THR's Ray Richmond writes:

"What this charade did convincingly underline was that if you blend a famed personality who has entitlement issues and legal troubles, an insatiable public appetite for showbiz dirt and an enabling media that has essentially lost touch with reality, you have the perfect recipe for a tabloid feeding frenzy. If it bears little resemblance to actual journalism, it doesn't appear that really matters anymore."

Here's the full column...