Dr. Drew: “Snooki is Alcoholic, but We Like Watching ‘Freaks’”

January 7th, 2011 - 11:28 pm ICT by Angela Kaye Mason  

Jan 7 (THAINDIAN NEWS) According to television’s Dr. Drew Pinsky, ‘Snooki’ from the show ‘Jersey Shore’ acts just like many other people with alcohol addictions. His reasoning for why so many people like watching is much like the old adage, “It’s like a train wreck, you can’t turn away.” He explained that we like watching such behavior.

Dr. Drew is all set to launch his new show, ‘Dr. Drew Pinsky’ on the ‘HLN’ network, which is due to begin in March. He shared with ‘Daily News’ television critics that he would like to do a show on ‘Linday Lohan’, and explained, “I’d like to do a different kind of story on Lindsay Lohan. Anybody can get outraged over her behavior, but I want to address what’s really happening in her life. If I can’t talk to Lindsay, I want to talk to people like her,” he stated.

But when asked about those celebrities which act out so much, Dr Drew shared that he is more interested in knowing why we love to watch their behavior, and give them the attention which keeps them going. Addressing the subject of ‘Snooki’ he added, “Forget her behavior. She’s no different from any other alcoholic. Let’s talk about why we watch it. I’ve said this before– we’ve gone from fascination with physical freaks to fascination with behavioral freaks.”

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