LEONA ON THE DIFFICULTIES OF FAME

At RumerMills we cannot STAND a celebrity who moans about how difficult life is in the spotlight, so you can imagine how irritated we were to read Leona Lewis’s latest interview about how fame has taken a “cruel toll” on her life. Leona dear, it’s very simple. If you don’t want to be famous anymore then all you have to do is hand back the free designer dresses, decline the invitations to the A list parties and premieres, refuse the exotic promotional trips, hand back your multi-million dollar record advance and head back to your job as a receptionist in East London. Then tell us how difficult life is!

Read the full interview here.

SPARE US THE BOREDOM

Leona’s PR people are scraping the barrel when it comes to generating publicity for her new album, Echo, scheduled for release on November 16th. Today we get some wooly story about how she refused to kiss Gossip Girl hottie Chace Crawford when filming the video for her 2008 single I Will Be. As if! Chace gets to spend his working days with the super hot Leighton Meester and ultra sexy Blake Lively, so we’re sure he wasn’t putting the offers out to Leona only to be rejected!

Leona’s people need to realise that the only thing that will ever be interesting about her was the slap she took at that book signing last week. We suggest you focus on the voice and not on the lack of personality!.

We are however thankful for the reminder of the masterpiece that was the I Will Be video. Leona’s acting performance at the beginning was more wooden than the average tree, so much so that it still makes us laugh out loud. Enjoy below…

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LEONA’S NEW VIDEO (YAWN)

Another day, another attempt by Leona’s people to make her interesting. We’ve got to admit that we love her voice and that some of her past singles and performances have been outstanding, but she has all the personality of a corpse and the music videos to match. This time they’ve gone for the “Leona the backstabbing bridesmaid bitch that has a raunchy affair with her best friend’s man” theme. We don’t buy it though we have to hand it to them for having her slapped around the bookstore last week – genius PR!

We’re not yet sure how Leona’s career is going to go. Happy is an OK song, but it’s really just more of the same from her last album. Does anyone care? We hear her record company is facing an uphill battle, particularly as she’s fast gaining a reputation in the media industry for being the most difficult person in music to work with – just ask some of our friends in Asia. Some journalists booked to interview her were recently told that Leona doesn’t DO talking on the day of a performance…

That attitude is all fine and well when you’re in demand, but we’re sure she’ll soon learn how to talk and sing on the same day when her career hits the skids!