Hillary Barry is away and not appearing on the Paul Henry Show this week, She’s away to meet Oprah Winfrey apparently. More reason to avoid TV3 in the mornings when she gets back (I like Barry but can’t stand celebrity worshipping crap).
Stuff reported the big news – Hilary Barry off to meet Oprah
That trivia was bad enough, but this annoys me even more:
Luckily, one of the pantheon was available. Veteran news anchor Judy Bailey, commonly called the mother of the nation, is subbing in until Barry’s return.
Lucky for whom? It may be lucky that I avoid Henry’s show most of the time.
I’ve never been a fan of Bailey’s bland presentation and less of a fan of her attempts to de-age herself, but that’s her business.
But I find it very irritating when celebrity marketers label her a “mother of the nation”.
To me and perhaps most of us New Zealanders she is just party of a dysfunctional family of so-called celebrity self worshippers.
I see nothing that justifies one of them being labelled as the mother of my nation.
