CTV talks to “Bombshell” McGee, world must stop and listen

Sunday afternoon, CTV sent out an interesting press release.

According to them, Michelle “Bombshell” McGee (AKA one of the women who Jesse James had an affair with) is in Toronto filming an ad for Ashley Madison (you know, the online dating site for people who want to cheat on their spouses) so they sat down and talked with her.

Press releases are supposed to be exciting so that people will read them and cover whatever the event is, but there are a couple parts that really stood out as a little over the top.

First:

Reporter Lainey Lui spoke with the world’s most-hated woman yesterday in Toronto, where McGee was shooting commercials as the new actress for the pro-adultery website AshleyMadison.com.

Is Bombshell McGee really the most hated woman in the world right now? Really? There’s no one else at the top of anyone’s list? Maybe this should get a pass since it’s not like the said she’s the most hated woman in the history of the world. But still, why should I hate this woman? I don’t even know this woman. She didn’t break up my marriage, so why would I have any beefs with her?

Secondly:

Lainey, ETALK’s resident gossip maven, goes head-to-head with a placid McGee over her skewed definition of racism, James’ past abuse, and why McGee believes she did Sandra Bullock a favour.

Lainey goes head-to-head? Is she fighting McGee? Because that’s what I think of when I hear head-to-head. Challenges may have been a better word choice here.

The release then goes on to excerpt quotes from the two-part interview. An interview that there is little point to now. This “news” is months old and not really much of a “get” since McGee is in Canada filming a commercial. It would be like sitting down with Brad Pitt now and being like, “So you left Jennifer Aniston five years ago, eh?”

The American tabloids are not even all that interested in Bombshell McGee anymore — that’s how old this story is. That also makes it crystal clear why McGee did this interview: To keep her face out there and her 15 minutes of fame ticking.

It’s a little sad then when a Canadian TV show plays into exactly what someone named Bombshell wants.