Glitter me stupid
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The great thing about cooking shows is getting commentary and info from amazing chefs and professionals. What the hell is Padma Lakshmi doing on Top Chef? Is she a chef? No. Is she a restaurateur? No. Was she in the movie Glitter with Mariah Cary? Yes.
I understand wanting the host to be a beautiful woman, but to food-centric viewers, that sometimes isn’t enough. I cringe every time she says something, because I know her opinion doesn’t mean shit to me. I’ve commented on other blogs of my disdain for her and some think I’m nuts. Well I’m not a dude and I don’t want to sleep with her. Why is she a judge? If she was merely the host I’d shut the fuck up. But no, she gets to have a say and her say sucks. The panel is full of people with culinary experience and she peddles I Love Padma t shirts for Bravo. She is the only judge not to blog on the show on the Bravo site. I guess dating old millionaires is fucking hard work. She’s trying to earn a living I suppose.
The woman has a cook book out. “Easy Exotic: A Model’s Low-fat Recipes From Around The World”. Awesome. Is it just pages of doing coke in foreign countries? What do models eat? So when the Top Chef gravy train runs dry, can we expect her on the Food Network? They seem to like giving shows to just about anyone lately.
I’m watching Top Chef tonight, I keep hoping one night I’ll tune in and Bravo will have gotten a clue. I just have to repeat it one more time. She was in the movie Glitter with Mariah Carey. Yikes.
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By Lemmonex, January 28, 2009 @ 12:38 PM
A model’s diet: coke, cigarettes and a never ending hunger for validation.
By k8, January 28, 2009 @ 1:49 PM
Whereas being a pretty model makes me want to punch her in the face, I might disagree with you on the judging part. I’d love to see a show where the judges are ordinary people – not some exotic foodie all the time. Does that make sense?
Although then we’d just have to judge Paula Deen and she gives me high cholesterol just watching her.
By OxenCox, January 28, 2009 @ 1:57 PM
k8- Her being a model doesn’t piss me off. I don’t want the judges to be ordinary people, I want to know from someone who SHOULD know, what is good and why. Funnies on the Paula Deen. How did her sons end up so hot and fit? I figured they would be porkers.
By OxenCox, January 28, 2009 @ 1:59 PM
Lem- I guess my diet is cigarettes and a never ending hunger. I will never be a model. Oh well. Where did I put my sandwhich…
By LiLu, January 28, 2009 @ 2:56 PM
OMG… Padma was in GLITTER??? For shame… I am going to be watching with a much larger degree of skepticism tonight! When is this crew of chefs going to get INTERESTING??
By OxenCox, January 28, 2009 @ 3:29 PM
Who knows? It’s getting kind of sad. The shame is on her. Fucking Glitter. I can’t stop shaking my head.