Tulisa and her amazing ability to turn sour grapes into boxed wine

I'm in a quandary.  If I'm too harsh on Tulisa and slag off her autobiography (which I started reading a week ago) then I'll end coming across as nothing but a bitch.  What's more, now that I've read it all the way to the end, and subsequently learnt about how she was not only blessed to be related to the right people so as to end up being a member of N-Dubz, she also ended up getting being lucky enough to land a spot as a judge on the X-Factor, has released a solo album and is about to begin writing her first novel and concentrate on her acting career, so to moan about the silver spoon that seems to have been shovelling sugar into her pretty little gob all this time would just end up sounding a little too much like sour grapes.

Well it does and then it doesn't.  I don't begrudge her the opportunities that came her way, nor the people that looked out for her and guided her along her path(s).  She comes across as incredibly naive at times, but then she is very young still.  She also comes across as quite a sassy broad.  The way she took on the ex-boyfriend who tried to make squillions from their private intimate sex (headjob) tape is to be applauded!  I Certainly wish we'd see that a bit more often!  Also, she came from a difficult background and a very poor one to boot. 

With regard to all her "bad" choices, well, give a young thing loads of dosh and no boundaries and they start doing stuff that will get them into hot water.  I don't think I would have really acted any differently (in fact, I didn't - I may not have had as much money as Tulisa but I certainly got some amazing opportunities offered to me at a very young age - and I would hardly call myself 'responsible' the way I dealt with life at... say.... age 21.... ) but I might have been a little less naive.... not sure there are those that remember me back then who would agree with me regarding that but they can always leave a comment of disagreement I suppose....

So I'm happy for her - honestly, I am.  I just watched a couple of her videos and, yes, I understand that "Young" went straight to number 1 in the UK (the UK sometimes sends the strangest songs to that top spot) and I also hear that her album which she released on my birthday last year didn't do so well and was generally panned by the critics but really it doesn't matter, she's got a fabulous job, will continue to have a great career and is unlikely to fail anytime soon at anything in the long run.  And shoud she one day fall, and I mean truly fall, at some point later in her life... well, she'll hopefully have the sense to have a healthy stash of cash to see her through.  And a gay friend.  Every clever girl has a gay friend to keep her company.

Of course, I also want +David to read her novel and if I slag it off, well, he'll just lose interest.

Och, did I say novel?  I meant autobiography..... of course.... I'm telling the truth.... honest! 

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