In Defense of Heidi Montag: Live and Let Lipo

By Oliver Miller Posted Jan 19th 2010 02:15PM

We're not averse to taking an unpopular stand, so for better or worse, it falls to us to defend the most unlikely hero of all... Heidi Montag, a.k.a. "Mrs. Spencer Pratt," a.k.a. "the girl from 'The Hills' who married the guy with the worst beard on the planet." PopEater's Oliver Miller takes up the gauntlet in honor of a recently sculpted and much-maligned Montag. Check out his logic after the jump...

This past week, Heidi sat down with People to discuss how she recently had ten plastic surgery procedures done in a single day. To be fair, ten operations is a lot of plastic surgery - especially considering that Heidi has had three previous surgical alterations. On the other hand, the response to her recent interview makes us cringe. Everyone on the planet is attacking Heidi Montag; her friends are calling her crazy, media outlets are calling her "addicted," and in general, she's being dismissed as a looks-obsessed strumpet with no clearly defined talent.

Well, it's time to draw a line in the sand. If Heidi Montag is obsessed with having plastic surgery, then we're obsessed with obsessing about the fact that she's obsessed with plastic surgery. And that needs to stop. Please compare Heidi, completely untouched, to Heidi right now:

Sorry, guys. But four years and thirteen operations later, Heidi Montag looks... quite a bit hotter. And if maybe she worries too much about her looks, and if maybe it makes her happy to have these operations, then who are we to endlessly drone on and complain about it? Let's just shut our yap-holes. Let the girl have some semi-unnecessary cosmetic surgery if she wants to. Geez. Heidi isn't mutilating herself like Michael Jackson did, and it's not like our freaking out over Michael Jackson did Michael Jackson any good either. It's Heidi's body, and it's her money, and she can spend that money on making her breasts more silicone-y if she wants.

And finally, and perhaps most importantly, this whole "scandal" smacks of the most blatant hypocrisy. The tabloid magazines that are now attacking Heidi are the exact same magazines that run cover stories like "OMG! Jessica Simpson Gained Five Pounds and Is Now an Ugly Pathetic Wretch Who Will Never Find True Love" and, "Kristie Alley, Is She Fat or What, Huh?"

As Americans, we need to start admitting that we're shallow, fixated on looks, and way, way too obsessed with celebrities' every life choice. We relentlessly gossip about and mock male and female celebrities who become in any way less attractive. And then we act all surprised when celebrities become overly concerned with their looks.

If it's "okay" to mock Jessica Simpson for suddenly looking 2% less attractive, then it should be okay for Heidi Montag to get surgery that makes her look 2% more attractive. We can't have it both ways. If we get to be shallow, then Mrs. Montag should get to be shallow too.

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NEW YORK - NOVEMBER 16: Heidi Montag (L) and Spencer Pratt promote "How to be Famous" at Borders Books & Music, Columbus Circle on November 16, 2009 in New York City. (Photo by Will Ragozzino/Getty Images) *** Local Caption *** Heidi Montag;Spencer Pratt

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NEW YORK - NOVEMBER 16: Heidi Montag and Spencer Pratt promote "How to be Famous" at Borders Books & Music, Columbus Circle on November 16, 2009 in New York City. (Photo by Will Ragozzino/Getty Images) *** Local Caption *** Heidi Montag;Spencer Pratt

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NEW YORK - NOVEMBER 16: Spencer Pratt promotes "How to be Famous" at Borders Books & Music, Columbus Circle on November 16, 2009 in New York City. (Photo by Will Ragozzino/Getty Images) *** Local Caption *** Spencer Pratt

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Tags: Heidi Montag, plastic surgery, the hills

Comments

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Tuesday 19 January

By Goddess

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Unfortunately, any children they have will carry all of the traits that she is trying to surgery away.

By BoredinOC

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hahahahaha I nver thought of that. She's probably going to be looking for a plastic surgeon willing to change an infant into "fake and plastic"

By Me

plastic and fake. and stupid as a stump.

