"There was this thing written that I had gone into a candle store, and my hair went up in flames because of all the hair spray. First of all, I never have hair spray in my hair, and I've never even heard of this store, and my hair has never been burned"
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Celebrity scandal needs props, and Sheridan’s quote yanks them offstage one by one. The alleged candle-store mishap is tabloid-perfect: a brand-name setting, a slapstick visual, a whiff of moral lesson about vanity and hair spray. Her response works because it refuses to play the game on its own terms. She doesn’t argue about her “side” of the story; she attacks the story’s mechanics: the hair spray premise, the store’s existence in her life, the physical evidence. It’s a methodical demolition of a rumor built for maximum shareability.
The repetition is the point. “First of all” signals she’s doing inventory, like a lawyer cross-examining a headline. Each clause strips away one sensational ingredient: I don’t use the product, I don’t know the place, the injury never happened. That cadence exposes how celebrity narratives often function less as reporting than as fan fiction with purchase links.
There’s also a sharp class-and-control subtext: hair is part of an actress’s brand, a managed surface. The rumor tries to turn that surface into a punchline, implying artificiality (hair spray), carelessness, even a kind of karmic comeuppance. Sheridan counters with something like professional pride: you don’t get to rewrite my body as a gag.
In the pre-social era of churned gossip columns, denial had to be memorable to compete with the original story. This one is memorable because it’s specific, clipped, and faintly incredulous, making the rumor sound not just false but lazy.
The repetition is the point. “First of all” signals she’s doing inventory, like a lawyer cross-examining a headline. Each clause strips away one sensational ingredient: I don’t use the product, I don’t know the place, the injury never happened. That cadence exposes how celebrity narratives often function less as reporting than as fan fiction with purchase links.
There’s also a sharp class-and-control subtext: hair is part of an actress’s brand, a managed surface. The rumor tries to turn that surface into a punchline, implying artificiality (hair spray), carelessness, even a kind of karmic comeuppance. Sheridan counters with something like professional pride: you don’t get to rewrite my body as a gag.
In the pre-social era of churned gossip columns, denial had to be memorable to compete with the original story. This one is memorable because it’s specific, clipped, and faintly incredulous, making the rumor sound not just false but lazy.
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| Topic | Honesty & Integrity |
|---|---|
| Source | Help us find the source |
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