Funny that you write about this today. I saw the first show on re-runs last night. She went on a date with someone that isn’t her type. He was “normal” not a celebrity… he did not have dark hair… (she said that’s what she normally goes for) Her best friend set her up on this blind date. They didn’t have much in common.

I thought the same thing, if her daughters are her priority and she’s not into dating, then why go?

I won’t be watching because I don’t have cable, if I did I’d probably check it out just out of curiosity.

I’m interested in her because her daughters are roughly the same ages as mine and our divorces were eerily similar.

I’m again I’ll be the contrarian here and say that I think from what I’ve seen & heard about Denise Richards, despite being a smashing looking human female & model, she is in no way shape or form a proper or even hopeful role model for many single moms, or moms, or even women in general. She’s a model mom by definition, not by acclimation, and that’s all that matters here.

In the clips I saw of this tawdry coming debacle she spends an inordinate time on the phone calling around to her clique of friends alternatively whining about the lack of ‘big cranks’ (Umm, I do think she Did say ‘Dicks’ here) in her life, or the inadequacy of the current crop of suitors in her opinion in this critical measure of ‘manhood’. I’m not saying that sentence alone set back the ‘women’s movement’ 30 years or so, because no one’s really much concerned about ‘women’s lib’ presently, and certainly not the media.

So a 1000 times, NO! Again & again. Take your role models from books, from literature, and certainly from Real Life (there’s plenty of them out there!). But Please don’t think of Hollywood actors/actresses as role models or exemplars where average folks might be able to pick up useful parenting tips or dating points. It’s just mindless entertainment folks, and a pretty cynical one at that. Yes, I think young children have the potential to be exploited here and harmed by the undue exposure.

So no, I don’t care if she’s putting on a 30 state & channel publicity tour, hitting All the morning shows across the nation in every major market to hype this tripe. I don’t care that she says the most darling things about the whole ’sperm’ controversy with a semi straight face, and an almost convincing patter. Nope, I’m not going to go there.

I’ll only tell you that they’ve got the Coogan & SAG Child actor Laws on the books for a damn good reason, and subjecting very young kids to your particular neurosis on Reality TV every week is bound to be harmful. It’s a particularly shameless way to hawk your wares & life, and a trend that I really think is one of the most reprehensible developments in modern media.

Frankly, again it’s a rather deplorable way to earn a living. I’m just so proud as an American that we’ve got brave men & Women fighting around the world for such Freedoms. And that so few in the media even thought to question her on the advisability of such a move.

Cheers, ‘VJ’

No, evidently, I’m not alone in thinking that the show is a bad idea who’s time has come to an unfortunate fruition. It’s allowing Richards a kind of vicarious revenge using her yes, Toddlers, and to play out a sordid passion play of Hollywood motherhood on our TV’s and to boost her ratings and marketing cachet at the same time. As cynical as you get, you just can’t keep up with this crowd!

This Via the Huffington Post:

By Stacy Schneider

“The Poisoned Fruits Of Denise Richards’s Latest Divorce Court Battle: A Reality Show Exposing Her Kids”

Posted May 27, 2008 | 08:09 PM (EST)

[http://www.huffingtonpost.com/stacy-schneider/the-poisoned-fruits-of-de_b_103799.html]

Cheers, ‘VJ’

Nope…did not watch it. I just can’t get into any of those ‘pretend’ reality shows. ( I say pretend because let’s face it, none of them are 100% real now are they….)

Damn - missed it! The curiosity factor will, I’m sure, get the better of me, and I’ll check it out.

I have a hard time dealing with reality shows in general, unless they’re SO stupid they’re laughable. I have a feeling this one might just be too disgusting to watch a second time, but trying not to pre-judge.

Yes, GLSD, if, as Denise has been telling the media, this show is really about her daughters being “her priority,” then why not make THAT show? She had such a great opportunity here to show the world that she’s not so ditsy. But she missed out.

As you say, Little Man’s Mom, it’s not really a “reality” show, this woman is clearly coached!

VJ, thanks for the back story re: Denise Richards NOT being a “role model” for single moms.

Never in a million years! She is the worst excuse for a human being besides Dina. Blah!

(Warning!~ Inflammatory statement!) I prefer to live my life, instead of watching people in a box pretend to live theirs.