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Caught between Kid Rock and a hard, um, place

spingirl | 03 March, 2006 22:18

Stop me if you've heard this before: Celebrity decides to have sex on videotape. Celebrity does not keep an eye on videotape. Videotape gets "misplaced" and winds up in the hands of adult films distributor. Celebrity gets upset and sues film distributor, eventually allowing all of his/her dirty laundry to be placed in the spotlight.

*yawn* So I guess it should be no surprise that yet ANOTHER celeb sex tape has made its way onto the Internet. Apparently, back in 1999, one Mr. Kid Rock (aka Robert Ritchie) and one Mr. Scott Stapp (aka that really annoying guy from Creed) engaged in some liasions with various women in the privacy in Mr. Rock's motor home. Mr. Stapp decided to record said liasions for posterity. Unfortunately, Mr. Stapp did not keep an eye on this videotape, and, lo and behold, almost 7 years later, Red Light District, a "hardcore gonzo video" distributor, has gotten a hold of the tape and is attempting to market it. It goes without saying that Mr. Rock, Mr. Stapp, and several of the starring women are not all that happy about this turn of events.

After the Pam and Tommy Lee tape, the Paris Hilton tape, and the Colin Farrell tape, who would've thought this could happen again?


For his part, Mr. Stapp is outraged that someone would invade his privacy in this way, according to E! Online:

"`Obviously, someone wants to hurt me, and doesn't want me to be successful in my solo career,' Stapp told AP Radio."

Dude, reality check, m'kay? Your solo album dropped in November at number 19 with only 94,000 in sales. Your solo career is NOT successful. Period. And as for someone wanting to hurt you? After listening to your wretched self-righteous lyrics and squalling on the radio for years, I think more than just someone wants to hurt you - some-a-lot-of-people want to hurt you.

Amazingly enough, Kid Rock is quite honest in his take on this whole mess."'[Stapp] is the idiot because it's out,' Rock said, per AP. 'I'm holding him responsible.'" Per the AP article (published here on CNN) Rock goes on to say that Stapp really needs to quit with the martyr complex. "'I'm like, what are you talking about? This tape gets out -- it's your tape -- and you're (saying) someone's trying to sabotage your career?'"

What the hell?!?! Kid Rock is actually the voice of sanity and reason in this whole mess??? Somebody call a church and make sure hell hasn't frozen over!

But what really gets my admiration (and this was quite difficult given his recent music and escapades with Pammy Anderson dropping him so far down in my esteem) is his upfrontness about what pisses him off about the tape being released: the money. From the AP story: "'If there's money to be made, it's my performance' he said."

Thank you, Kid Rock, for telling it like it is. Because for the famewhoring celeb, that is what its really about right? The money. Who actually makes a sex tape and then leaves it in place where it is easily accessible if they don't want it to get released? You would think a celebrity - who boo hoos all the freaking time about their privacy being invaded by the papparazzi - would know better than to let such a steamy little thing out of his/her sight. But no. And then we end up with this crap. Will they never learn?

So, here's some advice:

1) Avoid making a sex tape in the first place. Really. No one wants to see two amateurs go at, even if one of them is a celebrity. There's a reason there's a professional porn industry - so the rest of us can get quality smut, not bargain bin basement crap.

2) If you really must make a sex tape, put it somewhere safe. No, really safe. Lock in a vault. Handcuff it to the inside of a briefcase. Stick it in a box for the video of Mariah Carey's "Glitter." Just put it somewhere no one will look.

3) It the tape does go public, just realize, you'd been warned, so there's nothing to do except face the bomp-chicka-wah-wah of the porn music.

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