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Star of ‘The Hills’ Pulls Video After Backlash Over ‘The Worst Craft Idea Ever’

Aug 17, 2012  •  Post A Comment

"The Hills" star Lauren Conrad pulled an episode of her Web-based show "Crafty Creations" after an angry backlash from book lovers, according to The Hollywood Reporter’s Live Feed.

The video has Conrad showing viewers how to create a "unique storage space" out of books, but some book lovers were upset because the craft involves creating a storage box by ripping off the spines of nine books to glue to a box, the piece notes.

The website Buzzfeed called it "the worst craft idea ever," while book blog GalleyCat picked up the story, creating a viral sensation on the Web.

The "dislikes" on YouTube outpaced "likes" by 8-to-1, and viewer comments were critical, the story adds. One viewer wrote, "Holy sh-t I feel like I’m watching some sort of terrible snuff film."

Four hours after Buzzfeed posted a link to the video, Conrad removed it, the piece notes.

2 Comments

  1. Angry backlash??? Really? Clearly some people need to get lives and find something truly important to devote their attention to.
    A book does not have inherent worth simply because it is a book. If we applied Sturgeon’s Law, 90% of them are crap.
    So… worst craft idea ever? This is nothing new. Does anyone have a clue as to how many ideas for altering books in a similar fashion have been done?
    If I had a dime…

  2. With Kindles and Nooks, books are as valuable as 33rpm records.

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