Anderson Cooper is not a fan of the “Human Barbie,” kicking her off of his talk show.
You may recall Sarah Burge, the woman known as the “Human Barbie,” who had tons of plastic surgery to alter her appearance and is planning the same for her daughter?
Turns out Anderson Cooper wasn’t having any of her nonsense, calling her “dreadful.”
Read: Human Barbie gives 8 Year-Old Voucher for Liposuction
Cooper puts up with a lot of crazy guests, but it seems he draws the line with Burge, who made headlines for giving her 7-year-old a boob job voucher.
He does allow her to explain the method to her madness, which is, in fact, madness.
Burge explains that her 15-year-old daughter wanted to get Botox because she didn’t want to sweat on stage. Her argument? “You wouldn’t see Beyonce sweating on the stage,” she explained.
Cooper notes, “Actually you do, yeah.”
While Burge may believe she has the best intentions for her kids, rather than them finding a “voodoo witch doctor” to do the procedure, Cooper says, “Right… Um…” before adding, “I honestly have nothing more to talk to you about.”
And that’s when he gave her the boot, explaining, “I try to be really polite to all my guests. I just think you’re dreadful, and I honestly don’t want to talk to you anymore.”
Then off she goes, muttering all the way.
Seriously though, can Cooper come up with some better guests than Human Barbie and Toddlers & Tiaras divas and their moms?
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Time to tweak the show a bit and step away from the crazies just for the talk show shock value, mr. Cooper.
Anderson Cooper does not suffer fools gladly. In the middle of an interview with Sarah Burge, who has made headlines for giving her 8-year-old daughter vouchers for breast enhancements and liposuction and has reportedly had more than $800,000 of cosmetic surgery herself, Cooper just couldn’t take it any more.
“Um, I honestly have nothing more to talk to you about,” Cooper said. “I gotta just stop, sorry. I try to be really polite to all my guests, I just think you’re dreadful and I honestly don’t want to talk to you any more.”
“That’s fine, that’s fine,” Burge kept repeating, as she quickly walked off the set, to the applause of the live studio audience.
Earlier in the show, he had asked Burge to explain photos of her young daughter, then 7, on a stripper pole. She called the pole dancing “good exercise” and said “more people should actually try it than stuffing their faces with burgers.”
In an interview after the show, Cooper said, “You know, I always try to be respectful of the guests. But I also think if you’re gonna have somebody on you want somebody who’s really communicating honestly, and I got the feeling that this was about publicity for her, and … I regret having her on in the first place.”
He also said, “I think encouraging your little daughter to pole dance and give her plastic-surgery vouchers and telling the media about it, that I just don’t understand.”
Cooper said he had hoped to get an explanation from Burge but “didn’t think it was a really honest discussion.”
The interview aired on “Anderson” on Tuesday.
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When Anderson Cooper launched his daytime talk show eight and a half months ago, he knew that many of his interview subjects would be less…dignified types than the ones he questioned on his news show, Anderson Cooper 360. But on Tuesday’s episode of Anderson, he was so disgusted by his guest that he actually stopped the interview. Watch the awkward moment here:
Sarah Burge (a.k.a. the Human Barbie) is a British cosmetic-surgery proponent who holds the Guinness World Record for having undergone the most plastic surgeries. She’s also made headlines for her questionable parenting decisions, like inviting tabloids to print photos of her 8-year-old daughter on a stripper pole. "I let people know that it’s good exercise," she said. "And in fact more people should actually try it and perhaps stop stuffing their faces with burgers." In case the child’s breasts don’t fill out enough by the time she’s 18, Burge has given her vouchers to have them enlarged when she hits that age. (Oh, and liposuction, too, if needed.)
At one point, Cooper questioned her decision to allow her 15-year-old to have Botox injections in her forehead. (Among Botox’s magical abilities, apparently, is the prevention of a sweaty brow while dancing on stage.) "I would prefer to actually oversee my daughter’s Botox than actually have her go underground, find a Voodoo witch doctor or, in fact, getting it off the internet and administering it herself," she said.
Cooper’s reply? "I honestly have nothing more to talk to you about. I try to be really polite to all my guests. I think you’re dreadful and I honestly don’t want to talk to you anymore."
"That’s fine," sniffed Burge, and walked off the stage. later in his show, during an on-camera interview backstage, Cooper explained why he had stopped the interview. "I got the feeling this was about publicity for her," he said. "I regret having her on in the first place and I regret how things ended…I certainly don’t want to be rude to anybody, and I hope she doesn’t feel that I was."
