American Idol and liposuction

Shocker. What American Idol season would be complete without a "scandal". This time it’s with contestant Joanna Pacitti (don’t hold me accoutable for the spelling of that last name). Apparently Joanna was too polished. She made the top 36 but has been asked to leave the show before ever being able to perform on live TV. Too bad, so sad.

For those who don’t know, this girl had a record contract previously. I read an article that said she sold 16,000 or so copies but was dropped a year or so ago from the Geffen label. (Probably equivalent to Justin Guarini) Another magazine said she was booted from the Broadway show "Annie" – she was Annie – when she was 11. Anyway, American Idol didn’t give a reason for her dismissal, but the Internet world speculates it to be over outcry of her too-professional resume. Funny thing because in Hollywood week, she couldn’t get through a single song without forgetting the words. Real professional. She was cute, though, and let’s face it. That’s half of it.

Speaking of American Idol, Jesse Langseth was finally shown last night on the show. I want to root for the Fargo girl, but I’m just not sold yet. Her singing is too affected and she’s too ordinary looking. Yeah, yeah, I know. That’s mean. But not as mean as when Simon told her last night that she was horrible and that she’d never win. That had to sting. At any rate, I’m curious to see how resident crackpots Tatianna and Ned/Norman will do on live TV in the coming weeks.

On another tangent, I wrote the other day about the "routine surgery" gone wrong for Usher’s wife … well of course, it was liposuction. I have to say. If magazines like US Weekly – which I must disclose I don’t miss a word of each week – would stop being so obsessed with pregnant celebrities and their "post-baby bods", maybe people like Tameka Raymond wouldn’t feel such pressure to have liposuction just weeks after having a baby. The woman was apparently so desperate to be skinny again, she went to freaking Brazil for surgery because no surgeon around here in their right mind would perform such a thing!!

Why can’t we just let pregnant women be pregnant and get a grip over the fact that sometimes it might take a while for someone to look perfectly skinny after having a baby. Not everyone can be Tori Spelling. Ironically, on People.com right next to the story about Usher’s wife almost dying, there’s a story touting Naomi Watts’ "Body after baby secrets." Good Lord. Does anyone really care!?! Because guess what, no one in middle America can afford plastic surgery, nor can they afford to have meals delivered to their homes, nor can they afford a trainer. And the celebrities who claim they don’t do those things … total liars. But I digress. Let’s get back to discussing the important things in the world … like the racist Miley Cyrus pics. Now that’s worth talking about!