Seriously? OMG! WTF?

So ever since David Gest did I'm A Celebrity Get Me Out of Here, he has been huge over in The UK for some reason. Well ITV thought they would cash in on his popularity and make him a Judge on The UK version of Grease You're The One That We Want and let's just say it is not going so well. Just because he was married to Liza Minnelli does not make him a stage casting-know-it-all and his co-Judge David Ian agrees. In fact it is so bad for David Ian he walked off during a taping and almost didn't return according to Digital Spy.  "At times I find David extremely irritating. Once during filming I just got up and walked out. I'd had enough. If I didn't have such an important role in the whole thing I wouldn't have returned. I've been exasperated with all the judges for not concentrating as much as they should. I audition people every day. I'm struggling to work out why David and Sinitta are there. He is one of the most 'different' people I've ever met. He's nice enough, but has some very strange, mad moments." I love that "different people I've ever met," what a nice way of strangest and more irritating people I've ever met. So PC, but it works.

Also according to Digital Spy, David Ian is not the only ones having problems with Gest, seems the producers have told him to tone down his act. Seems Gest is trying to be like Simon Cowell, and he is no Simon Cowell. Here are some of the things he has said to the contestants that made the producers sit down and have a talk with him.  "I've got bowel movements more exciting than your performance." and "I've a cousin who could dance better and she only has one leg!" (Who knew he was related to Heather Mills?) While I did get a chuckle at those criticisms, they are more hurtful than helpful. Hopefully his 15 minutes will be up soon because I don't want to see him on Dancing with the Stars next season.

(photo from Daily Snack) 

Sky Travel is to air a reality TV show which sees six unsuspecting Brits being arrested for the "murder" of Brigitte Nielsen. Producers recruited contestants by placing an advert in a magazine which invited members of the public to take part in a Greek sailing documentary. They were in fact being set up for the show, titled Killing Brigitte Nielsen. The six participants were joined by four actors on the boat, which had been filled with hidden cameras. The drama started when the boat "crashed" into a yacht being used by Brigitte. Contestants then watched in horror as they saw drug traffickers storm the boat and "kill" the actress. Actors dressed as Greek police then took the participants off to jail, where they were interrogated for seven hours. "It is based on managing someone’s entire reality – like The Truman Show movie," producer Alki David explained. "We never made anybody feel they were in any personal danger. "We played back the contestants' audition tapes to psychologists to ensure they wouldn't crack. And the jail cells were always unlocked." A female contestant is believed to have threatened legal action against producers. The show airs on March 19.

Digital Spy 

That is just sick.  It is one thing to say you are going on a reality show to find love and the guy turns out to be Flavor Flav. It is another to think to pretend to kill someone right in front of them and then put them in jail. I hope people boycott this show, so producers will learn there needs to be a limit to what can be done with Reality TV.

THE producers of Big Brother are planning to lock up celebrity drug addicts in a new shock TV reality show. Endemol will film a group of addicts 24 hours a day as they fight to kick the habit in rehabilitation. Kate Moss’s boyfriend Pete Doherty, who has battled heroin and crack cocaine, is among the stars approached to take part in Rock Stars in Rehab. Others tipped to move into the Big Brother-style house include ex-Celeb BB contestant Donny Tourette, who was filmed snorting cocaine during a fly-on-the-wall series about his band The Towers of London, and Dominic Masters singer in rock group The Others, who is addicted to crack. An insider said: "It’s going to be like Spinal Tap meets The Priory. The plan is to put a group of well-known faces with very public drug problems into a rehab and just let the cameras run. "It will be touted as a serious social experiment. But Endemol are using drug problems as entertainment and treating addiction like a joke. "It will push the boundaries to make money. If addicts want to get off drugs they really need support and medical supervision – not cameras pushed in their faces."

Sunday Mirror 

That is sick. I would watch, but that is sick.

A LEO Sayer walked out of Celebrity Big Brother today just hours before he was expected to get the push after a row over PANTS. The Seventies pop star was facing eviction tonight and favourite to get the boot but quit the show rather than face the public’s vote. Curly-haired Leo, 58, escaped the house by battering down a door with a shovel. He is the third housemate to quit, after wannabe rocker Donny Tourette and film-maker Ken Russell walked last week. Leo had been nominated for eviction along with journalist Carole Malone and The A-Team star Dirk Benedict. The housemates commented on his departure: "Oh well, another one bites the dust." A spokeswoman for the Channel 4 show said: "Big Brother can confirm that Leo has left the Celebrity Big Brother house. "The housemates have been told that he will not be returning to the house. "Leo’s voting line has now been closed. Viewers can still vote to evict either Dirk or Carole in tonight’s show."

Daily Mirror 

Since I live in the States, can someone who is watching the show tell me why all these celebs are walking off the show?

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