Shelling Out Advice to Kim Kardashian
When you hold a shell to your ear, you hear the ocean. But not from this kind of Shel. If you listen to this Shel, you’ll hear some really smart insights. I especially enjoyed Shel’s post on why we can’t have celebu-bimbo Kim Kardashian represent the PR industry. I can’t believe I’m giving self-proclaimed booty queen, K-Kard this much space on my blog, not that she’d care what an unknown anonymous PR blogger thinks. Frankly, like her, I don’t care.
PR Queen: No Booty Queen: Yes
In truth, I’m a fan of some reality shows even if we all know that they’re as real as the tooth fairy. The problem is a majority of the average (IQ) viewer still believes reality shows are as real as the couch they sit on. I remember when Lizzie Grubman’s Power Girls premiered on MTV and every non-PR friend I knew gave me an amused look saying, so that’s what you do. I already had a hard time explaining what I did, and here comes Lizzie with her so-called PR gal pals making it look like the P in PR stood for Pimp.
P stands for Public not Pimping
So what do we do as PR folks when this reality show debuts with the two PR boys (I mean ‘gurus’) from Command Public Relations. (I’m thinking they named it that because they both go ‘commando’ from the break of dawn into the night. See commando definition here.) I’d like to think we’ll all heed Shel’s call to action. Maybe even go on a campaign to petition the show off. Though, I’m sure many of us will be glued to the TV to see how this firm operates and whether it’s like the agency you work for. Not surprisingly, it may just be. As the great PR mind, Josh Sternberg, succinctly replied to me in a tweet.
I have one of these coming out on my blog tomorrow. This is horrible I hope someone with sense puts the knife to her show.
I already have a hard enough time defending what I do — now all of us in PR have to deal with her? She’s only famous because she made a sex tape…frankly, that isn’t saying very much.
Sasha Muradali
30 Aug 09 at 10:27 PM
I used to believe in the power of letting dumb dogs lie and hope they’d fade away…obviously I was a naive little washer then.
I like trainwrecks (not the literal kind of course) as much as the next guy, but the depth, sincerity and hard work I see my colleagues putting into their field only to be trampled on by 4″ heels, dishonestly cut footage and the usual reality TV shenanigans is quite disconcerting.
That being said, I’m glad to see so many PRPros come out in opposition to this (including at PRBreakfastClub.com shortly) and hope we’ll be able to retain the rep of our biz to some extent.
PR Cog
31 Aug 09 at 11:12 AM