Patti Blagojevich, a state’s pride
This isn’t even an admission of a guilty pleasure - it’s the confession that I wanted to see a train wreck.
And I’m satisfied.
I watched the show “I’m A Celebrity, Get Me Out Of Here!” last night on DVR. Once again, I sing the praises of the best invention since the Concorde (come back soon, my friend), the DVR.
This show was horrible. I’ve only heard of a couple of these “celebs.” Sanjaya, Stephen Baldwin and Lou Diamond Phillips. Oh, and my reason for watching: Mrs. Patti Blagojevich, the former first lady of my great state of corruption, Illinois.
She delivered! (But I had to fast forward through nearly two hours worth of crap to get to the meat.)
The show is ridiculous and no point in wasting time on it other than to say: I like this Frangela duo. Never heard of them, but they’re saucy. I like saucy.
Mrs. B finally, near the end of the show, finally spoke about her husband’s legal and political woes. It’s all a plot by his political rivals. Um, okay. Yeah, yeah, I know. Innocent until proven guilty. Unless you’re a politician from Illinois. Then you’re guilty unless you’re Jesus Christ. Because that’s just how the game is played in my state. Every Illinoisian who isn’t in a coma knows it, although I can’t blame anyone for playing ostrich.
Non-Illinoisans now see Illinois as a big fat joke, and can’t say I don’t blame them. (Except oddly, one citizen is able to float above it all…let’s see how long that lasts with Bob Woodward on the case. I have a feeling he’s going to be the first member of the mainstream media to finally break the spell.)
But back to Patti. Boo hoo. I LOVED IT. She even cried. Rod must have been so proud. Now I’m kind of aggravated at the judge who denied Rod’s petition to leave the country and go on the show. I would have actually enjoyed calling the number and having him dunked in a tank of snakes or whatever it is you do on this show. (Something about phoning in, because every “celeb” wears a shirt with a phone number.)
So Patti gives her boo hoo story of everybody out to get my pure saint husband. And then the “celebs” chimed in, with one nobody saying he would have voted for Rod for president. (WTF?) And another said that after all, the PEOPLE voted for Rod TWICE.
Disclaimer: yes, I voted for him twice, and I revoke my votes. So don’t count me in, and I’m betting I’m not the only citizen who would take back a vote if we could.
It was just this great big wreck of deliciousness with Patti doing the boo-hoo show and the celebs saying you poor dear, we love Rod. God bless you all. And then some of them DID pray. LOL.
Mr. Baldwin wisely kept his mouth shut. (I believe I saw a smirk.)
I’m going to suffer through this show (with DVR assistance) for these little tidbits of Patti. I’m imagining our former joke of a governor on his couch, with a brat in his mouth, his eyes growing misty with pride.
The only thing that could make this better: give this woman a shirt with a scarlet A and put ILLINOIS in great big letters. Let’s show our state pride!
