"Misunderstandings"

This just in from the "entertainment" desk:

Former "American Idol" contestant Julia DeMato was arrested and charted with alleged drug possession and drunken driving in her Connecticut hometown over the weekend....Police said a search of her SUV found two marijuana pipes, some marijuana and a baggie with a small amount of cocaine. She told the News-Times of Danbury (Conn.) that it was a misunderstanding.

This has to be the funniest news story I've seen in some time. It was a "misunderstanding"?!? Define "misunderstanding."

Did Ms. DeMato misunderstand the contents of the baggie, thinking that it was actually the baking powder she needed for the batch of Christmas cookies she was going to bake later?

Did little Julia "misunderstand" the generally accepted laws of her state, which frown on possession of marijuana and cocaine?

Did our wanna-be starlet misunderstand why she was being punished? After all, the pipes probably belonged to Michael Irvin's friend. Why was she being blamed?

Or was it that Ms. American-Idol-Washup misunderstood her place in society? Maybe she thought she was actually a famous and important celebrity, and by extension thought that the police would turn a blind eye to her contraband. Maybe she believes the police simply "misunderstood" how important she is, and that the problems will all clear up once her agent and publicists show up.

Whatever the case, Ms. DeMato, this is an important lesson: If you're going to be a celebrity who gets in trouble, perfect your lying/making up cover stories skill. It's pretty weak right now.
Julia DeMato, American Idol,cocaine, marijuana