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Yep, this is what I thought all along. I wrote almost from day one of this mess that they edited Stacie badly so that Trump wouldn't like such a fool when he fired her.

Maria actually has 0% chance because she was the winning project mgr last week. Unless Apex loses and she pulls a Baldford. ("Dear God, now I lay me down to sleep, please let Maria pull a Baldford" [/tm Miss Alli])

Thank you, Miss Alli, Jen C is a curvy girl, but by no stretch of the imagination is she fat. Was the dress a poor choice for her (or anyone other than Jennifer Aniston)? Yes.

Disturbing little tidbit from the Denver Post on our favourite designer-with-an-edge-that-almost-looks-like-art-but-it-is-NOT!

Apparently, a former au pair. *shiver*

Denver Post Ilse article

"For me it was very hard because I was always with the children".

Which, you know, totally sucks. Even though that's what you were hired to do.

On the Cincinnati Enquirer piece, Wes will "win it all"? From what planet is person? The only thing Wes adds to the show is blond highlights.

And I think you were absolutely right, Forestranger. I believe TPTB were so high and mighty coming off the success of last season, that they underestimated the audience.

Trump still looks like a fool for his handling of the situation, despite their efforts. And trying to spin it in TV Guide or any other interview is not going to change that.

Link to Carolyn speech



Fix it or Fake it. Either one of those would require the women to actually take self-responsibility for making a situation work. They act like self-responsibility will give them the cooties.

Well,now, that's just silly! Everyone knows that "taking accountability" (Miss Alli's favorite phrase!) is really what gives you cooties!

Oh, yeah. Although, after reading Sars's MSNBC article (Fabulous, but I fear for my words now) I think that maybe Apex really does mean "taking accountability."

Responsibility implies that you've got a job to do.
Accountability implies that you're paying for it.

Apex isn't interested in getting the job done. They're more interested in knowing who to blame when things fail. So, for them, it's more important to know who's to blame, and not who's going to get the job done. By "taking accountability," they pre-emptively set up the way the blame falls. It's a perfect system for the petty and vindictive.

Of course, even this means nothing, as then they just choose someone and gang up on her regardless of balances in blame accounts, but that's because in addition to being backstabbers, they're also stupid.

Sorry guys, fat roll was a bad choice of words - more like really unattractive fold of skin. And I didn't even really dislike Jen C. all that much but there is "good naked" and "bad naked" and that dress shows all kinds of "bad naked".

Utah Teen Appears on 'The Apprentice' KSL TV. About one of the models from last week's task.

From the KSL TV article:



The outfit she's wearing in the accompanying photo is Apex's, but didn't she model for Mosaic as well? If so, Raj's behavior is even more heinous. I can't imagine the other models are much older; 15 years old, and they get drooled over by a bunch of 20- and 30-something-year olds. Ugh.

Boardroom behavior brought Stacy down. MSNBC. Commentary by our Gael. POLL. I fully expect y'all to be posting quotes from this piece. It's very good.

Trump Sends a Yappy 'Apprentice' to the Pound. Zap2it.

Gael's brief recap of Episode 7. MSNBC. As usual, Gael cuts to the chase. Well done!

Gone to the dogs. EDMONTON SUN

Mayor's on a role with Donald's show. NY Daily News.

BLOOMY STARS IN 'THE APPRENTICE' NY Post. Short.

This week's Ask the Reality TV Experts column at MSNBC. Gah. I'm embarrassed to admit I forgot to check for this the other day. Good stuff. Two TA questions and two TAR questions.

Page Six item about that nekkid painting of TD. NY Post. PHOTO of TD's scrunched up face. Heh.

Reality shows reflect race issues The Hartford Courant - originating paper. Creepy PHOTO of Omarosa.

Whoa, she looks like she's ready to eat some brains . . .

Xackly, skeevo666.

Y'all, don't forget to set your TiVos/DVRs/VCRs for The Today show this morning if you're leaving early for work. Stacy Rotten will be interviewed. It's "must see TV" I'm sure. No idea what hour it'll be on. Sorry.

Well, Katie Couric obviously hates Smeagol as much as we do. The interview was kind of blah, but at the end, Katie said "Stacy, you wanted me to ask if you were single..." It would have been very easy to just ask "are you single?" I like Katie's way better. Smeagol got all flustered and said she was "very single." You don't say.

I love Katie Couric for doing that. She rocks.

Ugly Dog could knock the spoilt prat out of anyone - even Donald Trump. Sydney Morning Herald. The first several paragraphs of this Australian commentary cover Bradford's firing in Episode 2. Somewhat snarky.

ETA: Just saw the Stacy Rotten interview w/Katie Couric. Gah, she doesn't get any less odious, does she? She said all the seemingly correct things and was very cagey in several of her responses, but there was nothing there. Her personality was nonexistent when compared to how she came off on the show. Heh. And I hate that she was not asked about being so frightened during the Stacie J. debacle. I still have only one response to this evil creature: HATE!

