• Tue, Apr 17 2012

Eden’s World Is A Completely Unnecessary Show That Will Result In Necessary Therapy For Eden Wood

I’m all about indulging on  guilty pleasures on TV and therefore I could easily spend an entire Sunday mindlessly watching Toddlers & Tiaras. However I could barely spend 30 minutes watching the series premiere of  the 7-year-old “retired” pagent queen Eden Wood’s new reality show Eden’s World.

Before the days of Honey Boo Boo Child, Eden Wood reigned supreme in Toddlers & Tiaras contestants who turned into a mini reality stars. Her little quips and little songs entertained us and we tuned in to watch her absoulte ridiculouness. Five minutes of Eden Wood here, five minutes of Eden Wood there. It was the ideal amount of Eden Wood.

But someone saw something special in the little girl and decided to give her a 30-minute reality show. Unfortunately they didn’t see the something special that Eden Wood’s mother, Mickey Wood, thinks they saw. They saw a toddler trainwreck. A child perfect for TV  clips and morning show talking points. A pint-size TV personality sure to shock and outrage everyone.

You only have to watch one scene in Eden’s World to see the entire show’s thesis. Eden’s manager books her an audition with a music executive at A&M so she can show off her skills. However, as well all know, Eden Wood doesn’t actually have skills. “Cutie Patootie” isn’t a good song and Eden Wood doesn’t have a good voice. She’s 7, so that’s completely okay. She has plenty of time to figure out what she is good at in life and pursue that with a passion. But right now she’s being told that she’s a talented singer.

She jumps on top of the table at the meeting, kicks off her performance with some kind of air humping and then proceeds to sing “Cutie Patootie.” It’s a cringe-inducing spectacle and you see the disgust in the music exectuive’s face. Eden Wood is not a child prodigy. She’s a 7-year-old being egged on by her mother and managers to become famous. Air grinding might be a hit on the stages at Toddlers & Tiaras, but it’s certainly not one in the real music world.

Mickey Wood might be that ignorant and Eden Wood’s managers might be that ignorant, but the producers of the show definitely aren’t. These are exactly the kind of scenes they wanted in the show. These scenes that make you squirm. They make you squirm so much that you talk about it with your friends the next day and talk about it online.

They don’t care about Eden Wood and they don’t care about her career. They care about making good TV. Unfortunately Eden Wood doesn’t know that. She thinks she’s a star. And it’s clear to see that it will take years of therapy to make up for the fact that so many people misled her into believing that during her childhood.

While the clip of “Cutie Patootie” isn’t up yet from Eden’s World, here’s the song’s debut on The Talk last year:

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  • Leah

    Eden Wood just makes me sad. I don’t get why everyone is egging her on…there’s no way they think she’s talented.

    • sandy

      A Shirley Temple wanta be NOT what a waste of 30 mins on Logo. Very disappointing and disturbing. Another crazy stage mom.

  • Jackie

    I would think that the ladies faces said it all….Particularly Sharon’s!! I agree. Something really weird about this. I couldn’t stand the Toddlers show and I suspect that this is worse. Poor child. She will never have the childhood she deserves with her mother pushing her to be another shallow fame whore.

  • MICHAEL

    YOU GUYS ARE CRAZY. THE SHOW IS HYSTERICAL. I HAVEN’T LAUGHED THIS HARD IN YEARS AND EDEN IS TALENTED!

  • sarah

    I see a “Whatever Happened to Baby Jane” future, poor kid

  • taliba

    Just sad on the part of this cute but untalented child. The mother however, ought to be ashamed of herself. She comes across as deluded, overbearing and selfish. If Eden was tired of pageants they should have decided that it was time for her to just be a kid.

  • Leah

    I really feel bad for this kid! I saw her on CBS Atlanta and thought there was something so outrageously disturbing about the kid. Think about it mom, most of the big reality stars actually had a very normal childhood including Kim Kardashian and Snooki. The rest of the talented movie stars who have gone onto become very mature adults like Emma Watson or the Oslen twins have highly educated parents or managers who know how to handle celebrity kids and lead them in the right direction. Think about the rest of the child stars with absolutely no Hollywood connection and what became of them. This is going to end in absolute tragedy!

  • Angela

    People who watch this show and add to to rating to keep it going should be arrested. I normally don’t comment on a show I do not watch but I saw the previews and was so sick that mother should be thrown in jail. Kids grow up so quickly that we can just pray that this poor little girl doesn’t grow up damaged beyond repair. It is a shame that some moms out there are so sad/disappointed with there life that they have to live vicarious thru their children to the point where they don’t see the damage that they are inflicting they just see fame or fortune…..shame on them and I hope us Americans can wake up and stop promoting reality TV so that people like Edens mom or Kate
    plus 8 can stop exploiting there children!

  • Cookie Brown

    I really think they misnamed the show. After watching a few episodes (it’s like a train wreck I can’t look away) I think the show should be named Mickey’s World with Eden. Mickey is everywhere and her insane cackling and side slapping people makes me want to cringe. Eden is a cute little girl but I’m afraid she doesn’t have anywhere near the talent her mother thinks that she has. I see years of therapy for this poor child. And that Atlanta interview showed exactly what it was. A spoiled 6 year old acting up and a mother who thinks that inappropriate actions by her child is precious.

    • taliba

      you are absolutely right; worse yet the mother doesn’t even “pick up the clue” when folks at the auditions try to to get the point over to her that her child is just not that talented; she’s blindly clueless and has taught Eden the same. I met this child at a pageant long before this and I thought then: her Mom is crazy

  • Christy

    When Eden was 3 she was a cute little girl. Pretty much cookie cutter in looks, but had an outgoing personality. Since then she has become a very chubby rude little girl. She is almost 7 and can not read. Her mom laughs at her rudeness or just shakes her head. Too bad Mickie does not love her enough to discipline her.

    I do not watch and would not watch her show. She is a rude arrogant child.

    The first time she started acting up on stage like she has done on so many talk shows, Mickie should excuse herself and take Eden off stage. When she came back on , chances are she would behave. If not the 2nd time off, means Eden would not be coming back on.

    I am surprised at how much the hosts of the shows laugh and smile at her antcis. At one time a child would have been told to settle down. However it is rare to see a child suposedly use to the cameras be as badly behaved as she is.

    For Eden not to know how to read, is horrible. Micki will pay for that when eden is older and can not even get a job at MacDonalds.since she is illiterate.

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