The Sports Guy was Right...

Every morning Boon reads this column on Grantland written by Bill Simmons, aka The Sports Guy.  I'm assuming most of his column focuses on sports (given the obvious), but every now and then he writes a few doozies that Boon shares with me.  Well, the other night when we were driving home from the grocery store, Boon mentioned that The Sports Guy has had this long running theory that Jennifer Love Hewitt was poison to the ears of women - basically, by just the mention of her name it would cause women to perk up and say "her neck is to tall" or "her boobs are too big" or whathaveyou.  Well, one of his readers recently found the woman who provokes the exact opposite reaction....Khloe Kardashian.  The reader's theory was that every time Khloe was mentioned in a negative way, that all women will come to her defense bellowing "she's NOT fat" or "she is the ONLY normal one", etc.  

JLH vs. Khloe ... what's your reaction?

Well, the reason I decided to bring this up today is because my reaction to Boon's story surprised me and even though I didn't think I fell into either one of the categorical reactions described above....I TOTALLY DO! 

First, my reaction to Jennifer Love Hewitt - which, mind you, I still don't think I have a "poison-like" reaction to, but I can't sit there and listen to Boon say how hot she is without throwing back a snide remark...even though I don't mean to!!  For example, I was attempting [note: keyword attempting] to contradict The Sports Guy's theory.....

Me:  "Well, I don't know if I agree with the Jennifer Love Hewitt [JLH from now on - her name is too long....and that doesn't count as snide!] theory because I can understand how guys think she is pretty, but really she is kind of mousey."

Boon: "I don't think so...she is HOT!"

Me: "Yeah, but also mousey.  Her face is kind of skinny and looks mousey. I mean she has great hair and I don't care that she has big boobs, but you have to admit she looks mousey."

Boon: "Nope, just hot."

Me: "Hot and...MOUSEY!"

Ok...so I think you get the point.  I didn't even realize what I was doing until we drove the rest of the way home in silence.  I never did admit The Sports Guy was right, but, in all honesty, I think there is no denying it.  Even if her name doesn't trigger a totally poisonous reaction in me, I couldn't say a nice thing about her without throwing in the mousey thing.  I guess point proven.

So, now let's talk about Khloe Kardashian.  At the first mention of any Kardashian, I, along with the majority (I'd assume), would agree that they are somewhat annoying and boring, are famous for nothing, are totally overrated, etc. etc., but at the end of the day I hate to admit it but I really do like them!  I watch all the Kardashian shows on E! - they somehow pull me in and are totally addicting...I'll even watch the gazillion reruns they show.  Thus, even though I would agree with all of the normal Kardashian-haters and wouldn't jump to the conclusion that I'd have any heavily weighted reaction to one of them in anyway, I really do think Khloe is my favorite.  First of all, Khloe is NOT fat and she really is the only normal one and the most fun, realistic one.   I always feel so bad for her when fans chant horrible things about her when Lamar is playing basketball and hate to watch her weight struggles on TV.  If I had to choose one Kardashian to be friends with, it would be Khloe...I actually think we'd have a lot of fun together.  And, just like any friend, I would defend her until the end!  Apparently this theory is also correct....and really I'm kind of starting to get a little fired up as I write this just thinking that people actually think she's fat.  SHE'S NOT FAT!!

So there you have it....looks like The Sports Guy knew what he was talking about.  Even when trying to resist the theories, I fell right into the trap...disliking JLH and loving Khloe.  What can you do?!?!