As I’ve been a little busy of late, which can obviously be seen in my recent blogging lethargy, I haven’t fully had time to read the papers properly over the last week or so. Hence I’m sure y’all can understand just how much my jaw dropped upon reading the following article
Roberta Williams model of some intrigue
Convicted drug trafficker, mother of four, bikini model and entrepreneur Roberta Williams has another claim to fame – as Australia’s most intriguing underworld wife.
The gangland first lady sits alongside model Miranda Kerr, pop pixies The Veronicas and controversial artist Bill Henson in Who magazine’s list of the nation’s most intriguing people of 2008.
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The former wife of serial killer Carl Williams is painting herself as the model mum, dolling up for this photo shoot at the presidential suite of the swish Langham Hotel in Southbank.
She tells the magazine: “I bring my kids up to judge people as they find them.”
What the hell is wrong with us that we as society are putting figures like Roberta Williams up as someone of intrigue? I know, by posting about Williams I can be accused of perpetuating the infamy upon which she thrives, however I am hoping that by posting this and saying what I think about this wench people out there might just stumble across my blog on Google and realise that not all Australians think this woman is by any means intriguing, unless sexually transmitted notoriety counts as intrigue these days. So she’s made a career out of popping out gangland rugrats and living off drug money, oh how intriguing! Ugh.
This chick is nothing more than a gangster moll with a foul mouth. She was once married to Carl Williams, a fine young gentleman with convictions for drug trafficking and multiple murders, and since he was sentenced to 35 years in prison she has been profiting from her notoriety and we’ve been letting her. She’s done various television interviews (on shows I now refuse to watch), a clearly photoshopped bikini shoot in dodgy lad’s mag Zoo (think poor man’s FHM, which I never read anyway) and given “gangland tours” around Melbourne (something my conscience has never considered).
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Basically, there appears to be nothing this woman won’t do to promote and in turn cash in on her notoriety and I repeat, we’ve been letting her. And now this? On the list of most intriguing people? Please, there is little we don’t already know about this woman and a lot more we don’t need to. In attempting to defend her honour, for example, after being depicted as a drug crazed nympho in recent Australian miniseries Underbelly (something else I refuse to watch) Roberta provided us with the following nugget
“I’m not one of these chicks who spasmodically has sex wherever it’s desired,” she said. “[Carl] used to go out and get dirty girls to do things like that.”
Source: Myzoo
Ergo, Roberta isn’t a dirty girl.
I’m really tiring of this train wreck direction society appears to be headed in when it comes to celebrities. OMG Britney shaved her head and went mediaeval on some paparazzi’s car with an umbrella, and look, just look at those hundreds of photographers snapping away at this clearly mentally disturbed young woman being forcibly strapped down to a gurney and carted off to a psychiatric unit. And wait, you can’t forget Amy Winehouse! Have you like totally seen how cracked out she looks this week, my God the doctors say she could even die within the year, so let’s have look at those photos of her spitting at the camera and punching that concertgoer in the face again. High five!
However if vulnerable, tormented trainwrecks aren’t your thing you can go watch Paris Hilton’s sex tape while drinking Paris Hilton champagne, wearing Paris Hilton perfume and jewellery, flicking through a Paris Hilton penned *coughspluttercough* novel before pulling some Paris Hilton hair extensions out of your Paris Hilton purse to chuck on before deciding on what Paris Hilton shoes will go with your Paris Hilton dress before heading out to a Paris Hilton nightclub. Thousands homeless and hundreds dead in recent Pakistani earthqu… wait! Paris and Benji broke up?? OH NOES!!1!! On that note, does everyone remember when Paris Hilton went to prison? I mean the story was completely inconsequential but was still made lead on various major TV networks, hence I totally fell in love with this journalist’s reaction to that whole sorry saga
The problem is celebrity headlines are everywhere, you can’t escape from them. The majority of celebrity information I get these days is from headlines on Internet media, like I said you can’t escape from that but you can escape from clicking that link showing a manic Britney shaving her head or an emaciated Amy Winehouse throwing random objects at the paparazzi. There’s also no need to click on that link which brings you to a photo of cute little Matilda Ledger. I mean it hasn’t even been one year since her precious Daddy died, but golly she just looks so cute certainly a quick peek would be totally harmless right… right? Wrong. The more we buy these celebrity magazines and read all these sponsored celebrity websites the more we are partaking in the absurd levels of privacy violation of some celebrities, not to mention creating celebrities where they don’t exist such as the aforementioned Roberta Williams and Paris Hilton. I mean at least Britney can dance and by God can that Amy Winehouse chick sing. As for little Matilda Ledger do you really think she needs dozens of cameras in her face every day while attempting to come to terms with the loss of her father at such a young age? I think not.
I don’t particularly care if one is interested in celebrity news, some of it can be light relief, but since when did scrags, trainwrecks and wannabes count as relevant? When will this junk stay relegated to the celebrity sections rather than the front pages? When is enough going to bloody well be enough?
November 24th, 2008 at 7:40 pm
I refused to watch ‘Underbelly’ or read anything about it. I always feel for the people who get sucked into a criminal way of life before they realize it because the job/s look legitimate. I’m speaking from family experience here.
I think you forgot to mention Roberta’s T-shirts for sale. Tacky like the woman.
November 25th, 2008 at 12:37 am
Is time cyclical or linear?
You know, the only place I ever see celebrity headlines is on the onion. All you have to do is restrict your news reading to RCP. I’ve never seen a celebrity story there. Simple.
November 25th, 2008 at 2:34 am
Sounds like Roberta Williams is kind of like the Victoria Gotti of Australia. I couldn’t believe people were willing to watch the reality show “Growing Up Gotti,” which was nothing but a bunch of footage of the gangster daughter being a rich evil bitch while her untrained little bratty ass hair-gel-loving kids ran around in BMW’s acting like the little shitheads that they are.
I agree that the above reaction to the Hilton story was beautiful. And the two guys were fuckshits for not letting her burn it, and for saying she’s not a real journalist because she refused to cover it? WHO’S not a real journalist??? Fuckin a. She’s probably the only person at MSNBC who’s worth watching.
They probably fired her after that. I wouldn’t know. I don’t watch MSNBC much because they’re a bunch of flaming liberals.
Celebrity “news” IS unavoidable on television, and that’s why I get most of my news online. Like you said, I have the option of not clicking a link.
November 25th, 2008 at 3:00 am
You go, girl. I like the Benji reference, though I didn’t know she was into, uh, dogs.
November 25th, 2008 at 4:54 am
But you are missing the point Rachy, she is just a victim. She had no idea what was going on, so why should she be hounded by the media and public in general. Oh poor Roberta, really we should be building a statue in her honour, and be replacing Easter with a Roberta celebration.
Oh, and with that second photo of her, that is the worst boob-a-rific file you have ever done.
November 26th, 2008 at 4:52 am
Good points, Rebecca. Uh, wait… that wasn’t a request for another photo… I think.
November 26th, 2008 at 8:06 pm
Oh, the other thing I do is I don’t watch any TV. On the rare occasions that I do, at my family’s place, it’s only with a TiVo, so we don’t see anything but exactly what we want to. If you can live with that, you’ll have a good chance at avoiding celebrity bullshit.
December 10th, 2008 at 12:07 am
p.s. the pictures you linked to with this (Click on image or here for reality) is totally disgusting! I would have appreciated a warning, I ended up throwing up a little bit in my mouth.