It's not. The reality is she's just as paralyzingly stupid as Barbra Streisand.
My favorite movie of hers is "They Shoot Horses, Don't They?" Not because I enjoyed the film, but because she takes a round in the head at the end of it.
The problem is that people will fawn all over the "stars" because of their "fame". And they'll gladly pay money to do it. So the "stars" are encouraged to keep it up. At least Streisand had the sense to tame down her anti-Bush claptrap on her website in recent weeks. Can't say the same for the mental lightweight Hanoi Jane.