Well, that might be too much to ask. she later tweeted, "thank you America for your emails yes Anderson did make himself look an ass he has a big mouth for a LITTLE man."
Any reasonable viewer would recognize that Cooper is the saner person in this fight. But why would he have her on his show in the first place? did he think he might show her where she’d gone wrong? Of course not.
Here’s why: Burge was seeking publicity, and Cooper was seeking ratings. But to his credit, Cooper apparently recognized the unsavory reciprocity of the situation. Too bad he didn’t figure it out before the deluded woman walked on his soundstage!
Now, “Human Barbie” Sarah Burge has taken daughter Poppy to conquer the US pageant world — and managed to upset the Americans too.
They have quickly taken against her, hardly surprising considering she called some of the other pageant mums “fat and ugly”.
Sarah, 51, forked out £15,000 to take eight-year-old Poppy to compete in the Darling Dolls of America contest.
Despite jeers of “go home” from members of the audience, Poppy went on to win a top gong.
The American pageant parents think nothing of plastering their children in fake tan, make-up and litres of hair lacquer.
But Sarah has gone too far — even by their standards.
She even gave Poppy cosmetic surgery vouchers for her eighth birthday, has spent more than £500,000 on cosmetic surgery for herself and boasts about giving Botox to her other daughter Hannah two years ago — when she was just 15.
Mummy’s girl … Sarah and eight-year-old daughter Poppy’s US trip cost £15,000PacificCoastNews.com
This week Sarah was interviewed on US talk show Anderson. Host Anderson Cooper was so appalled by Sarah’s mothering skills that he cut the interview short.
He said: “I just think you’re dreadful and I honestly don’t want to talk to you any more, so I’m going to stop.”
But it seems it will take a lot more than public humiliation to stop Sarah. She said: “Poppy was competing against 40 other girls who had been doing pageants since they were babies.
“This is Poppy’s first one and she performed amazingly well — she’s brazen and different.
“She owned that runway and looked stunning in her designer dresses. for the talent section, she read out a poem she had written.
“She said to the judges, ‘No one can strut their stuff like this bit of English fluff. I’m going to win the crown and make you frown’.
Too much, too soon … 15-year-old Hannah was given Botox by mum Sarah, rightSWNS
“The other mums were glaring at me and telling us to leave — but they can’t bully us back to Britain.
“We were there to win the crown for England. The British people have two queens to adore now, Queen Elizabeth II and Queen Poppy.”
The American pageant circuit is a multi-billion-pound industry. Poppy won the coveted Divisional Beauty Queen Crown and sash. She also came first runner-up in the talent section of the competition in Atlanta, Georgia.
Poppy, who is clearly proud of her win, said: “I am so happy. The crown is so heavy and it was almost as tall as me. I won this for all the little girls in Britain.”
Sarah, from St Neots, Cambs, who also has 28-year-old daughter Charlotte, from a previous relationship, said: “I knew she’d do it. we came, we saw and we conquered.
“Poppy is the first British winner of such a highly regarded title. She did what everyone said she couldn’t.”
Crown wince … Poppy wins Darling Dolls of America contestJosh Gillespie
They are in the States for a month and are travelling there again next month for another pageant.
Poppy has a private tutor and some work from her primary school to complete while she is travelling. Sarah is even considering moving the family to the US full-time.
Poppy says she asked her mum and dad Tony, a 50-year-old business manager, if she could try the US pageants. She said: “In England you don’t get to wear all the beautiful dresses and make-up and they don’t allow cool clothes like bikinis. I like to look beautiful like my mummy. British pageants are boring and I really wanted to win a big crown and sash.”
Shockingly, Sarah added: “Poppy is a performer and she is used to modelling and pole dancing.
“The pole dancing has helped with her confidence, posture and performance. The way I have brought her up means that she will be a winner in life.”
Sarah entered her daughter in the national pageant in the US and was accepted as the British representative. The entry cost alone was £500.
Outrage … Poppy was given pole-dancing lessons aged 7
She had to appear in evening wear, swimwear, day dress and the American Doll section, in which the girls wear a red, white and blue outfit.
Sarah said: “I spent over £15,000 on outfits for Poppy, shoes, getting professional hair and make-up, fake tans, nails and lashes.
“It may seem excessive but it’s worth it. anything for my girl to be the star of the show.”
News of Sarah and Poppy’s entry into the contest caused controversy among other pushy mums in the States. Mickie Wood, the mother of reigning supreme queen of child beauty pageants Eden, was spitting mad about Sarah’s “publicity stunt to make herself and her daughter Poppy famous”.
