Pop tarts make Pink see red

Wed., Feb. 22, 2006

The Spokesman-Review

Outspoken rocker Pink (above) is taking no prisoners in her new single, “Stupid Girls”:

“They travel in packs of two or three/With their itsy bitsy doggies and their teenie weenie tees…/Porno paparazzi girls…”

In the video, Pink (aka Alecia Elliott) appears at one point stumbling around in oversized shades, beads and a billowy frock, evoking Mary-Kate or Ashley Olsen.

Another clip shows the singer driving recklessly while sporting a red bouffant that makes her look like Lindsay Lohan. And she writhes atop a soaped-up car while wearnig a long blond wig, bikini top, short shorts and boots, suggesting Jessica Simpson as Daisy Duke or Paris Hilton‘s ad for Carl’s Jr. hamburgers.

“It’s pretty obvious,” the singer says. “I’m talking about a general mentality. I use examples because I can’t help but be blunt. ..

“Rather than focusing on someone who can’t pay rent, or a child who’s sick, or on our children and brothers overseas, it’s about living vicariously through these people who seem to shop all day.”

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