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Whether it’s Paris Hilton or Kim Kardashian or whoever, stupidity is certainly celebrated. Being a f-ing idiot is a valuable commodity in this culture because you’re rewarded significantly... It’s celebrated. It doesn’t make sense to me.

Jon Hamm in an interview with Elle UK 2012

The reaction of our culture to this statement was as interesting as the quote itself. It was not a discussion about our relation to stupidity. Instead it was media outrage, and a celebrity fight.