Re: Sex, Lies & Videotape
Spencer Pratt is the soon to be ex-husband of Heidi Montag. He is known for being on the reality show The Hills and for being married to Montag who is mostly known for having 10 plastic surgery procedures in one day. She was on The Hills too but no one really remembers that anymore. They are getting a divorce so Spencer is losing his only connection to D-List celebrity status. His answer to this problem is to release a sex tape starring himself and Heidi and possibly a Playboy model. Upon hearing this news, Heidi followed the now traditional sex tape script which is: 1) Deny the tape’s existence, and 2) Cut a deal for a percentage of the profits. Spencer’s response is consistent with the fame hungry image he has carefully cultivated. He admits that he’s releasing it for money. You have to give him credit for working his 15 minutes longer than anyone would have guessed he could.
Then again, isn’t the celebrity sex tape becoming a non-event? Should Pratt and Montag really be rewarded for filming themselves when it’s likely that they did it with a future release in mind? It’s been reported that Heidi is taking a meeting with the head of Vivid Entertainment, the go-to company for sex tapes, and she wants to know the sales figures for Kim Kardashian’s tape in order to craft a better deal for herself. This is not the first time a woman featured in a sex tape has referred to the Kardashian video as a sort of entrepreneurial model. Montana Fishburne, better known as the daughter of actor Laurence, recently released a tape through Vivid citing Kardashian as her inspiration. Apparently, Kim’s tape put her on the pop culture map and Montana wants the same. But doesn’t a tape lose some of its forbidden appeal when its feature players are in on the deal? The before-you-were-famous-did-it-for-a-boyfriend tape is what people want to see. (Unless you’re Pamela Anderson whose image is so intricately tied to sex that a private tape is practically a studio release). Once there’s a hint of calculated intent, it might as well be a professional production.
In the end though, Spencer seems to be missing the biggest point of the celebrity sex tape. You have to be an actual celebrity for people to care.
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