THE SHOT — The cover of Ricky Martin‘s new tome Me, on sale Nov. 2.
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Narcissistic Ricky Martin Names Autobiography After Himself
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SouLKid
Ricky is my boo. He can name his autobiography anything and im still gonna buy it.
Jasun
What the fuck was he supposed to name it? It’s a freaking autobiography. You think he should have called it “Taller than Enrique” or something?
Chris
Oh god, it’s life-size. Perfect for snoogling or placing over my boyfriend’s face like a mask.
LOL
Very narcissistic!
I bet the book is all about Ricky too!
PLAYS WELL WITH OTHERS
Hey Queerts! Pay some bills dammitt! Your site is sloooooowwwww again………..
@LOL: LOL~, Lol
Fitz
Well, when you write your autobiography, you can name it “bitter old fat queen who makes her living by bitching about other people all day”.
Six Feet Under
So what if the book is called “Me”—that’s the subject. And in case you missed it, Katharine Hepburn’s 1991 autobiography was also called “Me.” Christopher Reeve’s memoir was called “Still Me.” George Harrison’s was called “I, Me, Mine.” Methinks, title-wise, Mr Martin is in good company.
Rando
@LOL: What are you talking about? An autobiography about himself would just be….ridiculous!
ganymeade
auto=self bio=life graph= recording. writing, chronicling
ME seems apt to me but how about A Tale of 2 Rickies, The Sun Also Ricky’s, The Rememberance of things Ricky… I know you guys love bad puns.
ganymeade
auto=self bio=life graph= recording, writing, chronicling
ME seems apt to me but how about A Tale of 2 Rickies, The Sun Also Ricky’s, The Rememberance of things Ricky… I know you guys love bad puns.
TampaZeke
Oh my god, how narcissistic to name an AUTOBIOGRAPHICAL book “Me”!
Queerty challenge:
1. Name ONE autobiography EVER written that wasn’t written about the author.
2. Name ONE autobiography EVER written that’s title didn’t, in some way, refer to the author.
Take note:
When you try too hard to be clever and witty you just come off as ignorant and bitchy.
TampaZeke
Oh, and don’t forget to mention how narcissistic it was of him to put HIS own picture on the cover of his autobiography.
THAT’S never been done before either!
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There has never been a better time to bitch about those who moan about other people being narcissistic. ( http://www.etymonline.com/index.php?term=auto- )
Also, since a book cover generally presents you with the title of the book and its author could “Me” not be the title and “Ricky Martin” the author? Oh wait, now I see that Queerty was again preposterously misleading in its headlines. What better way to piss off readers than to fool them?
Bill
I guess he should have called it ‘Steven Goldberg’ or something like that…
OrchidIslander
I’m thinking Queerty’s “narcissistic” tag on Ricky and his autobiography was a subtle and missed-the-mark pun/joke attempt at humor. Apparently Queerty doesn’t realize how many gay men froth (salivate?) at the mouth concerning any perceived knocks on their beloved Ricky….
Fitz
@OrchidIslander: That’s not it for me. Ricky isn’t my type, hasn’t aged well… it was my reaction to the attempt to make hay when there was none to make.
PLAYS WELL WITH OTHERS
I am fairly certain he is the only celeb to have a close up taken in like 15 years to actually show frown lines on his forehead!!!!
reminder
Ricky Martin nude in Intro Backdrop video
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yFvUM9tRCk8
The Beautiful Jan Brady
Umm, Ricky Martin has good reason to be narcissistic.
Andrew
@Fitz: Fitz – you have to be kidding – Ricky is still looking great. I wished I aged half as well as he has.
Blake J
@Fitz:
Has not aged well?
Holly shit you have (ridiculously) high standards!
RR
I’m curious about beards – Ricky can’t tell the truth about bearding without exposing them as liars.
Merrick
An autobiography about the person that wrote it. How shocking.
Christopher in VA
Um, sarcasm much, people? Good lord…
hephaestion
Ricky is aging fantastically. He’s hotter than ever!
And a damn nice man, too.
MuscleBoy
YAWN. Who’s gonna read this celebutard crap?
Matt
@MuscleBoy: A lot of people. Ricky’s life is everything but dull.
BlogShag
This headline is stupid. What did they expect him to name the autobiography – Engelbert Humperdinck?