I knew it was going to be a rough interview for Stacy when Katie Couric opened the interview with "How was it being fired by DT? It must have been <dramatic pause> Embarassing, Humiliating, Degrading, Demoralizing, and all those Bad Words.".

Then she ragged on Stacy for having a website. "You have a website? Why?" Stacy listed all the grand opportunities coming her way and Katie retorted "In some way doesn't that seem ridiculous to you?".

Katie's contempt for Stacy was very very obvious.

This grinch's heart just grew three sizes for Katie Couric. I missed the interview, but it sounds like it was just great.

TVGO's Watercooler column:

hahaha. Katie rules. Did Smeagol have a response to that question?

Pocket Stacy's Public Speaking Topics

What?

Dating lessons?
Feistiness counts?
Aim for the Stars?

I evoke Noah in the great Noah routines from Bill Cosby: "RIIIIIIIGHT!"

Katie is dead on. This is reee-diculous.

From SmedIndy's link:



Please don't tell me that Stacy Rotten and another contestant were bumpin' uglies in Loser Lodge. Someone pass the brain bleach...

Something to the effect of "they were selected for the show because of their intense personalities so it was not surprising to her".


1. Have Katie Couric announce that you are single
2. See 1

From Entertainment Weekly: The dismissal of Tiny Terror! (Whitney Pastorek also alluded to "Wonder Boy Andy" and "Increasingly Indignant Kevin.") Some highlights:

Thanks archer1267! *blows kisses* You never let us down.

"You wanted me to ask if you were single?" That is fantastic.

I have to say I have a whole new appreciation for Katie now. Nasty little troll should obviously take lessons from Katie on how to bury someone without even the appearance of getting your heels dirty.

You don't suppose Katie has been contemplating this particular interview for a few weeks now, do you? That would actually bump Katie up into the luuurrrve category for me.

TVGO's Entertainment News blurb about the firing:I lurve Michael Ausiello.

I've got to believe that Stacy drove the cast and crew of The Today Show completely crazy this morning. So I lurve Katie for getting in her digs. But I couldn't resist, and I went to Stacy's website. On my PC, the formatting of several of her pages is screwed up (which, on the "About Stacy" page makes it look like she has both a foot and a hand attached to her left ankle; then again, maybe she really does).

And some of the topics for her Motivational Speeches (perfect for graduation ceremonies and school lectures) include

• Learning How to Ask for (and Get!) What you Want
• Don't Take No for an Answer

Because, you know, she did such a fine job of demonstrating these abilities. Remember when she had that great idea? and convinced her team to implement it despite their initial concerns? and went on to take her team to victory, earning the praise of The Donald for her exceptional ability to Win Friends and Influence People? What? you don't remember?

eta: Wordy McWord, HollyGoLitelee! If I were her web designer, I would insist that my name be removed from that site. Or put up the name of my biggest competition.

Stacy, Stacy, poor short, single, stupid Stacy. If you are going to pimp your website, you might want to proofread it-

"If you are interested in hiring Stacy for an upcoming speaking engagement, appearance or promtional opportunity"

Nice. With that and her "I'm such a sexy twelve-year old" photos, it is indeed ridiculous.

I will love Whitney for the rest of my days:



Why can't I come up with something as brilliant as that! God, that ROCKED!

And usually? Katie Couric BUGS the HELL out of me. Today? *smooches*

From Rottener's website: "Stacy enjoys....taking voice lessons." Gah! It's too good!

Trumping the reality genre. Modesto Bee. A journalist admits her TA addiction.

Reality show for the business-savvy. Philippine Daily Inquirer. About Season 1's final task. For some reason it struck me as being a bit odd, but I can't define why.

After seeing the typo previously noted, I was surprised to see that "Acknowledgments" is spelled correctly in the top right tab. Click the tab, though, and it's "Acknowledgements" on the page.

Stacy was on the Tony Danza show. It was the first time I had seen his show and unfortunatley she wasn't annoying enough since I could not stand him. She mentioned how she looovvved being on the show and how it reminded her of camp, like college camp, and she really liked it when "the boys and girls" teams went coed. I think she had no more than five minutes on the show.

Motley Fool's commentary about Episode 7.

Inc.com's blog analysis of Episode 7.

I don't like Katie Couric. She brought up Jennifer's comments, but not a word about Stacie or Pamela, two women who got shoved into the caulderon thanks in part to Stacy.

From Motley Fool



Wow. A real idea. Too bad this person isn't one of the contestants.

I just checked out Stacy's website and I have to say I thought some of the pictures were actually pretty attractive, if very Ally McBeal. What cracked me up was on the section where she indicates the types of events she is available to speak at she says she is available to "host your next event or party." WTF? Who hires someone to host their own party? Maybe this is a NYC thing I'm not familiar with? Besides, who would want to go to a party hosted by her?


