Hey, Adrift And Famous? Do A Celebreality Show!

Virginia Heffernan of the New York Times reviewed Paula Abdul’s new reality series on Bravo, ‘Hey Paula’, and how routine reality shows have become for stars in recent years. “To a one, and Paula Abdul is no exception, celebrities on reality shows appear to exist surrounded to suffocation by stylists, assistants and makeup artists whom they consider their ‘best friends’,” she writes. “To these paid best friends, they give inane lectures and absurdist riffs about their miscellaneous needs, most of them physical. The best friends say virtually nothing, except to praise the appearance of the celebrity and offer her food and drink. With great volatility, the celebrity alternately embraces them and shouts them down.”