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10 Stupid Publicity Stunts

Here's looking at you, Speidi

By Evann Gastaldo,  Newser Staff

Posted Jun 13, 2010 1:29 PM CDT

(Newser) – So Heidi Montag’s separation from Spencer Pratt was a publicity stunt…was anyone surprised? Olivia Allin lists nine other similarly lame stunts, on The Frisky:

  1. Jon Gosselin: Turns out he really was lying when he accused ex Hailey Glassman of stealing his TV. How do we know? Because the genius sent her text messages telling her…to go ahead and take the TV.
  2. Lonelygirl15: The YouTube diarist became a star, and turned out to be an actress.

  1. Tila Tequila: Even though it came out that her relationship with Casey Johnson was “all for show” shortly after Johnson’s death, Tequila kept tweeting about it.
  2. Ashton Kutcher: His race to 1 million Twitter followers with CNN was really just a publicity campaign for him, CNN, and Twitter. How sad that Britney Spears and her robotic tweets eventually beat them all.
For the complete list—including evidence that Kanye West’s famous interruption of Taylor Swift’s acceptance speech was a stunt—click here.

Television personalities Spencer Pratt, left, and Heidi Montag arrive at the premiere of GI Joe in Los Angeles on Thursday, Aug. 6, 2009.
Television personalities Spencer Pratt, left, and Heidi Montag arrive at the premiere of "GI Joe" in Los Angeles on Thursday, Aug. 6, 2009.   (AP Photo/Matt Sayles)
In this Oct. 26, 2009 file photo, Jon Gosselin leaves the Montgomery County courthouse in Norristown, Pa.
In this Oct. 26, 2009 file photo, Jon Gosselin leaves the Montgomery County courthouse in Norristown, Pa.   (AP Photo/Matt Rourke, file)
Tila Tequila and Casey Johnson attend the Famous Stars and Straps 10th Anniversary and Snoop Dogg's 10th album release 'Malice N Wonderland' party on December 8, 2009 in Hollywood, California.
Tila Tequila and Casey Johnson attend the Famous Stars and Straps 10th Anniversary and Snoop Dogg's 10th album release 'Malice N Wonderland' party on December 8, 2009 in Hollywood, California.   (Getty Images)
Actor Ashton Kutcher arrives at the Killers premiere on Tuesday, June 1, 2010, in Los Angeles.
Actor Ashton Kutcher arrives at the "Killers" premiere on Tuesday, June 1, 2010, in Los Angeles.   (AP Photo/Jason Redmond)
This Sept. 13, 2009 file photo shows singer Kanye West taking the microphone from singer Taylor Swift as she accepts the Best Female Video award during the MTV Video Music Awards in New York.
This Sept. 13, 2009 file photo shows singer Kanye West taking the microphone from singer Taylor Swift as she accepts the "Best Female Video" award during the MTV Video Music Awards in New York.   (AP Photo/Jason DeCrow,File)
In this file image from the website YouTube.com, the online video of self proclaimed 16-year-old Bree, known as LonelyGirl15, is seen on YouTube, one of the most popular sites for amateur videos.
In this file image from the website YouTube.com, the online video of self proclaimed 16-year-old Bree, known as LonelyGirl15, is seen on YouTube, one of the most popular sites for amateur videos.   (AP Photo/YouTube.com, file)
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COMMENTS
Showing 3 of 6 comments
chamisi
Jun 14, 2010 2:35 AM CDT
I luved balloon boy
pg13
Jun 13, 2010 11:42 PM CDT
Joe the Plumber. jeez what a horrible "everyman".
G.O.P.
Jun 13, 2010 7:09 PM CDT
Don't forget Sarah Palin quitting as Governor of Alaska in order to tell the President how to do his job.

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