By Abby

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I think she looks like a cross between Shenae Grimes and Faith Hill. I don't really care what she does, and it's none of my business what she does to herself. However, the sad part is, that she wasn't all that unattractive before the surgeries and now you really can't even see a hint of her in her face, which I think is unfortunate. Now, if she gets rid of that joke of a human of a husband, she would REALLY be doing well for herself!

By ginny woods

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HEIDI LOOKS BEAUTIFUL!! BEFORE AND AFTER! ALL LONG AS SHE FEELS GOOD ABOUT HERSELF...NO ONE SHOULD CARE ABOUT WHAT SHE DOES TO HERSELF!

By themeeker

The next surgery she should have is to have that 220 pound fat ugly tumor removed. I believe the medical term for this procedure is divorce.

By Jan

Who decided these two were celebrities? They are spoiled, greedy, and tney have no talent.AOL needs to keep them off the screen.

By DT

She looked way better before, and healthier. For someone holyer than thou, she certainly loves to alter what God gave her! Now she looks like a porn star. YUK.

By Malinda

Let her do her own thing. Wouldn't the world be a nice place if we were not constantly critiqued. At least she is honest and doesn't lie or deny as so many actresses and actors tend to do. You have to admit the surgeon did a great job. If she is addicted it is her issue and not for us to condemn or judge.

By Jamison

Can she smile? It seems all the pictures she doesn't even crack a smile which is very unusual for her. Too bad she felt she needed to undergo such a drastic surgery and mutilation to maintain what she deems stardom.

Poor girl. I couldnt stand to look myself in the mirror and not recognize myself.

Wednesday 20 January

By Bunny

There is something inherently sad about Heidi Montag. She was beautiful to begin with. she is till very young. Heidi save the plastic surgery for whe n you will need 20 years from now--why mess with somet hing that didn't need changing. Very sad.

By Cathy

Tell me Heidi doesn't look like a younger version of Faith Hill now.

By Jolelee

"Let the girl have some semi-unnecessary cosmetic surgery if she wants to. Geez. Heidi isn't mutilating herself like Michael Jackson did"

13 operations in 4 years on a perfectly fine looking woman? I'm guessing at this rate she WILL end up looking like MJ or that "Cat Face" woman.

When they said "Beauty is Pain" I don't think the meaning was to go hack your face up and hope you look better.

Why is this girl even famous?

Wednesday 27 January

By angry redhead

is it just me or does she now look older? i mean, she's what, mid 20's or something? her pointless prcedures kinda look like they aged her about 5 or so years...

Friday 22 January

By Kate

You think she looks quite a bit hotter? Are you JOKING? She looks totally fake and plastic now.

Ugh, if she is hot, I want to be ugly.

By Apostate

So you're playing devil's advocate on behalf of Heidi Montag of all people now,Oliver? What on earth's the matter with you? With published reports about her giddiness at the prospect at having MORE work done,the possibility that she'd look even more plasticized than a toystore Bratz Doll should be frightening enough to all. This sends a very disturbing message to the already appearance-obsessed teen female demographic that this sort of behavior is acceptable.

By fantasia892

how can the idiot writing this article say that she looks HOTTER now than she ever used to? look at her beautiful face before she went under the knife. a healthy glow, a beautiful hair color, gorgeous smile and eyes. she was what every teenage girl wanted to look like, and she was a good role model. now she's just a bimbo, she looks horrible. just as well, i just read an article two minutes ago about how the plastic surgeries were wrong and sent a bad message to kids. make up your friggin' minds, writers. you can't please both sides of the fence.

Thursday 21 January

By desertnonna

Instead of going to the plastic surgeon she should go into therapy. For someone to be so involved with her looks, there has to be some underlying insecurity about herself.

By tmnofsteel1234

She really did almost die. While she was on her knees paying for the newest surgery, she slipped and almost choked to death.

By nkayy

I wrote a blog about this ( www.noemi.ro ) and I agree with you. People give heidi crap about this yet they are the same people that called her ugly. On top of that, she actually looks better. Older, but better.

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