Kate's Comeback
You knew it was only a matter of time that Kate Moss would adopt the "throw yourself at the mercy of the public" strategy. In a statement (no doubt penned by a battery of lawyers), she admitted: "I take full responsibility for my actions… I also accept that there are various personal issues that I need to address and have started taking the difficult, yet necessary, steps to resolve them."
Indeed, but particularly odd was the shocked denial of her lawyer that Moss had smoked crack cocaine at a party at home. That she should get high like a celebrity is one thing, but that she should do it like a vulgar street waif is something altogether different. Next, expect the recovery phase, where Moss' agents will leak photos of her attending some rehab program, followed by her transformation into a model of resurrected cleanliness, which should win her back a contract or two, though Kate will have to frequently issue boilerplate remarks about how much she really hated doing drugs, but was, well, you know, a desperate prisoner.
Don't sniff, it'll probably work.
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you know for a year or two there i completely forgot who kate moss was....thank mike for reminding me...i really am glad that you reminded me who kate moss is. 😛
I don't care much about models or fashion, but I liked the complete and utter trashiness of Kate Moss. That she was a coke head, a drunk, all of that seemed so apparent and unhidden. It seemed unlike the hypocrasy of, well, her current statement.
FREE KATE MOSS!
Actually her look has always made me shudder. Having said this I am surprised that no reasonoids have yet spoken out on how our Moss is yet another victim of our ridiculous approach to drugs as a society. Drugs probably helped her stay thin and that was what people were apparently paying her to be.... etc etc and all that
I can't believe a fashion model uses cocaine. It's shocking. Moss completely blindsided those companies she works for, and they have every right to be outraged. They need to make an example of Kate, because other girls in the business may emulate her, and then there would be an epidemic.
Next thing you know, we'll hear that models sleep with sleazy men to get ahead.
All this alleged dark underbelly stuff is really bumming me out.
Yeah, but look on the bright side. She has so valiantly overcome her food addiction. I'm sure she's a hero to ana fans everywhere.
Kate, say "hello" to my little friend..
"I can't believe a fashion model uses cocaine"
Me neither. Kate was the queen of 'heroin chic'. Crack indeed.
I hear that the Church of Scientology is trying to get in on the deal. They're offering their services to Kate Moss so she can "clean" up and get over her addiction.
I'm sure that in a few months she'll be modeling again and jumping (on couches) for joy.
Well, it certainly wouldn't be terribly difficult for her to get "Clear." After all, you can already see a bright light through her.
"If you think real hard about the aches, the card, the blackboard that you've drawn on for so long. You realize that it's gone, and with it that swan song, the mirror of your life has turned to shards. If that means broken glass, you won't have the chance to laugh at those who always laughed at you. Think back, yes it's cool, to jump up and be through, when even worser things have come to pass."
-- lyrics to "Kate Moss" by Rasputina
This morning, while driving to work, the two uber-right wing hosts of the local hard rock station where demanding to know why the cops didn't arrest Moss immediately for cocaine posession.
Riiiight guys, the police are going to zip on out and book Kate for snorting a liitle blow. That's really high (no pun intended) on their to-do list.
Conservatives...
what's shocking to me is that a girl who's dating Pete Doherty would use drugs. simply incredible.
i heard that same thing about the scientologists trying to sink their teeth into her. they just might be the most annoying cult on earth.
If Kirstie Alley had just given her sandwich to Kate Moss, they'd both be working today.
Reality show, anyone? Just think of the possible guest appearances.
Reality show, anyone? Just think of the possible guest appearances.
Good one mediageek. How long have you been waiting to use that one?
what's shocking to me is that a girl who's dating Pete Doherty would use drugs. simply incredible.
Stay tuned for the shriek that occurs when, in rehab, she sobers up and realizes that she is dating Pete Doherty.
If Kirstie Alley had just given her sandwich to Kate Moss, they'd both be working today.
Tim, good recycling. It's amazing that I can still laugh at that old one considering I first heard it about Cass Elliot and Karen Carpenter. I'm sure there was some other pair a generation before.
I've been reading too much H&R lately. I had a really weird dream this morning about a near-miss bust on cocaine possession and "forceable cavity searches" on me by two cops. I know it's bad now that my dreams are Libertarian. Or is that Libertine?
from a scientologist on another thread i regularly participate in...
I didn't know that about Kate Moss. That's great! ... She needs to enter the Narconon program, just like Kirsti Alley did. It has the lowest recitivism (SP) rate in the country of any drug treatment program.
i just.... i just can't stand them.
actually smacky, our boy Pete got big as the guitarist for The Libertines. hence in some logically questionable ways, we are all connected to Kate. or did you know that already, and were being clever?
zach,
No, I did not know that. Were I that clever!
Wait, two hard rock DJs were saying a model caught doing drugs should be put in jail?
Um, where was I when the world changed? Isn't doing drugs necessary to be a hard rock DJ?
