By Deborah Netburn, Times Staff Writer
Do you isolate yourself from reality or fly off the handle with clockwork regularity? Has your career fallen apart, leaving you desperate for money or attention or both? If the answer is yes and you’re a celebrity, then get yourself a TV show — you’ve got "train wreck reality" written all over you!
Paula Abdul, with her reality series “Hey Paula,” is just one example of a celebrity whose life is displayed for all too see. But she’s just one in a long line of desperate former superstars, or at least recognizable names.