The Death Of Casey Johnson In Adverts, Tequila, Pictures And Tweets
CASEY Johnson has died and her former lover Tila Tequila, a reality TV star, having twittered her lover’s coma now uses her Twitter page to share her private moments with the dead soclaite. No, it’s not a sex tape. It’s a prank, a joke Tila played on Johnson a few days before the young woman died.
There is nothing poignant about any of this. This is not ululating or sobbing. Loss affects us all differently, but pushing videos of the one you loved smacks of tackiness and a desperate need to be seen. Yes, the video was puiblished before Johsnson died, but Tequila has linked to it since. She’s also using her Twitter page to plug her gossip blog. Look not at the dead young woman. Look at me. Look! Look! Look! So we look. And we see nothing.
Paris Hilton tweets her love for Casey Johnson. Lindsay Lohan tweets her love. And all we do is look at them. At best its mawkish; at worst it’s exploitative. These Tweets do serve one purpose though: to tell the rest of the web that a star is dead.
(With Twitter you need never miss a celebrity death again. And that’s a promise! Subscribe to Lohan’s Twitter feed and keep abreast of her health in real time. Sign up now and receive a free “I was there when [insert name] died on Twitter” doctor’s pager and a mouse mat modelled on a mortician’s slab.)
And what Teqila says is not all trite:
RadarOnline.com reports that Tequila had said she suspected prescription drugs may be involved with Johnson’s death. No proof. But a comment that creates a story and places Tequila at its centre.
“There were no apparent signs of foul play but the detectives will still follow all leads, each and every one, including that one,” said LAPD spokeswoman Sara Faden.
Says one Tweeter:
It’s really disgusting seeing Tila Tequila use her fiance’s death as a way to advertise her gossip site on Twitter. Have some decency.
Get a load of this attempt to engage gossip blogger gone native Perez Hilton and so use him to promote her site:
So sad @perezhilton is angry that my new Gossip Blog is going to put him out of business so he decides to throw a hissy fit this morning LOL
And get a load of Hilton, not missing a beat to get into the big story – hey a celebrity death is a public spectacle, right? – Tweets right back at the bereaved:
@PerezHilton U can sit there& talk all ur dumb shit that everyone is tired o. fMy new Gossip Blog will not RUIN or DESTROY ppls lives like u
Tequila writes of her video a few days before Casey Johnson’s death:
Im sure you all know that I recently got engaged to my beautiful wifey, Casey Johnson. Im so in love and love her sooooooo much! So this morning while she was still asleep I decided to pull a prank on her. When the flower delivery guy came I freaked out, woke her up, and scared her by saying that there’s a police at the door! She hopped out of bed scared as hell…LMAO! Just watch her reaction….this is a classic video! lol…………I’m SO EXCITED TO GET MARRIED SOON AND BE A REAL MOMMY!
Sad stuff. But time now to leave the deceased alone to be buried…
Posted: 6th, January 2010 | In: Celebrities, Key Posts Comment | TrackBack | Permalink
