The Problem is a Parent July 7, 2009 12:02 PM | permalink

When young celebs flutter about, regaling the tabloids with slips of both the Freudian and nip varieties, it's cute.  Until it turns leave-Britney-alone tragic, that is.

  But when the parents of these half-naked national treasures try to keep up with (or outdo) their kids' antics, it's just gross. I mean, Jesus Christ Bail Bonds, you guys, everyone knows you can't out-famous your famous offspring.

But they try, oh how they try (see Michael Lohan, left). Here's a gallery of parents shoving their way into the spotlight.  Enjoy this phenomenon while it's here, because for all we know the d-bag birthrate may drop due to unwillingness to bring a child into a world without Michael Jackson.