Eh, I wouldn't judge this on an axis of kindness, so much as just different types of obnoxiousness work for each of us. I get a kick from plenty of less-than-kind humor if it's coming from some place that hits my buttons right. But Letterman has always shown contempt for certain things I don't want stomped on, and that rubs me the wrong way. (No, Paris Hilton isn't one of them.)
I've gotten annoyed at him a few times, mostly back when he made a habit of willful ignorance of his guests. And I have a friend who hates him forever on account of him having been mean to Sly Stone in an interview I've never seen.
Whether or not Letterman is habitually annoying or mean, this struck me as the correct thing to do. Hilton isn't somebody whose fame is incidental to something real they do; this is all she is and all she does, and I think it is correct of Letterman to want no part in her glib.
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