Today's Blind Items - The Biggest Pain In Reality Television
You would think that the title of biggest pain in reality television would probably go to a Kardashian. Nope. Not even close. As much as I dislike them personally, they generally show up on time and are always ready to work. No big demands either. Some of the Real Housewives are huge divas but for the most part they need the show more than the show needs them so they don't try and cross the line. Even NeNe. The biggest pain in all of reality television is this A lister. You pretty much have to be A list to cause this kind of pain and turmoil. If you were anything less, you would get fired and replaced. It all started when she got her job. She basically spent her entire waking time destroying the person she ended up replacing. Whispered in ears, whether at an event or in bed. She got her boyfriend at the time to spend hundreds of thousands of dollars so she could throw parties and dinners for the executives of the show and network. The next thing you know, the original host was gone and this celebrity who essentially came out of nowhere landed the job. From day one she insisted she be paid the most of anyone on the show. Not just the most, but double what anyone else was making. This coming from a person who had never made more than scale before.
When she was nominated for an Emmy and didn't win she accused the network of not spending enough money on promoting her campaign. She went into rages because she didn't have billboards and full page ads in the trade publications touting her. Despite the nature of the program she insists on working as little as possible. Often people are waiting for her for hours. They can't proceed without her and are held hostage basically until she decides to show up or deems herself camera ready. When her work is done she does not talk to anyone on the show. She treats the crew like crap. She treats the people appearing on the show like crap. The only time she is ever nice to anyone is if there is some celebrity on the show who is higher in status than her. The thing is, everyone is scared to fire her. They keep hoping she will get another job and quit. There are some on the show who want it to take a hiatus for a season or two so she will move on and they can bring it back without her.
Whoopi Goldberg
ReplyDeleteNvm...lol.reality TV
ReplyDeletePadma Lasksmi
I want this to be Erin Andrews
ReplyDeleteIt so6nds like it should be Erin Andrews EXCEPT she didn't come out of nowhere, but it's someone like her.
ReplyDeleteIvanka trump works as well- but I don't think she is part of show since Daddy is Leaving
ReplyDeleteMaybe to people who don't watch sports, she came out of nowhere, IDK
ReplyDeleteThat Marriott key hole camera nonsense I still think she engineered herself for publicity.
I don't think she's had an Emmy nom, though. Unless it was for blowjobs.
ReplyDeleteI read it as Padma, but wasn't she married to Mr. Rushdie when she started the show?
ReplyDeleteMaybe a Sports Emmy nomination they do that show in April in NY
ReplyDeletePadma. Top Chef.
ReplyDeleteYes...divorced shortly after. But she was really not too known(especially to those unfamiliar to Rushdie): I thought perhaps the fear of firing comes from her sleeping with a big boss/ exec etc.
ReplyDeleteJust a wild guess...Julie Chen. She worked on some news shows, not sure she ever replaced anyone, though - but I could see her getting Les Moonves to drop some cash for her parties before they got married, and The Talk was nominated for an emmy this year.
ReplyDeletePadma doesnt totally fit because she was married when she got on Top Chef to Salman.
ReplyDeleteMaria Menounos was nominated, but didn't win, a daytime Emmy in 2014. She took over E! pretty quickly after that.
ReplyDeleteCat Deeley
ReplyDeletePadma replaced Katie Lee after season 1 on Top Chef, and the celebrity guests would be the only time she is nice I imagine(if they are high enough on food chain)Married thing?
ReplyDeleteThink Chen is original host of BB......
Cat Deeley ---so you think you can dance
ReplyDeletedammit---my guess! But absoultely
ReplyDeleteIDK, a lot of the same wording was used about Maria M when she was on Extra, and schemed to take over E!. And she's been in a relationship with director/producer Keven Undergaro since 1998, who could opened a lot of doors for those network parties. Might be why people aren't complaining so much, and would rather go on hiatus than speak up, hoping she'll move on eventually. She's a climber, that one!
ReplyDeletehttp://www.foxnews.com/entertainment/2014/06/22/is-maria-menounos-gunning-for-guiliana-rancic-job/
J Lo?
ReplyDeletePadma, Top Chef. Katie Lee Joel was the host for season 1. Not sure what Padma's relationship status officially was at the time that she was hired, but she probably had that old (now dead) billionaire in her pocket before she ended her last marriage.
ReplyDeleteNot a chance in hell. She's well known for being one of the sweetest people in reality tv.
ReplyDeletePadma's a huge pain in the ass and the behavior described fits her down to the ground but who is going to take a hiatus from Top Chef for a couple of seasons? Gail? Tom? Same thing for Maria Menunous, she's a viper but who's going on hiatus on that show?
ReplyDeleteIt sounds more like DWTS, although I'm not sure who the hostess is, it used to be Brooke Something. The judges and the host stick around but the pros have been known to take seasons off, haven't they? The contestants are B and C listers (if that) but sometimes have relatives higher up the food chain (Bruce Willis, Cher) that she might suck up to when they visit.
Wondering why they'd be "scared to fire her" do they think Top Chef couldn't go on without Padma if it's her? But it does sound like her, even Tim gunn called her out for being rude.
ReplyDeleteot checked out anarchy gossip the other day and it's so lame, recycled Blind Gossip blinds and they STILL fixate on talking smack about this site and Derek! No lives over there.
wtf derek has really worked up a reputation, hasn't he? weird, i don't agree with anything anyone has said about him lol
ReplyDeleteoh NO THEY DIDINT!!!! really??????
ReplyDeleteThe sleeping dragon wakes.
ReplyDeleteSYTYCD and the Cat Deeley guess don't work for a couple reasons- namely there are no celebrity guest spots on the show.Menounos doesn't do reality tv, she does entertainment talk show show tv
ReplyDeletePadma the wench FTW.