October 23, 2008 | Read Time: 1 minute
A reality TV series about the party lives of socialites at charity fund-raising events in the nation’s capital is under fire — and the show hasn’t even hit the airwaves yet.
Lifetime Television’s Blonde Charity Mafia will debut next year and follows three 20-somethings as they navigate the charity gala scene.
But Andrea Rodgers, a Washingtonian who organizes fund-raising events, is upset with the show for, among other things, featuring women she does not consider to be very philanthropic at heart, reports The Washington Post.
On her blog, Ask Miss A
she writes that the show includes women that “did little if any charity work. In my mind, attending parties which happen to be for charity isn’t real charity work.”
Katherine Kennedy, who is one of the women in the series, called the statements “outlandish” and said, “I thought the moral of charity work was to treat others as you want to be treated,” reports the Post.
What do you think? Will you be tuning in to Blonde Charity Mafia?
