Carrie Prejean has earned respect, from a certain segment of the population, for speaking her mind.
As you might expect, she's doing so again in the face of today's unexpected firing as Miss California USA.
When asked by TMZ why she had her title stripped, Prejean played the political card again:
"What's behind this I think is a political debate. They don't agree with the stance that I took [on Prop 8]. Shanna [Moakler] is trying to bash me. They don't like me. From day one they wanted me out and they got what they wanted."
But, if that was actually the case, why wouldn't Prejean have been fired weeks ago? Heck, Moakler doesn't even work for the organization anymore!
Sorry, Tami Farrell, but you'll never make the sort of headlines your Miss California predecessor has become famous for.
Prejean also complains that pageant official Keith Lewis approached her last month about take two gigs: an appearance on I'm a Celebrity ... Get Me Out of Here! and an offer to pose in Playboy for $140,000; Carrie rejected both.
Lewis, meanwhile, says he simply made Prejean aware that the options existed, which she had insisted he do for all incoming offers.
Why did Carrie even make this information public? To make the pageant seem like it trying to exploit her fame? If that was the case, why would they want her out of there, as she claimed above?!?
As for Donald Trump, the man that actually gave Prejean the axe?
“I told Carrie she needed to get back to work and honor her contract with the Miss California USA Organization and I gave her the opportunity to do so," Trump said, referring to his much-publicized press conference. "Unfortunately it just doesn’t look like it is going to happen and I offered Keith [Lewis] my full support in making this decision. Carrie is a beautiful young woman and I wish her well as she pursues her other interests.”
Prejean claims she's done all the pageant has asked of her - but TMZ uncovered the following email she wrote on May 29 to Lewis and others:
"You do not cooperate with me, and you pick and chose [sic] the the [sic] things YOU want me to do. That is not happening anymore. Stop speaking for me. I have MY own voice."
This is what Carrie has continually failed to realize: NO, you do not have your own voice as Miss California. You are representing an organization, one whose contract, which outlined this fact, you signed. What is so difficult to grasp about that?!?
Our heads hurt. It's time to turn it over to our readers. Chime in with a comment and let us know your take on this situation!
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June 10th, 2009 10:16 PM
Personally, think Carrie was tired and ready to move on. Wish her happiness.
June 10th, 2009 11:08 PM
Just another martyr for being correct instead of "politically correct"!
June 10th, 2009 11:38 PM
Your quips seem rather shallow.
If an organization does not like a member, they make it very difficult by putting them in bad positions. If they refuse to just 'take it', then they're labled as insubordinate, as unwilling to work with the organization. That gives reason to be fired.
What were the appearances she turned down?
Do Lewis and others present offers they know are unacceptable to her?
Why didn't the organization outright reject Playboy's offer?
Even though she wants all opportunities, perhaps the organization isn't protecting her as they should.
'This is what Carrie has continually failed to realize: NO, you do not have your own voice as Miss California. You are representing an organization, one whose contract, which outlined this fact, you signed. What is so difficult to grasp about that?!?'
Yeah, and I guess performing nude for Playboy is the norm for Miss California. She does have a right to reject suicide, even if her contract requires her to do whatever her organization wants her to.
I think what *you* fail to grasp, is that certain situations are unacceptable: posing for porn, going into a hot warzone, walking through a bad section of town alone at night.
Her contract does not vacate her civil rights.
June 11th, 2009 1:30 AM
Its not surprising that Carrie was stripped of her title. They could not do it openly just based on her comments, which would have been discrimination against her beliefs, so they split hairs to find a way of doing it with the appearance of a justification. Lewis-Trump make out as though this was something ‘unacceptable’ she did they were‘forced’ to do, however, Mr Trump-Lewis, we are intelligent and can read between the lines, and will not be fooled by these kinds of ‘tactics’. You got rid of her because she was not serving your political and associated interests and those of whom are with and behind you….simple…
How the runner up can assume this position and feel falsely a winner would be inconcivable, and if she has character, she should turn down the offer to take Carries place in protest, ...in addtion, who cares about the dicriminatory attitudes of Moakler and the like...they are so predicable is nauseating, digging up whatever they can ie: photos that can hardly be described as anything resembling nudity dug up as 'dirt' against her...I bet if we looked into the accusers and critics against her lives, we could dig up a whole lot more....
June 11th, 2009 1:51 AM
Well said Dean and T-roy....
Cheers
June 11th, 2009 9:49 AM
This was retaliation 4 her honest answer.they tried 2 fire her 4 racey pics, but Lewis approached her about posing 4 playboy. Can u say HYpPOCRIT?
Y hasn't there been any backlash at Perez (the super HOMO queen) 4 the HATE-FILLED INTOLERENT COMMENTS HE HAS MADE ABOUT CARRIE?
June 11th, 2009 9:49 AM
This was retaliation 4 her honest answer.they tried 2 fire her 4 racey pics, but Lewis approached her about posing 4 playboy. Can u say HYpPOCRIT?
Y hasn't there been any backlash at Perez (the super HOMO queen) 4 the HATE-FILLED INTOLERENT COMMENTS HE HAS MADE ABOUT CARRIE?
June 11th, 2009 9:49 AM
This was retaliation 4 her honest answer.they tried 2 fire her 4 racey pics, but Lewis approached her about posing 4 playboy. Can u say HYpPOCRIT?
Y hasn't there been any backlash at Perez (the super HOMO queen) 4 the HATE-FILLED INTOLERENT COMMENTS HE HAS MADE ABOUT CARRIE?
June 11th, 2009 9:54 AM
This was retaliation 4 her honest answer.they tried 2 fire her 4 racey pics, but Lewis approached her about posing 4 playboy. Can u say Hypocrite?
Y hasn't there been any backlash at Perez (the super HOMO queen) 4 the HATE-FILLED INTOLERENT COMMENTS HE HAS MADE ABOUT CARRIE?
June 11th, 2009 9:59 AM
This was retaliation 4 her honest answer.they tried 2 fire her 4 racey pics, but Lewis approached her about posing 4 playboy. Can u say HYpPOCRIT?
Y hasn't there been any backlash at Perez (the super HOMO queen) 4 the HATE-FILLED INTOLERENT COMMENTS HE HAS MADE ABOUT CARRIE?