When a celebrity is exposed as a drug user, alcoholic, a mean spirited individual, gets into a car crash, has an affair, and (in the worse case scenario) dies. We all hear about it. Whether it be on the radio, T.V. or the internet.
I'm going to take two recent examples and look at how these celebs handled it.
First off we have David Letterman. As you probably know, David Letterman was blackmailed by a producer who threatened to disclose an affair Letterman had been having with women who have worked on his talked show.
How did this scandal come to light? The producer? No. It came right from Letterman himself, he put it out there in the open, he apologized to those he hurt and he moved on.
For Letterman's address about the scandal click here: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T9_OfOJYfcE&feature=fvst
As a public relations student I saw this and thought "Wow, good for him for getting that out there." Letterman did it right, he admitted to it, got it out in the open and now I don't even think about it.
On the other hand, we have Tiger Woods.
Recapping the incident, last Friday Tiger Woods crashed his car, had reported scratches down the side of his face, and the media speculated and informed the public that he was having an affair and his wife attacked him when she learned about it. Mr. Woods has declined comments regarding the incident until today where he said that he failed his family with personal mistakes.
From a PR perspective: Although he basically confirmed the affair, he left the public and media in the dark for quite awhile, and when that happens rumors start flying, credibility and respect are lost. He just needed to come out with the truth and he may have helped himself in the long run.
For more on Tiger Woods click here: http://sports.ca.msn.com/top-stories/cp-article.aspx?cp-documentid=22776750
What are your thoughts on how celebrities deal with scandals?
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I tend to stay away from caring about celebs drama.
ReplyDeleteBut I totally get what your trying to say and I have another example. A week or so ago there was leaked nude photo's of Rhianna. Instead of letting rumors fly, she admitted them, and told everyone that she would never regret them and that everybody should have nude photo's of themselves. (laugh)
The point is she didn't let it become a scandal, she openly admitted it, and because of that, it will just pass by.
I honestly think most of celeb drama is created for publicity. You tend to remember the people who have had sex scandals, nude photo's, affairs, for example, Paris Hilton. She has been spotted at so many parties and has sex tapes leaked, the works. And we remember this. Same with Lindsey Lohan. Given she was so far that her career is ruined, but we will always remember all the crazy things she did.
I dunno, I could be totally off, but thats whats going on in ma head.
Good points and examples Kyle. I didn't even know there was a Rhianna scandal or maybe I did and just forgot about, but that just goes to show that admission of guilt quickly can quickly work in your favor.
ReplyDeleteExactly. and yea, there is nude photo's of her on the internets xD BTW. Check your other blogs for my comments :)
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