from synthesismagazine.net
The New York Post today runs a full 1,400-word 'article' by Kevid Federline in conjunction with his new album, "Playing With Fire," which runs today. Reading it, ETP was genuinely shocked that it seemed to be completely unedited, with phrases like "I started dancing a little bit when I was a teenager, when I was like 13. I quit when I was about 14. A lot of people, they were just like, 'Well.'" and "I honestly think the media is a give-and-take. It's not that I can say, Completely f - - k you. I could just only say, Halfway f - - k you. But I know why they do it. It's because they're making a lot of money. So I can't be mad at you. I come from a place where people do a lot of things to make money. So I cannot be mad at them." It seemed amazing that the NYP wouldn't clean it up just a bit, even for the sake of the reader. It was with surprise, then, that we read that it was actually rendered "as told to Maureen Callahan" which either means that the Post left Federline out to dry by running the whole garrulous, free-associative mess, or that dear Lord this is the edited version. As a gimmick, the "by K-Fed" byline is obviously a good one, but as far as effectively rendering his story, we'd venture to say there are better — and shorter — ways. Here's a sample, just for kicks:
It's almost like, I didn't realize how much people love to hate me! It's crazy. I couldn't really point a finger. You know, maybe I blame myself, like, explaining to people what kind of dad I am, because I like to keep my private life private. You don't see pictures of me with my kids everywhere because I don't - that's not me. I want to do a book - the book is definite. It will be a biography of my life until I met my wife, so people will better understand who I am. I haven't done it yet. You know, I'll get a ghostwriter in there.
Probably not a bad idea.
