On Michaele Salahi, Whoopi Goldberg, Real Housewives of DC, and Showbiz Tonight

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HLN's Showbiz Tonight's really over-sensationalizing the Michaele Salahi v. Whoopi Goldberg story, but we'll get to that in a little bit.

The latest version of the story now has White House Party Crasher Michaele Salahi saying that she didn't say that Whoopi Goldberg hit her. And all of this just so happened to occur just before the day, Thursday, that The Real Housewives of DC aired, starring, you guessed it, Michaele Salahi.

And it's clear that the other stars of The Real Housewives of DC don't like Michaele Salahi, especially Linda Erkiletian, who attacked Michaele Salahi for her eating disorder. Check out this Associated Press YouTube Video:



The premier show focuses on a birthday bash for Michaele Salahi!

So all of this is about attention for Michaele Salahi and her show The Real Housewives of DC. But the issue with Whoopi Goldberg is unfortunately not planned, all too real, and says nothing good about either Michaele or Tareq Salahi.

It's seems, from a global perspective, that the Salahi's generate negative energy relationships which they then use to gain publicity for themselves. That's a dangerous pattern that, unless it's halted, could lead to unforeseen, bad scenarios.

The Salahi's, to use a street term, need to check themselves before they wreck themselves.

HLN's Showbiz Tonight's over the top on this

HLN's Showbiz Tonight's going really too far in describing this story, making it sound as if Michaele Salahi v. Whoopi Goldberg had an actual fight. Thursday's segment of Showbiz Tonight made it initially sound as if Whoopi came out from back stage specifically to go after Michaele Salahi.

That's not what happened. Whoopi Goldberg was trying to redirect the conversation back to the subject of The White House. Showbiz Tonight, in my view should apologize to Whoopi for mischaracterizing her actions. In a way, Showbiz Tonight is adding to the idea that Whoopi hit, or touched, or assaulted (whatever) Michaele Salahi, when its obvious that was not the case.

In this weird but white-hot story that has gotten more attention than it deserves, the last thing we need is a Hollywood gossip show fanning the flames of controversy even more.