“A flamboyant celebrity blogger, the queen of all cougars and a “Fat Actress” walk into a bar…”
The setup is joke worthy, only calling people “child pornographers” in the “bar” of cyberspace, aka Twitter, isn’t funny. If you’ve been living under a rock, you have probably missed the conflict going on between Perez Hilton and Demi Moore, with a healthy dose of Kirstie Alley thrown in for good measure. Last week, Hilton posted a picture to his Twitter account of Moore’s 15 year old daughter, Tallulah, in a low cut shirt that showed off a little too much of her Tallulahs. Moore didn’t like the picture of her daughter exposing what her hot mama gave her, and in turn, called Hilton a “child pornographer.” A tweet battle of epic proportions ensued, and it was almost as funny as an “Andy” vs. “Kelly” (Ed Helms vs. Mindy Kaling) danceoff on The Office.
To make matters worse, Kirstie Alley decided that suddenly not “everyone knows her name” anymore, so she threw her hat in the ring, threatening Hilton with bodily harm while also throwing the “child pornographer” term around.
Now I’m no expert on child pornography, but I am an attorney, and the law defines child pornograpy as any image that “depicts a minor engaging in sexually explicit conduct and is obscene” or “appears to be, of a minor engaging in … sexual intercourse … and lacks serious literary, artistic, political, or scientific value”. I’m fairly certain that if what Tallulah was doing in the club in which she was photographed was by definition “pornographic,” she would have been removed from the club and Perez Hilton would be the least of her worries.
The more important legal definition at hand, though, is defamation, and I think Perez Hilton has a far better case against Moore for her actions. Defamation is defined as “the issuance of a false statement about another person, which causes that person to suffer harm.” I think Hilton can fairly easily prove that he is NOT in fact a child pornographer, and may very well be able to prove that having being labelled as such has hurt his livelihood by deflecting readers from his site and causing him public embarrassment.
Legal issues aside, I think this story boils down to Demi Moore getting caught slacking on her “You Are NOT Going Out of the House Dressed Like That” duties, and looked to lash out at anyone she could, rather than being accountable for the fact that perhaps her teenage daughter was dressed a little to provocatively. As a mother, I can relate to not wanting to take the blame, but I think that Moore’s emotionally charged response is not only unfair to Hilton, but overlooks a good opportunity to use this as a teaching moment for each of her daughters and much of young Hollywood in general.
As for Kirstie Alley, I saw her BIG bikini reveal on Oprah, and girlfriend has no business getting involved in arguments about obsecene, mass media distributed images that lack value.
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Comments
Meghan
September 9th, 2009 - 4:26:39 PM
Nice. Make fat jokes about Kirstie Alley, who, by the way, is friends with Moore and was just sticking up for her friend. Real classy. Oh, but of course you forgot to mention that Heidi Montag (of The Hills fame) jumped into the fight too, but on the side of Perez Hilton. But, I know, I know, why mention her when you can make more Kirstie Alley fat jokes. Hilarious.
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Shelby Dearborn
September 9th, 2009 - 4:33:13 PM
Very well written article! I totally agree that maybe Demi should be a little more strict. Perez didn't tell her to dress like that. Wait and why is a 15 year old in a club anyway? Doesn't she have homework?! ;) I love the above comment, sorry but Kirstie Alley fat jokes outdo Heidi Montag jokes any day. Heidi is not even worth mentioning.
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Dottie
September 9th, 2009 - 4:51:00 PM
Wonderful article, well written and great points. Oh Demi Moore, does she still act?
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Anonymous
September 9th, 2009 - 5:05:49 PM
Wow, fat jokes are totally tasteless. You're doing wonders for our society by making jokes like that about someone's size.
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Low
September 10th, 2009 - 8:42:01 AM
Isn't Kirstie Alley a self-proclaimed "Fat Actress"? I don't think there were any fat jokes made here. Just funny jokes. Take a breather people.
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E. Reinhardt
September 10th, 2009 - 2:41:17 PM
Demi's at fault? Have you ever checked out Hilton's website, Lady? Do you know how many times he's drawn a penis going into Miley Cyrus' mouth? Or that he constantly calls 16 year old Miley slutty? Or seems unbelievably interested in whether she still retains her virginity. Or the cartoon that he commissioned that stars the cartoon Jonas brothers and cartoon Miley. It has them saying the most vile things to each other and includes a creepy close camera shot of the cartoon Jonas' crotches. Including the 16 year old. THAT is all worth taking him down and out. That we have allowed him to get away with this behavior is beyond me. Demi and Kirstie deserve our thanks. The Cyrus' should have done this a long time ago.
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Parent's Fault
September 10th, 2009 - 9:51:07 PM
E. Reinhardt - YES, Demi is at fault and so is her daughter. Duh, the girl is dressed like that and that is why her picture was taken. She was not posing for Perez Hilton. Same with Miley Cyrus. Do you honestly believe that Perez Hilton is the only one calling her a slut? Perhaps she should stop acting on and then there will be no one to call her one. Miley Cyrus loves the attention from Perez Hilton and sends him Tweets all the time. Where are her parents? Oh, yeah, they don't have to step in because people like you blame it on Perez Hilton.
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Aimie
September 23rd, 2009 - 1:28:25 PM
I think both are wrong. Perez for picking up on such a young girl and Demi for letting her out like that. I feel sorry for Kirstie Alley though, I didn't realize her career was soooo over...
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