Monday, November 09, 2009

Katt Williams - another ghettofabulous victim

So my sister made me aware that one of the current top stand-up comedians was just arrested. If you haven't heard about this, it was Katt Williams (real name Micah Williams) - again.

Now I realize that Williams did a great thing in adopting 7 children - all from the U.S., because as he said on the Tonight Show

"I got my kids right here, I didn’t have to go to Africa to do it. Amazingly enough, there are needy kids right down the street."


I do respect that, and I can imagine that he has many of the same problems that drove Jon & Kate Gosselin crazy, on-going in his own home.

I can understand why he chose to follow his dream of being a comedian, instead of following-up a chance for higher education. Understand, not respect.

And I'm as happy that his career has come together, as I am for almost any entertainer. But none of this excuses the fact that Katt Williams is ghettofabulous. And that's all he his. Thus I was not surprised by his arrest for buglary.

I'm sure I will be told how unfair I am. ok. Doesn't change a thing. Because I just notice that every entertainer that uses the ghettofabulous theme as a means of making their money, winds up arrested for something stupid. Often.

Now it could be that Williams needs to be medicated or otherwise under medical care. But I don't know. It's hard to connect a burglary and a need to speak to a shrink. Especially when, to all apparent sources, Williams and his family are not about to starve.

Maybe I should feel bad. But honestly, I think its the karma of being ghettofabulous coming back at him. Like it does to everyone that follows that ill-conceived line of thinking.

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