For some strange reason, the MSM has decided we care about a certain talentless heiress.  Thus, we’ve been reading and hearing about this woman’s escapades for the last few days, as she was released from a 45-day prison sentences after only 3 days (turns out her refusal to eat and drink was causing medical problems for her,) her refusal to appear in court, her being forcibly brought to court, and then returned to prison.  A movement of moronic young people has suggested she be released because of all the good she does for our society…how someone with no discernable talent (at least that’s legally marketable) does something positive for our society, I am not sure.

Anyway, now that she’s back in jail, she’s given disgraced journalist Barbara Walters an interview, in which we receive the following message:

“I’m not the same person I was,” she said. “I used to act dumb. It was an act. I am 26 years old, and that act is no longer cute. It is not who I am, nor do I want to be that person for the young girls who looked up to me. I know now that I can make a difference, that I have the power to do that. I have been thinking that I want to do different things when I am out of here. I have become much more spiritual. God has given me this new chance.”

She has had a person whom she described as a spiritual adviser who said, “My spirit or soul did not like the way I was being seen and that is why I was sent to jail.”

“God,” she said, “has released me.”

First of all, let’s hope it was an act.  That “Hookers on a Farm” TV show a few years back was lucrative, but let’s hope it was an act.  The question is, how much of this was written out for her ahead of time, and how much of it is from the heart?  She certainly says the right things in noting how young girls look up to her and how she needs to be worthy of her role model position.  But this whole thing about God giving her another chance, etc. – is it a real conversion or just “the right words” at the right time?  We know these celebs know the formula – do something stupid, check into rehab.  Mark Foley checked into rehab after he sent IMs to male pages, that singer checked into rehab after collapsing New Year’s Eve, checked back out, and checked back in after shaving off her hair.  The correct symbolic gesture is to check into rehab.  The woman I’m speaking of in this post didn’t get to check into rehab, she had to go to jail…so she pulls out the “God” card and plays it.  Just as the former President starting carrying a Bible during the whole misuse of an intern saga.

We can pray for a real conversion.  But my cynical side tells me not to get my hopes up.

By the way, I have deliberately avoided mentioning her by name.  There’s a reason for that.  More here, if you want to waste your time.