Paris Hilton up and walked out of ABC News interview at her L.A. home earlier this week when correspondent Dan Harris dared to suggest that her new show’s poor ratings indicated that she was “past her prime” and no longer the reality star du jour. “Du jour” of course meaning “of the butt.” Good Morning America says:

Others [i.e. the Kardashians] have usurped her role at the top of the reality television pecking order [and] her latest series, “The World According to Paris” debuted to a dismal 400,000 viewers.

Though Hilton said that she doesn’t feel that [Kim] Kardashian [is] overshadowing her and that [her show's poor] ratings didn’t bother her, she walked out of the interview with the mention of her moment having passed.

After storming off, Hilton eventually returned to the interview after some cajoling to discuss her ideas about her own reinvention.

I never understood Paris Hilton’s appeal in the first place. She’s built like a giraffe and she’s got the one wonky eye and that baby voice thing she and Kim Kardashian do is goddamn repulsive. My jaw and fist involuntarily clench up just at the sight of them. And once I’ve clenched my fist, it cannot be un-clenched until it has spilled blood. Or drywall. Needless to say, “Keeping up with the Kardashians” cost me my deposit on more than one apartment.

Whitney Houston’s first public singing performance in nearly a decade was a big ol’ hot mess. The NY Daily News says

“I’m sorry,” [Houston] told the capacity crowd at Rumsey Playfield, where she was singing as part of a segment to run on tomorrow’s “Good Morning America” in the 8 a.m. hour. Houston blamed her evident vocal problems on the “Oprah Winfrey Show,” which she had taped Monday to air on Sept. 14th. “When I’m talking, I should be singing,” Houston said. Not even the most loving fan could have missed the cracks in her voice that came once in each song. Or the fact that Houston treated the highest notes the same way drivers with new cars treat pot holes.

Oh, come on now. It wasn’t that bad. Especially if it was Whitney Houston doing James Brown doing a Whitney Houston impression. In that case, I’d have to say it was spot-on!

Crack is wack, crack is cheap — just like that wig:

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