I think you’re mostly right. I’m a fan of the Sharknado franchise and the other SyFy cheese-fest creature features that draw out of circulation actors back in for a quick name pop... so I may have a little more exposure to Tara Reid than the average Freeper, and I’ve seen her as someone who has an idea about where her market and brand have landed her in life and she’s grinding it out to make the most of it.
Making a dumb political statement as a celebrity is one thing when you initiate it. Gaining enemies by getting pulled into a political mudfight because dumb people can’t spell your name right is totally different.
I understand she just wants to stay back on the sidelines and figure out how to get cast as the female lead in “bearcano”, but it doesn’t mean she has to pretend to be stupider than she actually is.
That would be fun. Mt. Katmai erupts, and instead of ashes and lapilli, monstrous Kodiaks and brown bears fly into the stratosphere.