Today’s trashy celebrity news comes to us from northern Sweden, of all places, where local politicians have lodged a complaint against a commercial featuring Goldie Hawn, of all people.
I am really happy to find out that celebrities sometimes travel to far away places like Europe or Japan or Billings, MT in order to make commercials, because the rate of pay for famous people in the United States is just so freakin’ low. These people have families to feed! They have so many houses to maintain. They have bodyguards to support and charities and causes to attend to. They have politicians to endorse. They got bills, people! Bills!
Here’s what the problem with the ad seemed to be:
“It’s an ad where a young girl is really depressed because her boyfriend has just broken up with her. Goldie Hawn, who is an actress, encourages her to indulge in some comfort shopping.
I’m sorry that I couldn’t find this ad on youtube anywhere, because it must be freakin’ hysterical. Are things so bad in Sweden that they have to rely on the “depressed teenager” deomgraphic in order to stimulate the economy? What sort of ad agencies to they have in Sweden. And if “depressed teenager” is actually your target audience, is Goldie Hawn really ideal role model for that group? Wouldn’t a better choice be Lindsay Lohan or Britney Freakin’ Spears?
Whatever, I’m just happy that the youth of Sweden have been spared the embarrassment of over-shopping and early bankruptcy.
Goldie Hawn, retail therapy, shopping, Sweden, bankruptcy