When Girl Groups Go Bad

Here’s a photo of Prince Charles, taken last night in London. The Associated Press caption reads:

Britain’s Prince Charles, left, meets performers from pop group The Pussycat Dolls backstage at the London Palladium Theatre in London, Thursday, Dec. 11, 2008. The Prince and his wife Camilla attended this year’s annual Royal Variety Performance, in aid of The Entertainment Artistes Benevolent Fund. (AP Photo/Kirsty Wigglesworth , Pool)

My question is a simple one: Which Pussycat Doll is that in the purple dress? I know they had a TV reality show or something to pick their newest member, but it appears the project went in a strange new direction.

I don’t really know much about the Pussycat Dolls, but there is definitely something very wrong here.

I also like how the prince knows which girls get his royal attention, and which don’t. “I’m up here, your highness.”

Today’s Moron: Boris Procopets

Today’s Moron is a person named Boris Procopets, which sounds made-up, but isn’t.

Boris is an Australian who committed a nice long list of stupid acts. Let’s see:

• He made a sex tape with his girlfriend. Sex tapes never stay secret, so this was pretty stupid.
• He started off with a hidden camera, then showed it to his girlfriend, who, for some reason, agreed to keep being videotaped.
• He broke up with the girlfriend. And he was bitter.
• He played the sex videos for ex-girlfriend’s mother, for some reason.
• He tried to play the videos for ex-girlfriend’s employer, who said “No, Procopets!”
• He was sued by the ex-girlfriend
• And yesterday she was awarded $135,000 (Australian) for her troubles. Oh, it turns out he beat her, too, so she was awarded compensation for that, and rightly so. But really, it’s the sex tape that got this onto the world press attentionometer.

Why do people make sex tapes? I don’t get this. I’m no prude. I can see the appeal of a dirty movie. And I’ve seen some of those celebrity sex tapes, which you think will be megahot but turn out to be just stupid, boring and cheap.

No matter who you are, whether you’re a movie star, pop sensation, reality-show castaway or Australian girlfriend, a sex tape is going to be a problem for you in the future. You may be asked to “get it on video.” Say no. Especially if “getting it on video” means some other guy gets to come in the room with a camcorder.