It’s ashamed that Bonnie Hunt’s daytime talk show, The Bonnie Hunt Show (@bonniehuntshow), was canceled last month.  While her ratings were disappointingly low, Hunt is an incredibly witty woman who can nail the heart of a topic with a wink and joke.

Here, Hunt dissects d-list celeb Heidi Montag’s decision (many say her tragic decision) to undergo massive plastic surgery (ten procedures in one day).  Hunt is clearly disturbed by what she openly admits she cannot in any way relate to.  Her take is predictable:  Montag has low self-esteem (a no-brainer) and she needs to get away from her husband, Spencer Pratt (@speidiweb),  whom she calls a “dirty rat bastard” (no-brainer and rousing applause from the audience).

After showing the audience Montag’s “before and after” photos (eliciting gasps of horror from the audience), Hunt proceeds to ask the men on her set if Heidi looks better or worse post-op.

That, too, turns out to be predictable.  Hunt’s ever-present producer, Don, takes notice of the breast augmentation Montag had that inflated her b-cup breasts to gigantic double-D cups and says slowly, “Well… isn’t that something.”  Implication:  she’s hot.

Of course, Hunt can’t let Don’s comment go.  He can’t possibly find a blow-up doll with horribly fake breasts attractive.  Don’s answer:

“If the ship is goin’ down.  I’m goin’ with Heidi.”

‘Nuff said from Don (who will turn up missing at tomorrow’s taping).  While her analysis of Montag is fairly simple and obvious (Montag is like thousands of other young, impressionable girls willing to do anything to be Hollywood-famous), what is refreshing is Hunt’s willingness to lay bare her feelings, thoughts and even dumbfounding confusion.  Hunt struggles to understand the mentality of girls like Montag.  She tells a very revealing story of herself at Heidi’s age and how she (young and in love) was also impressionable and desperate to be accepted by a guy (a doctor) she was dating.  She changed her entire personality for him.  And he still dumped her.  Is it really so hard for her to understand Montag’s insecurities that she herself possessed twenty years ago?

Hunt (like a wise, no-nonsense aunt) nailed Montag’s plastic surgery obsession on the head — she’s desperate to be accepted.  To some extent, we all are.  But Montag’s plastic surgery obsession is just like any other addition — unhealthy, possibly deadly and requiring immediate and intensive therapy to get to the real root of the problem (self-loathing).

Don, you’re fired.

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