Refried Screens

After Sketchers signed High School Musical’s Vanessa Hudgens to a lucrative contract less than a month after her nude photos popped up on the Internet, it turns out Disney has made up its mind about what to do next and that the 18-year-old actress will not be asked to board the boat for the third HSM film.

Parents can take a sigh of relief.

They can tell their daughters that taking it off for Drake Bell has repercussions after all.

I’m not quite sure what this says about Sketchers.  After all, their last poster child was Ashlee Simpson.

Not the endearing Ashlee Simpson with the big nose who lived under her sister’s shadow.

But the bargain basement rate Ashlee Simpson who fans rejected after she tried to spin her nose job as emo cutting on a larger scale, instead of trying to sell out her angsty grrl ‘punk’ image.  Or have you forgotten already?   

With Vanessa Hudgens and Ashlee Simpson as spokesgirls, it makes you wonder what Sketchers has planned for the youth of America.  In fact, it reminds me of an old South Park episode where another franchise was based on a celebrity of questionable moral fiber…

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