she is not my best friend. She was there to teach me right from wrong and allowed me to fail and to fall as I learned from my own mistakes. There was always a line. A parent is there for guidance, not as a drinking or shopping buddy.
Well said. ITA
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Re: Jamie Lee Curtis Blasts Paris Hilton's Mom, Others
Posted by Goldi0218
Parents her age, she says, are more concerned with being friends with their kids than teaching them important lessons.
I couldnt agree more with any other statement. I may get blasted for this, but I think parents and children are not meant to be BFF. I love my mother dearly but she is not my best friend. She was there to teach me right from wrong and allowed me to fail and to fall as I learned from my own mistakes. There was always a line. A parent is there for guidance, not as a drinking or shopping buddy.
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Re: Jamie Lee Curtis Blasts Paris Hilton's Mom, Others
Posted by alnem
Posted by nrthshgrl
While I completely agree with her, I would hate to see her eat her words with Annie & Thomas.
agreed.
and Barbra Walters said this morning on The View that Paris wasnt saying "its not right" about the sentencing. she said it because she went to hug her mother and the guards took her away and wouldnt let her touch her mom. if thats true, then i would scream "its not right" too if i was dragged away from my mom.
I could be wrong, but don't they do that to everyone? I've seen court cases on TV where they don't allow physical contact amongst the family members after sentencing. I personally don't see anything wrong with that. She got to hug her mother a lot while she was out.
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Re: Jamie Lee Curtis Blasts Paris Hilton's Mom, Others
Posted by alnem
and Barbra Walters said this morning on The View that Paris wasnt saying "its not right" about the sentencing. she said it because she went to hug her mother and the guards took her away and wouldnt let her touch her mom. if thats true, then i would scream "its not right" too if i was dragged away from my mom.
Eh, could be, but Barbra is friends with Kathy Hilton and could be trying to sway the current negative public opinion of Paris.
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