I have a very confusing love/hate relationship with Cameron Diaz. On the one hand, I sort of want to drink with her and complain about ex-boyfriends and call their new girlfriends ugly talentless hacks getting by in Hollywood on their bra size alone. On the other hand, sometimes I want to smack her and tell her to stop talking for, like, EVER until the world has had a chance to forget how ridiculous she tends to sound when un-scripted, and for being ugly/pretty in a way I still can't wrap my head around. So it was a tough call, really, to figure out which side to take on this entire handbag debacle that Cam has currently found herself in. She bought a handbag and, unbeknownst to her, said handbag was offensive to the people of Peru where she strolled about with it for all to see. She heard that it was offensive and apologized for it and, I'm assuming, will never be seen with the handbag again. But, apparently, that's not good enough:
NOT everyone buys Cameron Diaz's apology for traipsing around Peru carrying a bag emblazoned with a red star and the words "Serve the People," Communist icon Mao Zedong's most famous political slogan, printed in Chinese. Thor Halvorssen, president of the Human Rights Foundation, told Page Six, "It is bad enough that Diaz wears a bag quoting history's most prolific butcher, but what's even worse is that she is of Cuban heritage and really should know something about the true history of communism. There is a double standard here that boggles the mind: Had she worn a bag quoting Himmler or Pinochet, she would likely face career annihilation, and rightly so." While the Mao bag is ultrachic on the Upper West Side and college campuses, in Peru, the "Serve the People" slogan evokes memories of the bloodthirsty Shining Path terrorists who left nearly 70,000 dead. "I sincerely apologize to anyone I may have inadvertently offended," Diaz said in a statement. "The bag was a purchase I made as a tourist in China, and I did not realize the potentially hurtful nature of the slogan printed on it."
Yea...I'm backing Cameron today. Maybe it's because I'm still in that ultra-nice mode from earlier (when both Paris and Amy Winehouse were dubbed "pretty" and "adorable" ) but I don't think so, gang. I mean...honestly? Who carries a pocket translator when shopping? Anyone? Show of hands. And to say some double standard is at play here because she of Cuban heritage didn't understand the implications of the statement in a language she doesn't speak or read on her handbag? For fuck's sake, it's not exactly a slow news week, is this the biggest scandal that could be dug up? Cam honey, maybe giving that bag to Goodwill is a good idea, but don't for one second give this whole thing a second thought. Especially not on the morn before the eve that Paris will most certainly let her vagina out to play at Hyde. You stay in tonight, love, and tomorrow this will all be forgotten.
Source: Page Six
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