Tara Reid has seen her share of tabloid headlines – and there was that embarrassing Janet Jackson moment at Diddy's birthday party in 2004 – but the American Pie bombshell hasn't quite gone the way of Lindsay Lohan or Paris Hilton.

She thinks she knows why, giving FHM her take on the press: "They make everybody into little puppets, saying you're Miss Piggy or Kermit with a funny voice, but it's up to you to change your individuality.

"I had fun, but in America it's bad to have fun and you get punished for it, whereas in Europe and other places they rejoice in having fun. I've never been arrested. I wonder if some people start thinking, 'We made this girl out to be bad just for having a good time.'

"I don't think I should ever be punished for being happy. When I'm not working, why shouldn't I have fun? Am I supposed to stay at home and live in a cage?"

No, never, Tara.

Equivocating Poison frontman Bret Michaels' VH1 romance reality show is over, but the relationship between Bret and contestant Rodeo may not be. Rodeo, who was sent home midway through the Rock of Love season when her son got sick, says she was shocked when the winner, Jes, told Bret he'd made the wrong choice. Now Rodeo believes she may have another shot at him. "I'm going to see where it goes. I'm not going to chase after anybody."

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