Dina Eastwood, wife of Clint, has decreed that now's the time for the world to see how a real-life A-list Hollywood family live their lives
Lost in Showbiz is aware that cool died some time ago, but has its grave ever been more resoundingly danced upon than by the news that Clint Eastwood's family are inviting the TV cameras into their home for a reality series? Mrs Eastwood and Company will air on the US E! channel, and though Clint is not the star, merely a featured player, there does seem something acutely legacy-aborting about it all.
The show is the brainchild of the movie legend's wife, Dina, but will also foreground the growing pains of the couple's daughter and Clint's daughter from a previous marriage – both teenagers who still live at home. "Nothing is more important to me than family – no matter how you define that," Dina announced in a promotional statement this week. "People might be surprised by how we live our lives and our unconventional approach, and I also believe that it's hard not to fall in love with my band, Overtone [she manages them, apparently]."
To which the only reasonable response seems to be: Dina, Dina, Dina … what in the name of sanity are you doing? You've married CLINT EASTWOOD – an almost universally acknowledged god. Not only that, you've stayed married to him for 16 years, and live in various well-appointed houses as a family. I'm sure Overtone are marvellous – but are they really worth it?
Upon further consideration, I can only assume that this lunatic move is a symptom of paradise syndrome, a condition that was ushered into the vernacular when Eurythmics's Dave Stewart announced his life was so perfect that he'd had his appendix out in Bangkok for no reason. And I've honestly scarcely paraphrased that tale. According to Dave, when your life was as rosy as his, "there has to be a catch".
And so, presumably, with Dina's decision to sell her family life to the same channel that airs Keeping Up With The Kardashians – which sounds like the televisual equivalent of not merely having your appendix out in Bangkok, but then being required to incorporate that appendix into a floorshow act in one of the city's less ritzy postcodes. Music by Overtone, obviously.
Source: http://www.guardian.co.uk/lifeandstyle/lostinshowbiz/2012/mar/15/clint-eastwood-family-reality-tv
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