She even accused Sarah of being a “fruitcake” in a row on Twitter.
Sarah said: “Poppy made history as the first British girl to win a pageant.
‘I like to look beautiful like my mummy’ … Sarah applies make-up to Poppy, 8Josh Gillespie
“That proves that I’m not nuts and it wasn’t a publicity stunt.”
She claims that she and Poppy were the victims of bullying by other mothers. She said: “The mothers were fat and ugly and coaching those children for hours.
“They were awful to me and made bitchy comments. they made fun of Poppy and her accent. it was disgusting.
“Just because I am slim and beautiful and Poppy is a winner, they think they can pick on us. their daughters are in no way as pretty as my girl and all the mums are fat and thick. I feel sorry for them really.”
Poppy has now been asked to appear in the hit TV documentary series Toddlers And Tiaras.
Sarah claims she has also been approached by five modelling agencies who are interested in having Poppy on their books. She said: “I think Britain should be proud of Poppy and not criticise her. She is representing all little girls in the UK. I am such a happy mum and it was worth every penny.”
American dream … Poppy has been approached by five modelling agenciesJosh Gillespie
Sarah now hopes her daughter can match the success of Eden Wood, whose videos, books and public appearances are much in demand. She said: “I am not forcing Poppy to do this. She wants to — and if she wins more she will get a bigger following.
“I also plan to enter pageants for mothers and women my age. Poppy and I can do this together.
“I am sure people will suggest I am over-sexualising my daughter or pushing her too far too fast but it’s her decision, not mine. She loves it and so do I.
“I know I have had lots of plastic surgery but I produce very beautiful children. America needs to watch out. together, me and Poppy are going to win every pageant in the country.
“Poppy will make her first million from pageants. She will be famous for her beauty, like me.”
d.pearce@the-sun.co.uk
By DEIDRE SANDERS, Sun Agony Aunt
NO matter how well she does in the Stateside pageants, I fear for Poppy’s future.
Mum Sarah talks about wanting only the best for her but gives out message after message that women and even children can only be judged successful if they look artificial at enormous cost.
It is so damaging for children to be given the idea that what matters is looking glamorous while neglecting their inner strengths and character development.
She may be shining on the catwalk but it’s no life for a child spending hours trailing round and being preened.
She should be out with her pals, learning a sport or how to play a musical instrument, rather than learning to have a steady hand with the mascara, vicious competitiveness and a precociously provocative strut.
Anderson Cooper was forced to cut a TV interview with Sarah Burge shortly after she justified giving her teenage daughter Botox injections.
“I would prefer to oversee my daughter’s Botox than have her going underground finding a voodoo witchdoctor or getting it off the internet and administrating it herself,” Sarah Burge said defiantly.
But appalled by her behavior, Anderson Cooper shook his head in disbelief stating: “I try and to be really polite to all my guests.
“I just think you’re dreadful and I honestly don’t want to talk to you anymore, so I’m just going to stop.”
Sarah Burge, 51, a self-confessed plastic surgery addict recently relocated from UK to the U.S. to launch her eight-year-old Poppy as a child beauty pageant star, believing she could give the stars of the controversial show Toddlers & Tiaras a run for their money.
However her insistence on teaching her young daughters to pole dance, giving them vouchers to spend on plastic surgery and throwing them Botox parties is proving unpopular on both sides of the Atlantic.
Following the show Anderson Cooper added: “I regret having here on in the first place.
“I think encouraging her little daughter to pole dance and giving her plastic surgery vouchers and then telling the media about it…
“I wish her the best, I certainly don’t want to be rude to anybody.”
Sarah Burge, who has spent more than $800,000 on her own surgical enhancements, first made headlines in 2010 when she confessed to teaching her then six-year-old daughter to pole dance.
And she has since been in the spotlight numerous times – for all the wrong reasons.
Last year Sarah Burge, who then resided in a $800,000 four-bedroom home in St. Neots, Cambridgeshire, UK, boasted that she gave a $10,000 breast enlargement voucher to her daughter.
She said in an interview with Closer magazine at the time: “Poppy begged me for a boob job, so I gave her the voucher so she can have it after she’s 16, when it’s legal. if she develops naturally big boobs, she can have something else done with it.”
The voucher was part of a $19,000 “exotic pamper party” that she organized to mark her daughter’s birthday. Poppy and seven friends had manicures, pedicures and makeovers. they dressed up with fake tattoos, drank pretend champagne in the back of a pink pamper bus and ate a designer cake costing $400.
Poppy wore a $480 dress for the party, adding nail varnish, eyeshadow and hair extensions. Sarah Burge said: “Poppy isn’t interested in bouncy castles or pass the parcel, so I splashed out on something a little more grown-up.”
