Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:She is the fakest, most plastic-y, cloying celeb out there. Truly cringe-inducing.
I don't follow her or have any dog in this fight, but I live in her neighborhood (Pacific Palisades) and therefore over the years, have been exposed to non-media-generated/reported situations regarding her. For instance, how the photographers hound her. On the day before Thanksgiving (or maybe Thanksgiving; I can't remember) I was walking with a friend who is all into this stuff. We walked through some paparazzi who were waiting for her to come/go from her church. My friend said she has to space the kids out (kids go in alone) so the paparazzi can't get a family shot.
She is always trying to just be a normal mom. The general consensus of this town seems to be (imo, from someone who gets this sort of from osmosis) is people like her and think she's nice, and tries to give her kids as normal as a life as possible given the situation. This particular town is pretty "Mayberry" (community-oriented) vs Bel Air or other places where she could be holed away in a mansion behind a hedge somewhere. It's a town full of famous industry folks who are unrecognizable (e.g. songwriters); recognizable folks opt to live elsewhere because it's too "open." I think people in this town feel a little protective of her, given that she's always been nice and involved as a mom, and has had it rough--and remember, the kids have had it rough, too, and local kids are friends with her kids, so people around here have a different connection with her.