71 thoughts on “Oh, Beloved Papaya…”

  2. i have high hope for sanjaya – where’s the oprah appearance, reality show, and subsequent album release? Then when he’s all washed up he’ll be on “When They Were Famous” and “E True Hollywood Story” and then even AFTER that he’ll be on the “Surreal Life”

    it is NOT over.

  6. If any of you would like to compose a haiku in Papaya’s honor, I think that would be sweeter than a mango froooti. It’s certainly less work than coming up with a 55-word story. 😀

    Haiku A style of lyric poetry borrowed from the Japanese that typically presents an intense emotion or vivid image of nature, which, traditionally, is designed to lead to a spiritual insight. Haiku is a fixed poetic form, consisting of seventeen syllables organized into three unrhymed lines of five, seven, and five syllables. [link-aya]

  7. I was actaully rooting for him in the end.

    I saw this segment on the E channel about him and he has had a really hard life in his short time on earth.

    When he was younger, his parent’s divorced, which was considered strange because his dad is a priest in the Hari Krishna faith and a priest is only allowed to divorce under the most severe circumstances. What ever that means! Since his dad was a priest, he earned no money at all and when his parent’s got divorced, his mom got custody of both children and they ended up on welfare.

    His mom then remarried to a man that was a real good guy and loved her kids, but then he died.

    Both kid’s still have a good relationship with their father.

    And on top of that, all of America want’s to make a huge joke out of him!

    I really do wish him the best.

  9. Glorious brown hair curled, straightened, pony-hawked. You lost, but your hair won.

  10. hahaha that pose is so Bollywood <3 Poor kid, it’s not like it’s his fault people vote for him. What happened at the baseball gamed sucked, but more than that, he got nominated by the Maxim site as the girl of the day. Kid’s 17! Give him a break.

  11. Cry no more! for vagina will come like a heard of buffalo.

    I have no idea what I just wrote?

  27.       the grapevine was abuzz – “yesterday’s      idol was fruitful!”

  28. harold and kumar sanjaya and william hung stop counting fingers

    harold and kumar sanjaya and william hung i have time to waste

    harold and kumar sanjaya and william hung terrorists are fun

    zzz

  29. He ain’t done yet. Our Papaya will be on Late Night with Jay Leno tonight. Guess with who, Jack Black. Hope Jack come in a sanjaya hairdo 🙂

  30. for mr and ms nbc:

    harold and kumar sanjaya and william hung dont steal my women

    for the hillbillies on meth:

    harold and kumar sanjaya and william hung drugs and songs not guns

    rap it:

    lost son lost in hair sanjaya my umbrella my ella ella

    yes so once you have a pattern down, you can even plan your own stupidity and sometimes to your own advantage.

  34. I’m really liking Anna this week. Made me cry and smile and go Ahhhh!(for the papaya!)

  35. Finally, my boss won’t call me “Sanjaya” and let out a giggle!

    After many long nights of dialing, call center people fell asleep.

  36. Dear Sanjaya,

    I adored your hair, swooned over your smile and drooled over your designer duds, but can’t help but wonder…did an “asian tragedy” help boot you off the show? I think so…sadly so. Keep the dream alive.

    With love,

    Saira

  37. Saira, I highly doubt the V-Tech tragedy had anything to do with Sanjaya getting voted off. I mean, only readers of SM and Schussel(sp?) knew of any connection (fictional or otherwise) between South Koreans and half South Asian half Italians 🙂

  39. Seriously, he is only 17 and it sounds like he had a tough life. He has overcome many hardships and American Idol will be his stepping stone to success. He has so much potential and is truly a good entertainer. Sanjaya just might rule Hollywood someday!

  40. mfunnierthanyou: Thanks for doubting the theory, but after visiting the Midwest for work, you’d be surprised how many people equated the original “asian” comment with India, Pakistan, China, Japan, and Koreas. It was a crazy suggestion by a few to suggest 38 million votes on AI also equated Sweet Sanju with being Asian (as most press does not mention his half Italiano background). I, too, thought it was silly, until I sat in an unnamed airport listening to delayed Midwestern passengers rant about Asian in the Media (no link to the actual media blog).

  41. Sanjaya.. with that Julia Roberts smile, How I’ll miss you so

    ::

    You’ll show them, won’t ya? Laugh all the way to the bank, Sing “Pretty Woman”..

    ::

    With apologies..

  42. Use of a word like “Fagalicious” is intolerant, inappropriate, unacceptable and downright douche-y. Your comment was deleted with prejudice. You can dislike the KID and that is what he is– a CHILD of 17, but no one has the right to hurl such filth his way.

    We ban for comments like that, fyi. You seem to be new here, it would be sad to see you have to leave so soon.

  45. I wish him well. He had something that has been so undervalued: class. People booed him in a game, mocked him in the media, blamed him for being in American Idol , made insuinations about his sexuality, (TMZ was especially shameless among the media) and the judges hated him. Yet, he never showed his anger at the thousands of insuiniations and never judged the people harshly despite being only 17. About Cowell, who was very rude to him, this is what he said,

    “He’s an amazing person, and what he does is awesome,” Malakar said. “He’s very opinionated, but I learned more from him than anyone else when I was on the show.”

    If I was in his place, I would not have been able to say that. And that counts for something.

  46. “He’s an amazing person, and what he does is awesome,” Malakar said. “He’s very opinionated, but I learned more from him than anyone else when I was on the show.”

    To Simon’s credit, I’ve heard he’s very different off-camera than on. On camera, he knows he’s got a certain image to uphold, he can’t come off as Mr. supportive when those Beta SP’s are rolling…

  47. To flesh out Neale’s line:

    Don’t cry papaya Remember all is maya Hair today gone tomorrow

  49. He reminds me of Eva Peron:

    “Don’t cry for me, I’m Sanjaya The truth is, I never left you All through my wild fame My Idol existence I’d keep on smiling While Simon’s wincing”

  50. Regarding the Leno appearance, did anyone notice that Leno was like “oh you’re half italian, that must be where the talent is from” and then jack black yelling, “dude, india is cool too” really loudly…lol

    I wished this kid well, but honestly i don’t think his voice was that strong. Hopefully he’ll bank a decent amount off this fame, good for him!!