“The girls got lots of attention from our neighbors. they love having all eyes on them and were posing and pouting for photos,” she said.
As well as the breast enlargement voucher, Sarah Burge bought her daughter thousands of pounds worth of gifts, including a $400 computer, a $750 pink Swarovski crystal ring and necklace set and the promise of a $6,500 spa break. the main event though, was the breast enlargement voucher.
Poppy said: “I wanted a new computer, a holiday and a voucher for surgery. When I got it all, it was a dream come true. all my friends were jealous.
“I can’t wait to be like Mummy with big boobs. They’re pretty.”
Anderson Cooper also asked Sarah Burge to explain the photos of her eight-year-old daughter (who was seven at the time) on a stripper pole, and points out: “It doesn’t just happen to wind up in the paper, you contact the British tabloids, you contact the papers and let them know about this stuff.”
Sarah Burge responded: “I let people know that it’s good, it’s good exercise and in fact, more people should actually try it than stuffing their faces with burgers.”
In an age when most mothers are working hard to shield their daughters from the rampant sexualization of young girls, the self-proclaimed “Human Barbie”, Sarah Burge is advocating for her young daughter to plan ahead for things like breast augmentation and liposuction surgery. When Burge’s daughter, Poppy was 6 years old, her mother taught her to pole dance and gave her a large voucher of 6,000 pounds for breast augmentation. When she was seven, her mom gifted her a 7,000 pound voucher for liposuction. It makes sense that at the age of 8, Poppy would receive an 8,000 pound voucher for cosmetic surgeries of her choice.
With the advent of televisions dramas like “Toddlers and Tiaras”, the general public is unfortunately becoming more and more comfortable with the sexualization and objectification of young girls. Organizations like the American Psychological Association (APA) see this as a trend that is disturbing enough to warrant the development of a task force to deal with the sexualization of girls in our society. Over time, a young girl’s expectations and ideas about what it means to be beautiful can be seriously skewed by the media. Many experts argue that the objectification of young girls is getting to dangerously inappropriate levels.
Sarah Burge is a Playboy Model who has had over 100 cosmetic surgeries done on herself. indeed, she is in the Guiness Book of world records for having so many cosmetic surgeries. the APA task force has made the observation that one of the components of sexualization is the sense that one’s value comes only from his or her sexual appeal. Sarah Burge has been criticized for passing this view of females along to her young daughter who readily desires to have surgery as soon as she turns 16. Poppy is not yet even aware of her own post-adolescent physical characteristics but she is being taught to view them as substandard.
Burge has spent over 1 million dollars on her own plastic surgeries including rhinoplasty, a buttocks lift, breast augmentation and enhancements, liposuction of the face and jawline, and liposuction of the hips and thighs. She has had a tummy tuck, eyelid lift, and chin augmentation to mention just a few of the many procedures she’s had over the years. Some, however, were necessary in order to repair injuries that she sustained in an attack by her ex-boyfriend.
In our society, plastic and cosmetic surgeries are considered to be normal, everyday procedures, but a lot of people have a very visceral response to the idea of telling perfectly normal children to have cosmetic surgeries done. the APA argues that this is because when children are forced to carry themselves with an adult-like sexuality, it is often because it was imposed upon them rather than chosen by them. though breast augmentation may be entirely appropriate for a woman who has breast fed four children and wants a perkier look, the prevailing view is that pushing the same procedure on a child goes beyond the logic of good parenting.
While most eight-year-olds dream of getting a new bike or maybe a doll for their birthday, little Poppy Burge will be getting something more extravagant –
Plastic surgery is apparently a gift for all ages. Sarah Burge, who is known in England as “The Human Barbie,” tells the MailOnline.com that she gave her seven-year-old daughter Poppy an eleven-thousand dollar gift certificate for elective surgery for Christmas. Sarah says Poppy “asks for surgery all the time,” adding that Poppy wants to look good and liposuction will always “come in handy.” Sarah notes that she’s also given Poppy a voucher for breast implants for when she turns 16. Sarah was dubbed “The Human Barbie” because of her many Plastic surgeries. she claims she’s spent more than one-million dollars improving her appearance.
While most eight-year-olds dream of getting a new bike or maybe a doll for their birthday, little Poppy Burge will be getting something more extravagant –
While most eight-year-olds dream of getting a new bike or maybe a doll for their birthday, little Poppy Burge will be getting something more extravagant –
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By Gael Fashingbauer Cooper
Article by: Judy Walters
