"I'm glad she's through with being a "shock-mistress", that role never suited her a bit."
If I remember correctly, she was basically "outed" by the media so perhaps a lot of the "shock" value was more as a result of the media reporting every sordid detail it could find or make up, than anything she did to encourage that image. It was a long time ago so I don;t recall every detail.
One thing I really like about her is that she's not the media whore Oprah is. I can't stand Oprah. Everything about Oprah just screams "elitist".
"If I remember correctly, she was basically "outed" by the media so perhaps a lot of the "shock" value was more as a result of the media reporting every sordid detail it could find or make up, than anything she did to encourage that image."
You may well be right about that, I was going to say something like that myself, but as you say, it was a while ago. And hey, let's face it, not the most important thing in the world, despite some of the coverage it got.