But anyway, this was what Shelly posted in response to someone's concern that a radio DJ said that Christina didn't duet with Ricky at the AMAs because she stood him up:
When you are accused of standing someone up, it means you agreed to meet them somewhere and do something with them, and simply didn't show up, which is obviously what this person is accusing Christina of...and Ricky knows himself full well that Christina never could have agreed to appear on the AMA's with him, because it's against the rules!! She was scheduled to sing at the Grammys, and that automatically does not allow her to sing at the AMA's.
Gotta love the media. Here we go again. They report all this stuff, all these nasty details, then cover their butts by taking a second and a half to quickly say they don't know if it's true or not...knowing full well that what will stick in people's minds are the lengthy details they give on the story, not on the 2 seconds it took to blurt out "we don't know if it's true". Well then, if they don't know if it's true, FIND OUT FIRST BEFORE YOU OPEN YOUR MOUTH!! BE RESPONSIBLE REPORTERS!!!!! :MAD:
Sorry...got a little angry there. It just gets SO, so old. That and people expecting Christina (and any other celebrity, for that matter) to freeze every time they spot her on the sidewalk or somewhere and want an autograph. Let me kill two birds with one stone here, if you all will have patience, please.
As for a very upset mom, well guess what! You aren't nearly as upset as I am! Try having grown adults take potshots at your child's character--people who don't even know her, yet who base their (and, sadly, through example, their children's ) entire judgement of her all based on a fleeting..what....maybe 5 second encounter! All without knowing ANY background of circumstances, details of what's going on with her, where she's going, if something bad's on her mind or--for Pete's sake!--if she even heard you! Oh, I dare say you'd be pretty upset yourself.
Fact is, a celebrity can knock him or herself out and miss appointments and everything else in trying to make sure no one on earth is left out. But it's impossible. Only one person with thousands--no,millions--of people tugging on you for something every day, no matter how hard you try, SOMEBODY is not going to get what they want.
Most of those, out of common compassion and logic, have no problem with that because they understand it perfectly. But the ones who don't and who choose to personalize it and take offense often show very, very plainly just how little they've stopped to think through the realities of the situation. They often show this by saying things like, "it's 'just one!" and "it would only take one minute", and "gee, she didn't even want to do it!" & *how rude*..etc." Christina-- of all people! Shoot, she always stops when we all are pulling on her to go, for crying out loud!!
But people, sometimes, she can't! All angry people are showing is a total and complete lack of understanding of how a celebrity's life goes. For their one angry "ooo she's rude" story, I can give you literally--and I do mean LITERALLY-- over a hundred and fifty wonderful, touching stories of people who write in of all ages, impressed with how Christina went out of her way for them, etc. Some people don't realize that if she stops, most often someone else will spot her and more will come--and if she's on her way somewhere, you can forget about making it in time. People--it's happened time and time again. Several times every day, to be honest. And I've seen people STILL get angry even when she acknowledges them--even apologizes--as she keeps walking because she's GOT to go (most of her life is on a very, very tight schedule--and are often running late. Ask any celebrity!!). Sometimes, depending on the situation, it's better to keep going, because with some people, you're going to get blasted whether you're nice or not. But with Christina, sometimes, if she doesn't turn and answer, it's because she doesn't even hear you. We are in our own livingroom and say something to her--twice, even--and she's sometimes focusing so deeply on something to hear us. She can focus her thoughts quite deeply when she's trying to come up with answers to things. No, I'm not kidding. It's an intense life and she's (and other celebrities) have got things on her mind sometimes that most 34 year old parents would NOT be able to handle. No, I'm not being rude and, believe it or not, I mean no disrespect. I'm simply stating fact. I know what I'm talking about, because I have seen both the normal lifestyle and the celebrity, and trust me--most of the intense, busiest adult executives would not be able to go the pace that this business demands of their professionals. That is not snobbery. That's just blunt truth. If the lives were switched around so that these offended people would experience even half of it, they'd understand rather than judge, and they'd be sitting here writing this to try and open other people's eyes. It's not as simple as it sounds to "stop to just sign ONE". She does it every single day of every week of every year for hundreds of people she runs into. But come on! Sometimes she can, sometimes she can't. And if a star tells you that they ALWAYS stop with a smile to sign every single, solitary person's autograph who asks and no one is ever, ever left out--- they are lying. Period. It's physically impossible --especially on their time schedules.
Sorry again. Didn't mean to vent, but it just gets me how people spend far, far too much time passing swift judgement based on surface things, and not near enough time educating themselves as to circumstances and truth. Why have we, as a society, become so lazy that we won't take the time to walk in another's shoes long enough to be able to properly assess things? Or is it so sad that everyone is just too selfish to care?
More to this page later, maybe? I have a few other articles pertaining to this but I'll have to go and find them again;).