Martha is no eejit

I've been home sick for a few days and have had a chance to see Martha Stewart's reincarnation. Her show is no longer the starchy, crisp corners of well shot and edited perfection but rather a live show, in a studio audience with celebrity guests. It's like her old show collided with the Ellen Degeneres show. It's actually amazing how she could have been locked away for awhile and yet come back into TV and the media on virtually the perfect note.

But today, it was utterly surreal. Her guest was (P)Diddy. She rapped (and it actually wasn't anywhere near as terrifying as you might think) and wore bling. But that wasn't what was surreal. It was Diddy sitting there making Dim Sum in her studio kitchen and if that wasn't insane enough, he was in the CRAFT ROOM making home made WRAPPING PAPER.

Diddy was cooking and making crafts. Making crafts!!

I realized it's a smart move on his behalf. Rap and hip hop have been around for close to ten years now and the teenagers and young adults who originally new him as Puff Daddy or whatever are now parents that include stay at home mom's. So by appearing on Martha Stewart, he realigned himself with a part of his audience that has grown up and found him to be irrelevant in their new minivan and Gymboree filled lives. Smart move, despite looking very uncool.

I'm looking forward to when Bono is a guest and learns how to sew up poultry and makes a home made candle from pieces of road debris or summat.