Pribek

I got to keep a closer eye on this trend. It’s beyond silly that every time there is a natural disaster, somebody, a politician or celebrity, blames the the disaster on somebody or, the actions of human beings. As if “Nature” no longer plays a part in “Natural” disasters. Now, this jive has been going on for a long time, it’s not new. But, these days, there isn’t one disaster that goes by without some politico or celeb showing their ass along with their insensitivity and ignorance.

I first saw this bit of news the other day. Sharon Stone discusses the recent earthquake in China, take it away Sharon Stone…

“I’m not happy about the way the Chinese are treating the Tibetans because I don’t think anyone should be unkind to anyone else,” Stone said Thursday during a Cannes Film Festival red-carpet interview with Hong Kong’s Cable Entertainment News. “And then this earthquake and all this stuff happened, and then I thought, is that karma? When you’re not nice that the bad things happen to you?”

As if, after thousands and thousands of years of people dedicating their lives to studying the ins and outs of karma somehow, this woman….

…is now the arbiter of karma.

So, now Ms. Stone has pissed off the people of China, which means she has pissed off the largest emerging market for her dying industry and, pissed off the guy who owns the most theaters in China, who says he will never again show one of her films in any of his joints.

But, that’s not all…

During the brief interview, which has also surfaced on YouTube, Stone also said she cried when she received a letter from the Tibetan Foundation asking her to help the quake victims.

“They wanted to go and be helpful, and that made me cry,” she said. “It was a big lesson to me that sometimes you have to learn to put your head down and be of service even to people who aren’t nice to you.”

O.K., I saw the video a couple of days ago and, it’s really not worth sitting through but, it’s easy to find if you must. Stone mostly comes off as what we used to call “ditzy”, like she’s in over her head. She is pompous in that she seems of the opinion that she, as a celebrity, has a true impact on things like world affairs and natural disasters. She also has the audacity to name drop this guy.

Yep, the old Dalai Lama. Sharon Stone says something like; “The Dalai Lama who, is a good friend of mine.”, and then goes on to say the he asked for her help in all of this.

What is going on with the Dalai Lama? Is he hanging out at cocktail parties, eating goat cheese every night. The Dalai Lama knows more celebrities than Oprah. Maybe, he’s angling for his own talk show, I don’t know.

Anyway, keep watching folks. There will be more natural disasters, that’s nature, you know? And, when one happens, even before the dust has settled, somebody will be out there blaming it on somebody.

Update-5-27:

Reuters reporting today that Stone is continuing to feel the fallout from her remarks.

This is from a statement by Christian Dior, a company that Stone has a modeling contract with.

“Due to some customer reaction we have decided to pull her image from all of the department stores and from all of China,” Christian Dior China said in a statement.

“We just want our customers and fans to realize that her personal comments are not related to the company and of course we don’t support any type of commentary that will hurt the feelings of our customers,” Dior said.