note to celebrity do-gooders

If you have a lot of free time and money AND you want to volunteer with the hurricane relief effort -- that is wonderful. I'm sure celebrities at shelters brighten days and that extra hands are needed to help unload the truck.

But please leave your camera crew at home. The minute I see that you're trailing around with an Oprah crew or a Entertainment Tonight mic, it just doesn't seem as genuine. Why do I get the feeling that as soon as the little red light goes off, John Travolta and Lisa Marie wipe their hands and take three steps back from the refugees?