Why I love Anderson Cooper or Once Again, Where Have I Been?

OK, so I must have been under a rock or something, because I was doing laundry and catching up on one of my recorded programs, “The Soup“, which helps me keep up on my weekly pop culture news. Apparently, last week, He of the Silver Hair, Anderson Cooper sat in for Regis on “Live with Regis & Kelly“. How I did not know this before is a whole ‘nother story, ‘cuz apparently I missed the beginning of the biggest feud since Biggie and 2Pac.

“The Soup” showed the clip of AC deliciously carving up Ali Lohan and her mom. He just said what we were all thinking. I have watched their show “Living Lohan“, barely, only because I thought Lindsey was going to be on. Sadly, no one famous is Living anything on this show. And heaven help him, AC left no stone unturned. My favorite quote (although there were just SO many) is a toss-up. It’s either ” ‘Allegedly a 14-year-old girl, looks to be about 60… I say that with concern and love. She allegedly wants to be a singer and or actor-slash-performer of some sort, striptease person, I don’t know.’ ” or when Kelly Ripa says ” ‘They’re obviously a multi-talented family, the kids sing, and they perform…’ “, he snarks ” ‘ Yeah, sure, maybe that’s in the episode I didn’t see. ‘ ” Ah, AC, you silver-haired silver-tongued devil.

So, I guess mom and dad are all mad, but hey, can you really get pissy when you do a reality show, have cameras follow you 24-7 for a crappy show? Lady, lightening doesn’t strike twice…hey that should be the name of this show “Lightening Doesn’t Strike Twice If The Other Child Has No Talent, No Matter How Hard You Try”. Unless of course, you are Papa Joe Simpson, Kit Culkin, or the parents of the Olsen twins. Wait, does Ashlee Simpson have talent?

And speaking of questionable parenting skills, did Joe Jackson put out a parenting book? Everyone seems to be checking it out from the library. I did see the episode where there was a faulty outlet, a fire, fire department, and drama, while mom is unreachable, and totally nonchalant when they’re like “uh there’s a fire at your house“. I personally would have flipped out and bee-lined for home, even if there is a house full of people. But, then again, I do care about my kids.