Comments on: Jerry Seinfeld’s Wife Gives Oprah A Present; Yet More Proof That They Are Not Like Us

By: Vicki

Vicki — Fri, 02 Nov 2007 04:47:37 +0000

Hahah. Hate to say it but J is somewhat right about what happens to people with money. I think when you experience something even more dramatic than having that kind of money, that is when there is a chance that you may care more for people in general than simply make it easy on yourself by hanging out with your millionare friends, much more fun and no beggers to deal with. I’m sure they feel like, hey, I earned my money, no one gave it to me, the rest of the world has the same opportunities.

Fact is, I would rather regain my health back than win powerball, wouldnt even think twice. Now THAT is when running into tons of money doesn’t change you as much. There is no way in hell I could turn my back on people if I had money, not when I know what it is like to truly suffer with symptoms daily, that no one else can imagine. I would laugh at anyone who asked me for money simply because they reached some hard times, sorry but its true, world is full of that, cant help all. But people with incurable diseases, diseases that could have cures if there was money for R&D, I would devote my life to helping in this area as much as I could. Oprah raised 5K for Obaka Bama in one night. Yet my disease raises 1 million a year, that is nothing. That is pathetic. But who the hell cares right? Not when people are not in your shoes, its easy to say it sucks but then its out of your mind, you dont live it. So YES, Jessica Seinfeld could have perhaps donated some money to a charity in Oprah’s name in place of 21 pairs of overpriced worthless shoes.

By: Vicki

Vicki — Fri, 02 Nov 2007 04:34:59 +0000

I completely agree with the the writer of this, K. Some like to play devils advocate by defending celebs because perhaps they feel closer to the wealthy and powerful, yet these people won’t give you peops the time of day no matter how much you butt kiss. Sure Oprah helps people, but the show has to bring in money, despite her incredible wealth that is still the priority. So lets say you are like me and want awareness of a particular disease you have, but its not common, then NO show. That is my situation. I wrote her saying I have this miserable illness, can we bring about awareness so that it gets more funding, as of right now a cure is not even in sight. No response from her staff of hundreds. But perhaps my illness wasn’t interesting enough for the audience. Much more fun to have a crazy monkey like Tom Cruise jump all over her couch.

By: k

Fri, 26 Oct 2007 05:16:25 +0000

I thank you for taking the time out to read here (btw, it isn’t my blog, although I have been asked to write here) and for the nice comments.

You know, I can understand the motivation to write someone like Oprah and ask for money, because she has tons to spread around places like an African girl’s school, why not take care of the home fires too? And you surely don’t believe Oprah actually reads her email…she has assistants who do nothing but screen her emails. I’d guess she reads about 1% of what is actually sent to her. And I can honestly say that the idea has crossed my mind once or twice myself…I could use a decent vehicle for long-distance trips.

And I don’t think she reads GlossLip either, although she should…she’d get some common sense.

I would accept the shoes, but then I’d turn around and sell them and give the money to charity. My post was about the idiocy of gifting expensive shoes to someone who could buy shoes for everyone in Chicago. Jessica could have done a lot of good with that money. Rich or poor shouldn’t matter…I think it is when someone comes into money that their real personality comes out, whether that be selfish or philanthropic.

Besides, who needs heels that cost thousands of dollars a pair? You step in a crack in the sidewalk or in some gravel, you’ve stripped the leather from the heel, you’re now walking on a metal tip, just the same as shoes from Shoe Carnival. Who cares if they have a fancy name attached…they still make your feet hurt.

By: Big J

Big J — Fri, 26 Oct 2007 04:19:42 +0000

You have great points. I would merely point out that I believe that we would all be the same if we had that much money. We think that we would be different but we wouldn’t. We would have people like post #3 asking us for money. Why? Because just a few more dollars will save her marriage. A few more dollars won’t save her marriage. If we had Oprah’s money we’d get all these requests from morons and we’d say, “screw it, I can’t solve everybody’s problems.” We would isolate ourselves from everyone else because we’d get tired of their begging and self righteousness. We’d get tired of the blogs, tired of the articles, tired of people’s opinions that make $25,000 per year and we’d hang out with millionaires to ease having to deal with it. You can get upset if you want to, you can deny it all you want but we would all be the same. We would all end up giving and accepting the shoes because that’s what you do when you’re a millionaire. Millionaires don’t judge millionaires so they hang out with each other, give each other obscene gifts and don’t read blogs. I’m not a millionaire so I read yours : ).

By: annie

annie — Sat, 20 Oct 2007 22:45:27 +0000

Twenty-one pairs of Christian Laboutins are not a thank-you gift. They are compensation for services rendered. And Jessica Seinfeld is a plagiarist â€” which is not surprising considering she started â€œdatingâ€ Seinfeld about three weeks after coming back from her honeymoon. The woman wouldnâ€™t recognize morals if her chef served them to her for lunch.

By: DJ

DJ — Wed, 17 Oct 2007 14:26:48 +0000

What makes you think the Seinfelds don’t give money to charity? Just because they don’t publicize it like Oprah doesn’t mean they don’t do it. How much do YOU give?

I’m all for picking on Oprah, she’s as out of touch as they get. But the Seinfelds don’t seem that way to me. Of course I actually watched the episode instead of just making assumptions from stuff that I heard.

Oh and by the way ostrova, Jessica Seinfeld also stressed that her kids do eat their vegetables the regular way too, but this is a way to make sure they are getting enough veggies since most kids won’t eat enough on their own.

By: ostrova

ostrova — Wed, 17 Oct 2007 03:55:56 +0000

The Washington Post reviewed Mrs. Seinfeld’s cookbook unfavorably. Not because the recipes taste bad, but because the whole premise of the book is that you need to fool your kids by hiding the vegetables so they won’t know when they’re eating something good for them. Like, puree butternut squash and put it in the mac and cheese–same color! There’s a sketch of her on the cover, messing with a plate and winking. The problem is, apparently any kid with an IQ higher than furniture will catch on and never trust Mommy again, because if she put yuck in the food, what else did she do and keep it secret?
Then wait till the Seinfeld kids find out Daddy gave Michael Richards a job.

By: D

Wed, 17 Oct 2007 03:09:40 +0000

That seems like good advice T-slayer. I can’t imagine giving a friend shoes, unless they picked them out and I just paid for them.

Attire is not something that’s easy to pick out for others.

By: toeslayer

toeslayer — Wed, 17 Oct 2007 02:05:09 +0000

There is an old susperstition which advises never to give friends a gift of new shoes because they will walk away from you.

By: D

Tue, 16 Oct 2007 20:55:10 +0000

Mike,

You sir, are a knucklehead.