September 04, 2005
Tommy Lee's Professor Isn't Laughing
Lincoln Neb. - English professor Frances Kaye said she was talking about the wonders of childbirth, but on Tommy Lee's reality show Tuesday night, it appeared she was discussing the wonders of Lee's private parts. Kaye has told the Lincoln Journal Star she is not amused.
The University of Nebraska-Lincoln professor said she thinks producers of "Tommy Lee Goes to College" lied to her about how they would use footage shot last fall during her Native American literature class.
Her anger stems from a scene in which her class is discussing Lee's autobiography. Kaye appears to tell the class that the book's opening - an imagined conversation between Lee and his penis - is a beautiful and enduring symbol.
Kaye said she actually was talking about childbirth, another subject broached in Lee's book. Her comments were edited into the discussion about the first chapter, Kaye said.
"I was saying something serious about Native American literature, and they made it into something trivial and stupid about Tommy Lee's penis," she said. "I realized this was a stupid reality show, but I didn't expect it to be this grossly misrepresented."
Posted by MK Magazine at September 4, 2005 02:24 PM