Some people think we’d do anything to take a jibe at the Palin family, but we have to wonder why they make it so easy.
Bristol Palin recently came out with a noodle-scratcher of a public service announcement for the Candie’s foundation of which she became ambassador last year.
Bristol’s PSA focuses on teen pregnancy, but, surprisingly, not the way you would think.
“What if I didn’t come from a famous family?” she muses. “What if I didn’t have all their support?”
As the ad continues, flashing between the young Palin and her infant son, Tripp, in a well-furnished living room and news clips of her life in the spotlight, she suddenly ends up in a bare room wearing a T-shirt, jeans and (gasp!) not very much makeup. She looks at the camera and says, “Believe me. It wouldn’t be pretty. Pause before you play.”
Pushing the ridiculous catchphrase aside, because it’s just too easy to mock, Palin’s ad is still fairly tasteless.
E! Online said it “preaches double standard in pregnancy-prevention.”
They chalk it up to, “‘I’m privileged, so it’s OK that I got pregnant, but you’re not, so don’t.’ (We paraphrase ... but just barely.)” We can’t help but agree.
The choice to use Palin in a teen pregnancy prevention ad is going to look ridiculous no matter what, and the angle they have her facing the problem on isn’t helping.
Palin seems to be giving us advice that she doesn’t really need to follow, and hypocrisy doesn’t look good on anyone.