For all you who missed it this morning, the video of Katie's interview is available on MSNBC.com. I just came from watching it and, although normally I can't stand the sight or sound of Katie Couric (it's just not normal to be that perky in the morning, or anytime, really) she totally rocked that interview with Stacy. She snarked on Stacy wanting to pimp the fact that she's single, and made fun of her website, and essentially used the words degrading, demoralizing, embarassing to describe Stacy all without one break in that perfect cheerleader smile of hers. I've got to admire that.

One thing I found interesting about the interview was Stacy saying that the women were fighting all the time at first but they really did all get along very well and were great friends. Yeah, OK. Then when Katie asked her about Carolyn's comments about Stacy last night, Stacy avoided an answer by talking about how great Carolyn is or something. This woman really is the master of double-speak and evading the question. I think she chose the correct profession for her talents.

As much as it pains me to admit it, Stacy's hair was much prettier than it was on the show--looked like it was cut into some long layers instead of being all one length like on the show. It flattered her. OK, I got it out of my system. Now, back to snarking.

Thanks, RhondaGC. And yeah, her hair wasn't so heinous this morning.

Apprentice 2: Episode 7: Dog-Eat-Dog The Trades.

Stacy Rotne [sic] becomes seventh contestant fired as 'Apprentice 2' goes to the dogs. RealityTVWorld.com

Sam's commentary is up at Yahoo!

That RealityTVWorld.com link led to Jennifer Crisafulli's website, which contains the following gems:

Nothing is the End of the World. You know what happens when the Pope dies? They find another Pope.” No but there is such a thing as getting fired and the end of professional credibility.

“If jealously could make you go blind, we’d all be blind.” This is like the other one, "if you sleep, you can work". Huh?

“You already know what you know, so when someone’s speaking, listen. You’ll learn more.”
Oh how ironic.

TA1 & TA2 represented in a Florida gossip column. Miami Herald. Free registration. Last paragraph.

online radio interview with john for enterpreneur magazine radio:

http://boss.streamos.com/wmedia/wsradio/to...04/segment1.asx


the more i listen to this guy, he sounds like an infomercial host.

*barf*

According to Dictionary.com, both spellings are correct. Consistency, however, is the key. As I stated earlier, her web designer should be ashamed to have her name listed; not a site I'd take credit for (even leaving aside the subject matter, Smeagol, which is just repulsive). eta: I've figured out what the problem is with the formatting on her site: I have my browser set to use the "larger" font; anything above "medium" causes the various images on her pages to not align properly. Again, bad web designer! So if you want to see her hand growing from her ankle, set your font to "larger" or "largest" and click on her "About Me" page.

And yes, I am also pained to admit that her hair looked better this morning; in addition to the layers, I think she added some highlights. Still didn't make up for the fact that it was attached to Smeagol, of course.

At least I now understand Pamazon's comments about Stacy being a great person to party with; they obviously had lots of time together at Chateau de Loser.

An article from todays Sydney Morning Herald Good Weekend Magazine on Trump. Which while it is not online is great in some of the comments, the interviewer has Trump impersonations down.

On the Alantic City Hotel (the interviewers take on what Trump said)


On the interview

Which Trump then goes on to say is the biggest launch in radio history. I have no idea if it was but according to the article Rush Limbaugh had 60 stations, Trump had 320.

Trump also name drops Harvey Weinstein saying that [Weinstein] said that Trump was the biggest star in Hollywood. It talks about how Trump really wants fame and celebrity not status (heh big surprise there).

It is a really good article, it does praise Trump in some ways, but also calls him out in others.

Excellent, sinclair! Thanks very much for sharing. I find it fascinating to read how TA and the Trumpy one are perceived outside the US.

Reality takes a bite in latest 'Apprentice' episode. Richmond Times-Dispatch. POLLS. Maria's local paper is getting snarkier where she's concerned. Heh. Make sure to read the contents of the gray box.

Taking control of boardrooms and bathrooms. Rocky Mountain News A bit more about Carolyn's Denver speech.

Trump and Carolyn on bestseller list. NY Times Free registration.

Omarosa's new battle: To empower businesswomen. The Sacramento Bee

She is so full of shit. Why do people keep on enabling her, for want of a better word.



Ok I admit I don't watch that much reality TV, and have no idea about the Real World or any Survivor past about episode 2 of season 3 and I have only seen up to the second episode of TA2 (but have read all recaps). But Stacie's firing is totalling different to O's. Stacie was brought down partly by herself, mostly by the coven. O was the reason for her firing. Frenchie from my understanding was forced out for some bullshit reason by FOX, but Jennifer (Hudson, I am assuming) was voted out partly because out of the three 'divas' on AI3 she was (at least to me) the weakest. Oh and Fantasia a person who seemed to be a real strong (black) women won that season (and AI has had 2 black winners).

Sorry for the long post (man I am doing that a lot recently around here) but I have had a day of work where most of the women are O like or coven members and I just had to vent.

Loved Sam's snark on Andy! (altho' a bit harsh):