Defamer
Former SNL head writer and current 30 Rock inspiration/star/showrunner Tina Fey was a guest on Howard Stern's Sirius radio show this morning, and she was pleasantly forthcoming with some behind-the-scenes reminiscences of Paris Hilton's stint as guest host. CityRag jotted down some of the fond memories:
Tina said the hosts are usually great, but every couple of years you get a bad one - like Paris Hilton who was a "piece of shit"! Tina didn't hold back on how much she and the cast hated Paris. We transcribed some of her hilarious comments...· She said Paris had "the hair of Fraggle", and left "nasty wads of Barbie hair on the floor" from her "cheap weave"!
· Tina caught Paris's giant man hands and said they were as long as her forearm.
· Paris actually takes herself seriously and "embraces her stupidity".· She asked them to write a skit so she could play Jessica Simpson "because I hate her" "she's fat".
· Paris was so uninterested in anyone else the staff had a bet to see if she would ask anyone something personal (like "how are you")
Considering Fey is one of TV's most successful writers, we found her likening of the internationally regarded hotel heiress and fragrance mogul to a "piece of shit" to be somewhat prosaic, and a far cry, for example, from the lyrical heights of the anonymous internet wordsmith who once compared Hilton to a "fart in a mitten." Still, there's something refreshing in knowing that all those intimate asides shared during the show's closing credits aren't always friendly, and that what Rachel Dratch, the repertory's go-to player for prepubescent boy roles, was probably whispering into Hilton's ear under that sleepy saxophone solo was a sentiment along the lines of, "For the tenth time—I know Rachel is a girl's name, you fucking moron. I am a girl."
- Tina Fey on why Paris Hilton sucks [CityRag]
Comments
wow, taking a shot at Paris Hilton! No one else in America has ever had the balls to do that!
Tina Fey, on the cutting edge of comedy at always.
Look, Tina was robbed for a nomination in Best Adaptation of Self-Help Book about Teenage Girls Who Would Be Just Like Mitten-Fart If They Could. So lay off.
Plus, sometimes you just call 'em like you see 'em. I'm willing to bet she has a couple Dorothy-Parker-esque quips at the ready for greater targets.
I don't know, there's something pretty satisfying about a straightforward "piece of shit."
"Fart in a mitten," though indeed a delightfully inventive metaphor, just doesn't capture the full steaming, stinking pile of her shittescence.
"Shit in a mitten" is how I'll think of her from now on.
How about "Sumner Redstone's hand in a mitten" instead?
I think I love Tina Fey now, even if I don't think her show is very funny because come on, who's ever gone after that skank ho so publicly and so nastily? The only thing she failed to mention was Paris's little problem "down there." I wonder if they fumigated after she left the set.
Also during the interview, Tina Fey even mentioned Defamer, although it was in a mostly negative way.
As far as I'm concerned, anyone who wrote the episode "Jack the Writer" can call whomever they want whatever they want. It's green-dotted on my TiVo.
Finally, a Paris Hilton feud where there's actually someone to root for.
You tell that piece of shit who's boss, Tina Fey!
I can't imagine how frustrating it would be to write material for a "piece of shit" like her.
Rachel Dratch is a girl? Who knew?
Tina Fey is mucho fantasico. Love SNL, Love 30 Rock - even gave my husband a Kenneth the Page talking bobblehead.
The SNL book that came out about 5 years ago talks a lot about the worst guests etc. Jim Downey trashed them having Monica Lewensky back and tried to her them to do a sketch about the history of presidential kneepads.
Chevy Chase, Tom Green and Tom Arnold were all other hosts that were regarded by the cast as a mess.
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