So I was planning on writing about a CD that came out today by Darren Hayes (formerly of 90s pop band Savage Garden - don’t you dare laugh): “This Delicate Thing We’ve Made”. I’ve been waiting for it to come out for months now - I have kind of an emotional attachment to his music, since I discovered it pretty much at the same time that I came out to myself last year (and he’s gay too). I actually went to four different stores today before I found one that had it.

But in a classic example of how the involvement of a celebrity blows everything out of proportion, Hayes has been arrested on charges of racially abusing a waiter at a Thai restaurant. So naturally, the press is all over it, ironically overshadowing the release of his album (which is incredibly, may I add) tenfold. This is so ridiculous. Does anyone think a misunderstanding like this would have resulted in an arrest if he hadn’t been the “former celebrity” every news outlet is quoting him as? So now an [at least in my opinion] innocent man gets pegged as a racist because probably rubbed the waiter the wrong way. And it sticks to everyone’s memory because he’s famous.

This wasn’t very coherent, but seriously people - the media has better things to cover and the public has better things to worry about than a minor incident like this. All that comes out of it is pain.

(I don’t really consider myself a “fan” of anyone except Darren Hayes, so obviously I’m a bit biased here)