7.28.2004

Victoria Gotti Gets Her Own Reality Show

I'm stunned - and I didn't think it was possible to get that way after eating horse rectums and Donald Trump each got their own reality shows.

Victoria Gotti, for those of you who have not had her pushed in your face (Geraldo used to love having her on), is the daughter of dead crime boss John Gotti and brother of Gotti Jr. just charged with murder.

She thinks of herself as a novelist - not a good one - and seems to spend her money on hair bleach and plastic surgery to look like something out of the Soprano's, and you'd swear NONE of those people were made to look good. She thinks of herself as royalty, a princess, and classy.

Listen to her talk for a few moments, however, and the magic (if there was any) fades.

"Growing Up Gotti" is the name, and we're supposed to care about her dating life, her punk kids, and I guess we're supposed to think of her as a glamorous author (her words) and a newly-single mother - you know, just like any other mother.

I'm not a believer in considering the children guilty of the parents' crimes. That's not why I detest all things Gotti. But this is preposterous.