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Sweetmelissa04
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03-20-2004

Tuesday, September 28, 2004 - 7:02 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
So as I stated before Colin and Christy live in my town...
So, last night my mom and I decided to go the local mall and get our toes done. As I walked in, much to my surprise, there sat Colin Guinn typing on his palm pilot. No one else in the place had a clue as to who he was, but I did. And I was star struck.

Christy and Colin sat right beside me during our pedicures. And you better believe I was excited and asked a ton of questions. However, I must say that they were two of the sweetest people I had ever met and actually seemed excited to talk to me. Collin even stated, "Oh, Please ask us questions about the race because we can finally talk about it." SO, I did.


First question was of course about how Colin treated Christy. Very simple answer was that Collin is competitive and they only showed you the angry side of him. (I kind of took this for what it's worth at the time). He went on the tell how things are said out of anger and frustration that aren't the way one truly feels. Then I asked about Sharla and Mirna and what the deal was with that. Come to find out, every team hated the two of them. Christy pointed out that they tried to respect them as racers and didn't let things get personal but it was a never-ending battle with the two of them. They said they wished them luck in the future though. Never said anything mean what-so-ever about them. They didn't say anything mean about anyone actually. They were just happy to be able to do something as cool as AR. And they both stated that Allison was at the end of the race with Donny. They even talked to her in length at the wrap party a couple of hours later. When Christy stated "Just run them over," she was not talking about the pedestrians. There was a camera crew vehicle in front of them and the driver was slowing down because he thought he wasn't supposed to pass them. Christy then stated, "Who cares about them, we are in a race, you can run them over." Seeing her personality, you could tell that was an editing job. She was so nice to me and my mom that there is NO WAY she wanted to harm innocent people. They finished 7.5 minutes behind Chip and Kim. They said what you didn't see was that C&C had a flat tire on the way to the maze, thus putting them that far behind Chip and Kim. On the mention of a speeding ticket, there was a laugh and it was all in good fun. Christy said the hardest thing for her was the fish eggs. Collin said "that stupid cow" was the hardest for him. These people were so nice, that after a few questions about the race, I forgot that they were even on the show and we talked about personal things. Christy's ring is BEAUTIFUL!!!! And the whole time, they were very loving towards one another. Collin even asked about my toe nail color!

After such a long talk with them, over an hour, I honestly think that some of what was shown was editing. Especially with Colin being some ego-tistical freak. I truly think that some of what was shown was blowup after blowup of his. I know when my husband and I travel, it becomes stressful. Glad no one is filming me. She actually seemed to wear more pants than he did! They both remembered my name and my mom’s and all kinds of stuff about us. Collin even wanted to meet my husband. So, after meeting these people call it editing or not, they are true salt of the earth.

Collin is working with his cell phone business and Christy just got a job doing pharmaceutical sales! They both looked great, Christy looked amazing.

I’m sure there was more I could have asked, but they live in my town so maybe I’ll see them again. It would truly be an honor to converse with them again. They are great people in real life-- which is what truly counts!!!


Freckledgrl
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08-27-2003

Tuesday, September 28, 2004 - 8:38 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
Thank you for posting this! I loved C&C and were rooting for them all the way from Day 1. Best of look on catching them at the mall again :-)

And of course the must know question....what color did you end up going with ;)

Kitt
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09-06-2000

Tuesday, September 28, 2004 - 9:00 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
What a great account! I must admit to not liking Colin during the show, but everything you hear about him after the show is good. And it's great to have someone confirm that it was indeed Ali at the finish line!

Thanks for sharing :-).

Freckledgrl
Member

08-27-2003

Tuesday, September 28, 2004 - 9:04 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
Eek, I hate typos...my post should say "best of luck", not best of look

But I will wish you the best of luck on getting another look at Colin ;)

Pamy
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01-02-2002

Tuesday, September 28, 2004 - 9:31 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
Great story Melissa!!! Thx for sharing!!

Tishala
Member

08-01-2000

Tuesday, September 28, 2004 - 10:59 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
Thanks for sharing Melissa. I have always believed that Colin was not as he was portrayed on the show, just that he is high-energy and competitive. I'm glad you were fortunate enough to spend some time with them and that they were so willing to talk.

Biscottiii
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05-29-2004

Tuesday, September 28, 2004 - 11:38 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
Thanks too Melissa!

