Peaches Geldof, the face of a well-known brand of underwear, got caught up in a nude pictures/ heroin/ cult scandal. You know, same old same old. We were pretty sure it would all blow over in a second or two.
Oops, guess we were wrong. Big corporations do have a bothersome tendency to get all riled up over the most mundane of allegations.
None of us folks here do anything harder than beer. However, if one of us had been caught in a nude/ heroin/ cult-type scandal… well… okay, we aren’t famous so no one would care. But we’re sure the powers that be would pat us on the back, tell us we’re awesome, and give us a ruddy nice pay-rise to boot. Sadly for Peaches, when she gets caught doing something wrong the public do find out about it.
Peaches was photographed post-coitus and topless – at that point we realised she was two tattoos away from looking like a Jesse James mistress. She and her bedfellow were alleged to have spent that whole night having too much debauched, illegal, fun for us to go into right this second. All you need to know is that the results of that night ended up on the Internet. Which is the single best place for all of your memories to end up. You know, so you can share your high jinks with family, friends, and co-workers.
Consequences for celebrities are few and far between. Don’t go spreading things around, but we’re pretty sure all of under-age Hollywood smoke and drink and not a thing is done about it. None of the little blighters even get grounded. Again, in this regard, Peaches has gotten the short end of the stick. The consequences of her scandal are a nearly year-long relationship with Ultimo Underwear down the drain. Peaches has been the face and tattooed body of the campaign since May 2009. She was pretty much fired on Monday; people who make racy pants don’t like you to get naked on your own time.
MJM International, the company behind the Miss Ultimo lingerie brand confirmed that it has terminated Peaches’ contract. A spokesperson for the brand said, via Holy Moly:
?We have been in meetings all morning with regards to the stories that have surfaced over the weekend about Peaches and unfortunately we have no option but to terminate her contract. Miss Ultimo is a brand geared towards a young female audience and as a company we have a social responsibility to ensure we are promoting only positive role models that young women can aspire to.
We are thus in the process of removing Peaches from the website and we are working with Debenhams to remove her visuals from all Miss Ultimo shops and window displays throughout the UK.?
Michelle Mone OBE, the creator of the Miss Ultimo brand, said:
?We've given this a lot of thought, but there's a point where a business must stick to its principles and as a brand that targets young women, we feel it is impossible for Peaches to continue to work with us as the face of Miss Ultimo lingerie?.
This was a guest blog by Amy Grindhouse. She rule hard.
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The Scumbag says
Reddit FTW.
hoohaahee says
What the fuck is wrong with the shape of her face?!
I see she inherited her father’s looks.
Rinchu says
The guy Peaches banged hangs from meat hooks inserted into the skin on his back for fun. It appears she was on Heroin and probably didn’t use a condom. And, the pics are on the internet.
So, thinking people will say, “How many STDs and abortions has Peaches had” and “Do I want to be like or look like Peaches the junkie”?
No company wants that for their representative. Her skanky pics have done damage to the Ms. Ultimo brand – they should ask her to pay them damages.