Grown Up Gossip & Internet Villainy
You know, I was just thinking to myself, “Damn, it has been a minute since Chris Brown has done anything super douchey.”? And just like magic, Brown delivered us all a totally cringe worthy set of Tweets, completely making up for all the quiet time.
At this point, Chris is basically?competing with Kanye for “Most Arrogant Celebrity.”? My money will always be on Yeezus, but Brown is pulling a tight second.
Celebrities have always endorsed tat to make a bit of extra coin for themselves. They’re a brazen bunch, willing to sign up to almost anything. It’s almost impressive really. They’re nakedly greedy and don’t mind showing it off.
From Iggy Pop’s dodgy insurance commercials to Chubby Checker endorsing his own beef jerky, there’s always someone trying to steal a coin from your pocket.
However, marketing and pop culture – as intertwined as they may be – don’t mix too well sometimes. This is why we’re going to have a look at some of the more peculiar celebrity endorsements.
James Brown is a man who has had his back catalogue plundered like no other. Hip hop producers stole lick after lick, break after break, making JB relevant long after many other soul singers had shuffled off into some musical wilderness.
Not that Brown would’ve minded because he was already in the business of recycling his own hits for pay.
And while this isn’t strictly a cover version, it’s interesting to note that the famous version of the song everyone called ‘I Feel Good’ was by no means the first.
Not so long ago Uncle Hecklerspray sat you on its knee and told you about Mariah Carey?s champagne-inspired ?Best Breakthrough Actress? award acceptance speech at the Palm Springs International Film Festival awards.
Well, it's time to nestle yourselves back onto Uncle?s lap again. That's it, get comfortable. Why don't you fetch yourself a nice big mug of Horlick?s and listen to your Uncle H tell you about some more celebrities who’ve been on TV worse for wear. Say, 12 of them? Okay.
Just don't touch Uncle Hecklerspray?s beard while he's talking?
Gloria Daniel, the former girlfriend of former alive funk legend, James Brown, has been talking to GQ magazine about their unbelievably strange sex life.
According to Daniel, “Motherfucker was crazy,” and, “It was the drugs.”
“He tried like hell, though,” she says. “He’d wear you out. That man died trying to come.”
Well, this is joyous news. Nobody likes a drugged-up 70-year-old trying to come more than hecklerspray. And if anybody tries to tell you different, it’s a goddamn lie.
