
"My head was saying you don't need such a car. "We got caught up in the whole MTV moment," Mason said. In the car shopping scene, the camera zoomed in on the sticker. "What I don't know doesn't hurt me," Mason said. In the final scene, she kissed the hood of her new cherry red Jaguar convertible and drove away into the night. "I wasn't ready for that," Mason said in an interview. His eyes widened as she grinded against a boy. Onscreen, her dad put his hand to his forehead.

In another, Cher walked into the party in a black dress skimpier than the one J.Lo wore to the 2000 Grammy Awards. "He groped me the whole night," one girl said. In one scene was a guy none of the girls like. The show back on, the room fell quiet again. For their 16th birthdays, they each got a backyard pool party, a month in Europe and a Toyota Camry. The Hubshers have two other children: Chad, 21, and Grant, 19. "It doesn't make one person wrong and one person right." It's what type of party you want for your child is how I see it. Finally, I'm able to benefit from those rewards." "There was a lot of blood, sweat and tears that went through that. "I worked very, very hard all my life in school, in getting to where I am today, and the benefits of all those sacrifices over the years is that you are able to afford a lavish party or an expensive car," he said. Mason Hubsher, a physician and owner of Hubsher Healthcare in Port Richey, made no apologies. Cher flipped open her Motorola Razr phone to check text messages.Ĭher u looked amazing Cody and his friends called me and thought u looked amazing. "So this (the camera panned toward her house as Cher twirled, arms flailing) is mine."Īfter the scenes of the mother-daughter trip to Saks and the first commercial break, Cher's friends pulled out camera phones and digital cameras. "Every princess needs a castle," she said in the opening minutes. Boy, did they scream.Ĭher and two friends fell down a water slide. In their seats, her girlfriends bounced, clapped, screamed. Cher went into the hotel bathroom, closed the door and screamed. A producer told Cher the show was coming to Palm Harbor.

MTV contacted her while she was on summer vacation in New Orleans. This is my room, this is my pet, this is my goat." Billie Jean lives in a corral in the back yard. Undaunted, Cher kept talking to MTV and sent a video. Her eldest brother threatened not to come. "It's just a birthday, not a wedding," said her dad. Backed into a corner, she finally confessed to her family. With no help from friends, Cher completed the paperwork and mailed it to New York. "Why is your theme more extravagant than others?" MTV sent a 15-page questionnaire: "What's your theme for your party?" Birthday present: a cherry red Jaguar convertible. Location: the Margaret Heye Great Room at Ruth Eckerd Hall in Clearwater. Entrance: She would ride in on a parade float. "I told them I was having a very big party and I would love for them to come," she said. Last May, unbeknownst to her parents, Cher began e-mailing MTV. "She always asked for that since she was little," Dawn Hubsher said, "and I wanted her dream to come true." That she would have a swanky birthday party was a given. "Shhh," she told her singing girlfriends. Save for a few clips, she had not seen the edited version of the show. Nonetheless, she knew a national audience would watch her, critique her, judge her. Now in its fourth season, the show is hugely popular despite its tendency to highlight arrogance, overindulgence and selfishness.Ĭher, the star of Monday's premiere, hadn't cursed at anyone. This is something I would want to do.' "įor the uninitiated, the plot goes something like this: Parent gives snobby rich kid permission to plan expensive birthday party, kid curses out parent and lives to tell about it, celebrity performs at kid's party, kid gets one of three dream cars: Beamer, Benz or Jag. "When I first saw the show, I was like, 'Wow, all these girls are throwing the biggest parties and putting their all into it. Sandwiched between her parents and three of her girlfriends, Cher stared at the television.

You think 'cause you tricking you get it just like that?
