The Laguna Beach Curse: From Lauren Conrad's Sex Tape, To Jason Wahler's Multiple Arrests and Racist Tirade
Reality TV may be a fun, guilty pleasure for viewers, but the reality of instant fame and public scrutiny can be less glamorous and a real shocker for regular people turned "stars."
Much has been made about MTV's nuptial reality curse. Famous people turning their lives into television shows is one thing, but to suddenly turn famous overnight, is quite another. These people already have a taste of what fame is all about and aren't walking into this venture unaware of what to expect. When Jessica Simpson and Nick Lachey let cameras into their lives at the beginning of their marriage with MTV's Newlyweds, the end result was a very public and painful divorce. Both have attributed having their lives on display as being a major factor in the demise of their relationship.
Certainly no one can argue with the irony of Carmen Electra and David Navarro's marriage reality show 'Til Death Do Us Part, ending in fortunately not death - but with divorce. And now we await the final outcome of Travis Barker and Shanna Moakler's marriage chronicled on Meet The Barkers, with the two splitting, filing for divorce, but now seemingly in the throes of reconciling. And the verdict's still out on Bam Margera's marriage to grade-school friend Melissa Rothstein on Bam's Unholy Union - they've only been married two months. We shall wait and see if they can break the curse.
So with that kind of trag-ik reality tv record for the already famous, it's hardly surprising that the cast of kids from Laguna Beach, The Real OC, and the spin-off The Hills, are facing their own dose of reality: the unpleasant kind.
It began with Jason Wahler's arrest in NY back in late August last year for disorderly conduct, possession of a controlled substance, resisting arrest and bribery. Three weeks later he and a female friend were arrested and charged with attacking a LA DOT employee and a tow truck driver, where he allegedly uttered racial slurs at the two black civil servants. Wahler was then arrested in early March in Greenville, NC. for underage drinking and resisting arrest, and then again this past weekend in Seattle, WA for an altercation at a hotel where he was witnessed wrestling with an unidentified male and for punching a security guard in the face. TMZ has details on the latest incident in Seattle:
Officer DePina, who wrote the report, says when Seattle PD arrived they found a "very intoxicated" Wahler passed out on the floor in a hallway on the third floor. When DePina tried to take Wahler into custody, the former reality star allegedly lashed out, calling the arresting officer "a nig**r, a fag**t, and a poor f**k." According to DePina, Wahler also stated, "that he was rich and would have my ass." Wahler, who was described as "belligerent and hostile," allegedy threated DePina a second time, saying, "Come down to L.A. county and get your ass kicked!" Continued on the next pagePage 1 2
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