After reading the "was she or was-she-not at the TAR Finale?" stuff re: Alison or her double, I wondered if Ali was (Once Again!) playing youthful girlie-games with people's minds. Glad you were able to settle that score, for once and for all!

Glad to hear there could be another side to C/C, but Colin sure gave an awful LOT of photo ops (in a LOT of different countries!) to be edited into 'uglies', JMO!

From the article with the ""Race" co-creator and executive producer Bertram van Munster": http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A37152-2004Sep20.html

"Of course there are situations where I'm a little nervous," says van Munster, who called Colin's behavior in Tanzania "horrifying."

Sweetmelissa04 ~ "Then I asked about Sharla and Mirna and what the deal was with that. Come to find out, every team hated the two of them. Christy pointed out that they tried to respect them as racers and didn't let things get personal but it was a never-ending battle with the two of them.

At one point, as I recall, TAR showed the Bowling Moms saying others might not all like Sharla and Mirna, but the Bowling Moms sure did. The Mom's seemed like pretty down-to-earth people, IMHO.

Frankly, after looking so UGLY on TV ... guess anyone would be humble and sweeter than honey - afterwards. I hope better days are in store for C/C; also hope we never see any future stories about them in 'thesmokinggun'.

I'm still so DELIGHTED that Chip&Kim (the best & kindest teamplayers) won. Thanks again for sharing the story Melissa. Truly interesting. Bisc


Djgirl
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07-17-2002

Wednesday, September 29, 2004 - 9:05 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
Thanks for the story Melissa - I was a fan from day 1 and am glad to hear that they are as I thought! :-)

Bastable
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07-09-2002

Wednesday, September 29, 2004 - 10:41 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
Colin's behavior in Tanzania was horrifying. I'm glad he's behaving himself at the local nail salon, at least. Because I was embarrassed to be an American when he treated the Tanzanian police with such disrespect.

Brenda1966
Member

07-03-2002

Wednesday, September 29, 2004 - 11:36 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
Thanks for posting your encouter Melissa and for finally clearing up that Ali was there. (The screen cap posted the other day confirmed it for me, and I also saw in on TV).

But I'm with Bisc -- every jerk has a nice side. I'm not surprised at all that C/C can be nice and polite in public. He still has a very scary side and I wouldn't want a sister or friend dating him much less marrying him.

Interesting that they said they were less than 10 minutes behind Chip/Kim as other accounts have them almost an hour behind. I always figured that gave them plenty of time to put on their game face of good sportsmanship and not appear to be sore losers in the finale.

Texannie
Member

07-16-2001

Wednesday, September 29, 2004 - 11:40 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
Colin, Christie say they "were the nicest team on the race," discuss "skewed edit."
Colin and Christie are doing damage control after their appearance on The Amazing Race 5. Colin tells TV Guide that they "were the nicest team on the race. We helped every single team, but they don't show it," and Christie says "Colin is very naive in the sense that he is very trusting." Naturally, Christie also defends Colin's behavior, saying they got "a very skewed edit -- especially Colin" -- because "they were expecting us to be that alpha-male team they didn't have this season. When they didn't get it, they had to start getting creative. And Colin can blow up. That's why it was so easy for them to pick on him." Okay, whatever. She also defends Colin by saying that when he told a driver to "run them over," he wasn't referring to pedestrians, but to crew members! Oh, that Colin. While most of their comments are similarly predictable, they do reveal information about things that had to be cut from the show. For example, Colin says that, in Canada, "We had a roadblock [task] that was completely cut out, where we had to build a teepee." And Christie points out that "all that clothing you saw us put on before climbing the mountain? We had to pick those up at three different stores in Banff. It was a scavenger hunt to find those stores." They also "had to go from a bus in Calgary and sign up for different bus charters," Colin says.
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Costacat
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07-15-2000

Wednesday, September 29, 2004 - 7:31 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    

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Naturally, Christie also defends Colin's behavior, saying they got "a very skewed edit -- especially Colin" -- because "they were expecting us to be that alpha-male team they didn't have this season. When they didn't get it, they had to start getting creative. And Colin can blow up. That's why it was so easy for them to pick on him."


Um, I think it was so easy "pick on him" because it was easy to show how absolutely horrifying his behaviour was because that's how he WAS! I was embarrassed, as an American who travels outside the U.S., at how he acted in almost every single country he was in.