I feel bad for all the kids growing up during Nancy Reagan's just say no era. they missed a lot of fun
Completely off-topic, but I misconstrued my dream in the previous post: It was actually a near-bust miss , as a few moments prior to my cavity search, some dumb girl at a party took all my blow and dumped it out to amuse her anti-drug self, which really pissed me off. In the dream, I was trying to find someone else to replenish my depleted stash, right before the cops came to forcibly infiltrate the party (and my anus). But I had nothing on me.
(In case anyone's wondering, this dream does not reflect my actual lifestyle whatsoever).
Please return to your regularly scheduled thread.
Akira:
The cops CAN'T arrest Moss and not look foolish. She would simply slip through the bars.
Great Warhammer 40K reference in the other thread, dude 🙂
Of course, the War On Drugs (tm) forces people to become hypocrites, say embarrassing things and publicly betray their principles in order to avoid or reduce jail time.
The question is: will she be doing blow off of Stevie Nicks any time soon?
Re my point above, this from a new post (She's Not the Only One Who's Retchin):
"Although he was convicted of possessing just one joint and was eligible for probation, D.C. Superior Court Judge Judith E. Retchin sentenced him to 10 days, partly because he said he planned to continue smoking marijuana."
Tell the truth and die.
I'll believe she's off the stuff when she stops resembling a human swizzle stick.
Why the hell do 99.99% of models look like they're Somolian? I thought the point of a model was to be attractive, I wouldn't touch one of these skeletal chicks with someone else's schlong.
Here in the No. Va. area we have a large number of immigrants from Somalia and Ethiopia who are tall and slender and often considerably gorgeous. You see them working at 7-11 and movie theatres. They tend not to be too much into drugs and the rock-and-roll lifestyle.
So you see, gorgeous as they are, they are just too uptight and boring to be famous models.
models aren't really supposed to be attractive, as much as make clothes look attractive. clothes tend to hang better on beanpoles.
don't look at me, i learned this from my designer girlfriend.
Kate will have to frequently issue boilerplate remarks about how much she really hated doing drugs, but was, well, you know, a desperate prisoner.
Yeah...I'm just waiting for Gloria Allred to tell us how Moss couldn't help it because she was a prisoner of a patriarchal, male-dominated, blah blah blah.
And you just know she will...
I bet that if Kate Moss started dating Mick Jagger and he took her out to dinner regularly, she'd be able to gain a little weight.
Because Moss grows fat on a Rolling Stone.
That's the way you do it, going a mile to set up a punch line. I think Hollywood needs you, Stevo.
That's the way you do it, going a mile to set up a punch line.
THANK YOU for giving me an excuse to post a story I've been thinking about for two weeks.
We've heard a lot lately about the phrase "the soft bigotry of diminished expectations."
My great-grandpappy, Bureaugard Darkly, knew something about that. It wasn't just a phrase to him.
He was a Southerner. He owned a plantation in Mississippi. On his land, he grew some mint plants -- at first, just to supply his own mint juleps, of which he was inordinately fond. These were locally renowned as uncommonly flavorful. Because mint plants grow very aggressively, he soon had more than he could personally use. This led to some neighborly sharing, and eventually a full-blown commercial operation -- supplying a growing demand for mint extract (for chicle gum, candies, medicines, perfumes and what not).
My great grand-pappy built a large shed out back, behind the main house, for processing the mint. He hired several workmen for the operation. Black and white, they worked side by side.
But can you imagine working in an enclosed area where the air is heavy with the aromatic oils and dusts of processed mint extract? It smells pleasant, but it tends to make the back of a man's throat all dry and gummy in short order. My great grand-pappy had to furnish the processing shed with several spittoons, into which the workers could expectorate from time to time as needed.
At the end of the day, a little "colored" boy (as they said back then) would collect all the spittoons and empty them out behind the shed -- always in the same spot, as it turned out. And something in the spit and mint extract must have made the soil unusually fertile, because one day a tree sprouted in that spot. They say, "It grew uncommon fast, and it grew uncommon large." Within five years it was the biggest tree in the county. It was something of a local marvel.
Eventually, the tree was cut down, and the wood was used to make a gate for local softball field, I believe. But to this day, people of the area still talk about that tree.
And the little spittoon boy? He grew up. And many years ago, he died. At a ripe old age.
But his grandson is now a middle-aged man himself. And he works as a speechwriter for the George W. Bush administration.
Even today, you can hear him talk about the "softball-gate tree of de mint-shed expectorations."
Wait, I'm not done.
He even tried to work it into a speech once. But Bush mangled the pronunciation, of course. And the rest is history.
OK. I'll leave quietly.
lol...
the two uber-right wing hosts of the local hard rock station where demanding to know why the cops didn't arrest Moss immediately for cocaine posession.
I'm sure a minimal amount of searching could find some liberal and/or black idiots demanding the same thing. If I had a dollar for every time I heard someone complain about the "blacks go to jail for drugs, whites go to rehab" thing I'd be richer than Kate Moss.
Good one mediageek. How long have you been waiting to use that one? Pure serendipity. I will admit that most times my sense of humor is met with blank stares accompanied by the sound of crickets chirping, but once in awhile I get lucky.
🙂
And I have to say, I got nuthin' on Mssr. Darkly.
Thank you, mediageek, you've been a lovely audience!
And nice Scientology/starving model zinger.