Where have all the good girls gone?

Jewish World Review ^ | 9/27/2006 | Michelle Malkin

[Mike Bates]

Several years ago, I wrote a column praising a sweet and talented Welsh girl named Charlotte Church. A singer of arias and sacred songs, she possessed an uncommon sense of modesty and decorum in the skin-baring age of Britney Spears. Charlotte had the face and voice of an angel. Her signature piece was "Pie Jesu" (Blessed Jesus). Her favorite keepsake was a rosary blessed by the pope.

Or so she said at the time. Now, alas, the once-charming Charlotte is the new face of skankdom. And you won't believe what she's saying about the pope.

The 20-year-old entertainer has rebelled against the wholesome image that brought her fame, fortune and worldwide respect as a rare role model for young girls. She has traded in "Pie Jesu" for "Crazy Chick" — a lousy pop anthem even Ashlee Simpson wouldn't be caught performing. Charlotte's gone from pure-hearted to pure crap. These days, she drinks, she smokes, she curses, she fights, she parties, and she tries very, very hard to shock and offend — like a trashier Lindsay Lohan, only with better pipes.

Charlotte has a new talk show in England, where she plays a profanity-spewing hostess who is part Rosie O'Donnell, part Keith Olbermann (she has bashed President Bush as "clueless" and a "twat") and completely unhinged. The pilot episode featured Charlotte calling Pope Benedict XVI a Nazi, dressing as a nun and pretending to hallucinate while eating communion wafers imprinted with smiley faces (symbolizing the drug Ecstasy). The Catholic News Service reported last month that the pilot also showed Church smashing a statue of the Virgin Mary to reveal a can of fortified wine. To top off her anti-Catholic snit, she stuck chewing gum on a statue of the child Jesus.

[auto power]

....AMEN.....

[mtbopfuyn]

"This woman may have had the voice of an angel in the past but now she has the foul mouth of a sewer rat."

I've wondered whatever happened with her. This is so sad. She once was such a shining light.

[JamesP81]

All men say that want a nice girl, one who hasn't slept around, has great values, etc. but I don't believe it. Most men will gravitate directly to the loud, half-dressed gals because they are more "fun". I don't think men (in general) want a nice girl; they want to have a good time.

Granted, a lot of men do that. But I am not among their number. That sort of thing really is very off-putting to me.

[madison10]

Those of us who don't go to bars just can't find each other.

That's what church is for....or FR. ;)

[areeves79]

Nope, I'm right there with you. LOL

[chilepepper]

Welsh skank ping.

[zendari]

Of course.

[COEXERJ145]

I don't think men (in general) want a nice girl; they want to have a good time.

Not this one. I'll take a "nice" girl over a trashy one any day. Too bad they're hard to come by these days.

[HamiltonJay]

She's 20, in the entertainment industry.. she's surrounded by old lecherous geazers and yes men... Who basically control her career... whether she will admit it or not.

Pity.. I think young women in the entertainment industry are like young men in Thailand.... The depravity that surrounds them can bring even the best of them down.

[JamesP81]

The difficult thing is having the patience to wait for God to act.

I think that my be where I'm at, and I'll tell you, it's torture, especially with all these girls going around these days barely dressed (at least it's getting colder outside now; they *have* to wear more clothes). I mean it is nearly impossible as a Christian man to restrain my natural thoughts when I'm walking around with so much skin on display. Good God it sucks. I sometimes wish that either God would bring me to the one He wants for me (then I'd be bound to my wife; my married friends tell me that it's much less of an issue for them now that they're married) or just make the desire go away altogether. I know that sounds extreme, but avoiding these kinds of sin is near the border of impossible.

[incredulous joe]

catholic ping

sad news, my whole family enjoyed her beautiful music (and I suppose we will continue to) sounds like the lure of the mighty dollar, or in this case the pound.

[durasell]

Hollywood didn't destroy free will. It's show business. A business that manufactures images and songs as a product, which are then sold. Folks should seek role models someplace else.

[HamiltonJay]

Home Depot???? While you will run into some like you mention.. you'll also run into the ones that basically look like men... and for a reason if you know what I mean.

Me personally... I love a gal who knows her way around power tools.... If only I had met this one before the Mrs.. my life would have taken an etirely different path :)

[gopwinsin04]

ugh...

[krb]

"Be a lady in the parlor, Betty Crocker in the kitchen, and a 'very, very bad girl' in the bedroom."

I once dated a real vixen who told me: "My mother advised me to be a lady when out and about, be a chef in the kitchen, and be a slut in the bedroom. But I can be a slut in the kitchen too, if you want."

[Larry Lucido]

LOL!