This is a guest post by Winston James (winstonjames1983 [at] yahoo [dot] com), a friend of FriedWires.com
In the words of the illustrious Peter Griffin, “You know what really grinds my gears?” Teen mom Amber Portwood, now famous for having a child at 16 and just being white trash in general, just keeps on moving up on my list of worthless people.
So what has Amber done now to secure a higher spot on my list? According to a very good source, Ms. Portwood has recently moved into different living quarters. No big deal, right? Wrong!
The problem is that her new house is apparently a government subsidized residence. This means that our government is assisting in one way or another with the payments on this house.
It was widely reported all across the web a few months ago that Portwood brings in a cool $280,000 a year from her “celebrity” career. So you mean to tell me that this “reality star” is getting paid hundreds of thousands of dollars for doing nothing, yet I still have to pay taxes to help her pay for her house? That’s just awesome!
Being the loyalist that she is, Amber still isn’t abandoning her proud (you may need goggles to see through the thick sarcasm) hometown of Anderson, IN. It looks as if she is staying in a small housing development on the east side of town. The houses in the neighborhood are pretty much just little aluminum shacks. Not exactly the type of quarters you would expect from someone in her income bracket.
Having the great privilege of sharing a hometown with Ms. Portwood, none of this comes as a surprise to me. I’m sure that a lot of Teen Mom viewers think that Amber’s attitude and lifestyle are somewhat dramatized for television, but I’m here to tell you that’s not the case. She is just as trashy in real life as she is on MTV.
She gets the police called on her for fighting with her neighbors. She calls the police because she thinks she is a celebrity and that everyone should bow down to her. She gets in fights in public places with Gary (even when the cameras aren’t around). She has recently had nude and underage drinking pictures leaked. Her previous house was in the heart of a broken down neighborhood. Her new house is not much better.
Seriously people, why are you making this girl a star? She gives absolutely nothing back to the world. Do you really want her as a role model to your kids? Do you want your children thinking, “Hey, she got pregnant at 16, beats people up and gets arrested, and she’s rich. Maybe I should do that.” I bet if you check the statistics, teen pregnancies are up since Teen Mom has been on the air.
She is getting paid $280,000 a year to be an embarrassment, and now my tax money has to help pay for her house? Yes, that’s totally fair.
And that, America, is what really grinds my gears.
***This blog post is an opinion. I am not claiming fact on it. I am not a professional journalist. FriedWires.com does not necessarily agree with the opinions made in this blog post.