Kerry Katona - Public Opinion
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With all her recent coverage and comeback tv stuff, what do you think the general concensus is about KK, will they like the comeback spirit, or has she bitten off the hand that feeds her, too many times?
I am on the fence, i kind of like her 'never say die' attitude, but am then swayed by her disregard to her celebrity attitude to the people that made her.
Will the public rewarm to her or just give her the snub treatment?
I am on the fence, i kind of like her 'never say die' attitude, but am then swayed by her disregard to her celebrity attitude to the people that made her.
Will the public rewarm to her or just give her the snub treatment?
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I'd like to give people the credit to see through the very basic level of spin her management team put out into the media. My personal feeling is that she is a complete self parody, a media attention seeker with no real discernable identity or talent. Sadly all too often 'media consensus' becomes 'public consensus' - the tabloid media have caused the two concepts to become inextricably linked and an overwhelming proportion of people take what they read as fact, when most of what they read is carefully manipulated. As such I care little for so called 'public opinion' as I know my own mind and don't covet the approval/reassurance of the masses.
The fact that Dan is so popular is why I chose her in the sweepstake as I doubt many of the GBP are as forgiving [or gullible some might say!] as me:D
But more importantly, i am just assessing whether to rule her out of the betting, i think Sam is a stand out with Jeff (public waves of sympathy) or Laura as the other real contenders.
If anyone of the contestants are deserving of the 'public hero' vote its probably got to be a choice between Jeff and JB VC.
Didn't work for Steve in BB, Sam seems to be the best skater by a mile, but Jeff is a trier, an all round nice guy and will have the Jade vote, i guess.
Sympathy over substance
True! I would hazard a guess that probably less than 10% of stories reported in the papers are true. I read them and laugh and just let their skating do the talking.
Tredder I agree and think Katona is a "rotten apple" too, a product of her up bringing most definitely. I'm prepared to give her a chance though. I'm in no position to judge.
In the interview on This Morning with his bro, Jeff seemed like a super intelligent and decent guy, which I have to say suprised me. Sam wants the fame really badly, clearly judging by the number projects he has going on at the same time and has no doubt been practicing for a while. I think they are both decent contenders.;)
I just have this nagging thing about KK, that she has the gift to turn it all around, it's a whole different ball game when comparing Living with ITV, a whole different set of viewers, her and Jeff will have their past dragged up, but you kind of think Jeff would rather it wasn't used a bartering tool for votes, whereas, KK will use everything in her armoury to gain public acceptance, it's a toughy, Welch will have the lunchtime vote, Sam will have the eastenders/best skater vote, Laura will get the likeability vote, Jeff is a cheeky chappy, and should get the younger women and the Jade Goody voters, JB is a hero, but is that enough to win a programme of this nature.
3 for me are:
Sam
Jeff
KK - Only because i see this going one of 2 ways, out very early or a change of wind direction for her, and if that happens, she can go a long way.
I think most people would like to 'judge her on her actual skating performances', but she is making a rod for her own back with the choice of management and subsequent non-story press releases. I don't think its a bandwagon merely a rational judgement.
It really is far too early to tell, I know of the ability of 4/5 of the couples and they are probably all in with a good shot.....but beyond that is anyones guess:)
The press will no doubt be picking up on every little comment all the celebs says and making a story out of them, that's how they fill their papers every day.
That said, I'm not a fan of Katona and I think she will be out relatively soon, despite Dan Whiston's popularity.
'actually know that her management are feeding these stories to the press'
hey TTT not wanting to patronise you, but its a little naive to think otherwise. I think that their approach is to get stories in the press everyday even if there is actually no story. I guess (!) they think that greater exposure = greater votes, but the maths doesn't always work.
Hey HD I don't believe you
I'll give you more credit than that.:p
Thanks but I don't need your credit HD
You can't please everyone
Personally I can't stand the woman and neither can anybody I know, she is a mockery in the UK these days. However these shows can have a habit of working in somebody's favour. In 2004 she won IAC so there was something about her then that people liked - if she can show that same person and put in some good performances on this show she will go quite far. The public have short memories so all of her negative aspects could be forgotten.
I just wish the media would stop making crap telly about celebs lives. I'm not interested. We've those bloody Osbournes to blame for this current crop.
I had the same reservations with Daniella last year but I ended up loving her!
Don't Northerners love their own unreservedly though, maybe the Welsh and Irish too. Whilst I'm on a roll with sweeping generalisations, I think Southerners tend to have a general indifference to people from their 'own' area as there is an ever increasing homogenization of society and diminishing sense of identity...............or maybe thats just me. Personally I don't care for peoples pasts that much, I like to judge them on their current actions/behaviour but sadly nothing seems to have changed with Ms Katona.......still covets publicity for the sake of publicity and seems to air loads of her dirty laundry in public - you can't really compare her with Daniella in that respect.
Thing is... her own PR company CAN produce that crap TV and in doing so they get some of the highest ratings on that channel (thanks to a Mr Andre) and the public are to blame for that, so its not going away any time soon. Its a vicious cycle for an empty vessel and a sorry reflection of society in general. In short what I'm trying to say is a large number of people behave like morons, buying trash magazines, watching trash TV......nullifying the masses.
Personally, I think that you calling her a rotten apple is a little harsh. Considering her awful upbringing and going from home to home and into care and then having two husbands that used her and Brian dumping her when he was obviously the love of her life, I think that she has had a hard time of it!
At least Kerry is trying to make a better life for therself and her children and I for one will be voting for who is the best skater, not putting the contestants down about their pasts!