One of the stories that has created a lot of ink today is that of Lily Allen's behaviour when she was co-hosting last night's GQ awards. Lily Allen (for those of you who don't know) is a minor British singer and the daughter of a C-List celebrity actor. She certainly is not an international superstar like her co-host Elton John.
Lily is starting to become notorious for her drunken loutish behaviour and showed total disrespect for the occasion, organisers and guests by slurring her way through her job. She knocked back champagne on stage and when she announced "now we reach a very special point in the evening", Sir Elton, known for his waspish sense of humour replied: "What, you are going to have another drink?"
Did Allen laugh and gracefully acknowledge the pun? Hell no! She told him to F*** off and continued to have a little rant. Nice. Classy.
Unfortunately her behaviour is typical of a generation that has been brought up in a world where "I want" generally gets and if they don't they simply take it. And if you say something I don't like I will tell you to F*** off. I am sure a lot of Lily Allen fans will think what she did was hilarious and will applaud her for it and I am sure that she will continue to get herself a few more album sales by being in all the papers for this latest incident. Interestingly she has moaned about EMI not pulling their fingers out and doing something with her new album. Maybe she thinks that her growing notoriety will in some way persuade them to get on with it.
Allen often moans about her negative press. On her blog she claims that she doesn't do these things as publicity stunts and that it upsets her when people write negative things about her. Well the answer is simple - do unto others as you would have done to you. If you treat people with respect then they will treat you the same way. The media will always find something to criticise about high profile people but behaving like a spoilt brat with no class is a surefire way to keep the criticism coming.
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