I'm posting this because I was on the fence as to which side to choose, only a minute ago. I needed to figure out how I would act in either position, and as I wrote, I realized my answer. As a journalist, would I lose my cool and dismiss my interviewee if he/she gave me the kind of attitude and hostility that Karrine 'Superhead' Steffans displayed?
What about as an interviewee? Would I get offended if I start sensing that the interviewer has an agenda and only seems to be interested in my personal past? I am assuming that is how Steffans felt, and after watching the video twice I will admit that there is a justifiable reason why she would have felt and acted that way, but truth be told, the male interviewer had a point.
As a result of the way the farcical book promotion interview transpired, I'm leaning towards the journalists' side, because they decided to end the interview before it got messy, rather than do what another famous Fox journalist would have done - attack her into submission by exposing all of her personal business to viewers.
Her book, The Vixen Manual, is highly inappropriate for any young adult, which is the age group she kept hinting at, despite her best efforts to belatedly say that it was for older women who were married, etc.
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What made me lose compassion for Steffans, was the snide remark she directed towards the interviewers, telling them that they weren't "asking intelligent questions", in response to a perfectly simple series of questions in the latter part of the interview.
The minute I saw some of the erotic and extremely lewd illustrations from the book earlier this month, I assumed it was her spin on Kama Sutra, but in this interview, she made it seem far more sophisticated, commenting on how the book will provide the kind of advice she never had when she was a child and a young adult.
It is important to note that the former music-video model also stated that the book will offer tips and advice to women who are seeking, or are already in a relationship or marriage, as well as give tips to women in need of advice on bettering their work environment (yeah... right). Watch the interview below.
UPDATE: This is Steffans once again, with another failed attempt to promote her book. Why is she trying to be
sophisticated now? Who is she trying to fool? LOL This is hilarious to listen to. I should put this in the Just for
laughs section. She needs to stop being rude to interviewers when they use the facts from her own book to profile
her. Priceless.
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