Trashy Celebs

I am sure that you all are simply stunned to hear about yet another brush with violence and idiocy Kid Rock had this past weekend, this time at an Atlanta, GA Waffle House. Yes, a Waffle House. I don’t know what I can write about this that makes it more embarrassing or ridiculous than it already is. I mean, really, a brawl at a Waffle House? That is almost as embarrassing as a brawl with Tommy Lee at the 2007 MTV Video Music Awards.

ATLANTA, Georgia (AP) — Kid Rock was arrested early Sunday after a brawl at a restaurant and spent about 12 hours in jail before being released, police said.

Kid Rock and his entourage were involved in a brawl at an Atlanta restaurant early Sunday morning.

The musician stopped at the Waffle House restaurant shortly after 5 a.m. after his performance at The Tabernacle in Atlanta, authorities said.

“He and five members of his entourage were involved in a fight with a male customer inside the Waffle House,” said Mekka Parish, a spokeswoman for the DeKalb County Police Department.

The customer recognized a female with Kid Rock’s party and exchanged words with her, Parish said.

“It escalated to a physical altercation between Kid Rock and that male customer and moved outside to the parking lot,” she said. At some point the customer punched out a restaurant window, she said. Kid Rock left in his tour bus and was stopped by police about a mile from the restaurant, Parish said. The musician and five members of his entourage were taken into custody on a misdemeanor charge of simple battery.

The other customer was charged with criminal damage to property, a felony, Parish said. Kid Rock was released from the county jail on bond about 5 p.m. A telephone message left with Kid Rock’s publicist was not immediately returned.

Now, I know I live a very, very, very different lifestyle that rock and roll “stars” like Mr. Kid Rock. At 5:15 A.M., when he is apparently just getting around to having dinner, I am soundly sleeping, unless my cats are making some sort of unreasonable demand. I do not have an entourage, unless you count said cats and a small dog following me around at dinner time. I wash my hair occasionally. I do not wear wifebeaters unless it is to sleep in. And I was never married to Pamela Anderson, not even for 20 minutes in Vegas. But even though Mr. Rock and I are about the same age (shut up) I have to say, I feel much, much older than him.

But really, can I say that I might not have done the same thing? I do not know! Perhaps if I made a late night/early morning trip for some burgers and fries or chicken and waffles or scattered and smothered potatoes (yuummmm!) and someone insulted my female companion, I might start a brawl as well. That is, I might if I had an entourage to back me up, a big cushy tour bus to make my escape, and oh, yeah, number one album to promote. Rock N Roll Jesus, Kid Rock? Whatever.

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