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"Simple Life" Too Saucy for Schoolkids
Paris and Nicole are just too hot for rural New Jersey.
Parents at a school in Buena Vista Township, a small farming community in South Jersey, have led a protest that helped nixed plans to film an episode of the third season of The Simple Life there.
Apparently, locals fear the show and its stars, especially sometime porn goddess Hilton, are inappropriate for children and would lead to mass ridicule of the town.
"It's a no-brainer," one local, John Krokos, told the Associated Press. "You don't bring this type of person into a school with 11- or 12-year-old kids in it."
Celebutantes Hilton and Richie were supposed work as substitute teachers and cafeteria monitors at the J.P. Cleary Middle School. The hit Fox reality show had offered school officials $5,000 for their hospitality.
But parents and townsfolk got wind of the plans when permission forms and letters were sent home last week, and a mass protest ensued.
"I just feel that it's ludicrous that the board of education and the administration would invite Paris Hilton to teach 11-, 12- and 13-year olds, and Nicole Richie, too," parent Sue Barber told reporters last week. "Their reputation leaves a lot to be desired."
The hubbub made show producers nervous and caused concern among school district higher-ups, and the plan was officially nixed Monday.
"Generally, it's our policy not to comment on shows while in production," Todd Beck, a spokesman for Bunin-Murray Productions, said in a statement. "But I can tell you we've decided to proceed with other production plans for The Simple Life: Interns. We appreciate the support and interest of local school officials and wish everyone well."
Instead, Hilton and Richie will tackle a firehouse in Atlantic City. Fox and reps for Chief John J. Jasper Jr. Memorial Fire Station remain mum on the girls' official duties. But filming begins Friday, and the inhabitants of the engine house are apparently ready.
"Some guys are excited about it," Captain William Brooks admitted to the Associated Press.
The Simple Life 3: Interns, which features the saucy socialites acting as interns at myriad jobs all while traveling by Greyhound, premieres Jan. 26 on Fox.
- E! News
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01-12-2005 04:41 AM
