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Kc103
Member
07-13-2004
| Sunday, September 11, 2005 - 8:16 pm
Breaking Bonaduce started today on VH1. Has anyone watched it yet? I saw part of it this afternoon. I'll probably tune into the next episode and decide from there if I plan to continue watching it. I used to listen to him when he was a DJ in Chicago a number of years ago. He was on the same talk station as all of my other favorite DJs. I saw him do comedy back then once too. He wasn't a laugh riot, but he he did "okay." I did meet him at that time, and he was friendly and accommodating in talking with everyone. Looks like he's on a downward spiral now in this show again.
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Mocha
Member
08-12-2001
| Sunday, September 11, 2005 - 8:32 pm
It comes on where I am in 10 mins.
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Lilfair
Member
07-09-2003
| Sunday, September 11, 2005 - 9:04 pm
wow Scary
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Ntegrity
Member
06-28-2005
| Sunday, September 11, 2005 - 10:06 pm
Why would they want America to know everything!
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Abby7
Member
07-17-2002
| Sunday, September 11, 2005 - 11:54 pm
i'm taping this show. i haven't seen it yet. something tells me after bonaduce lost his job with the male version of "the view", i think he was desperate for another gig. (even tho' he, at the time, had the radio show). fishy, that he "reportedly" went back to drugs DURING the taping of this reality show. not sayin' someone would get back on drugs just to call attention to himself and get a reality show. ? sad. fishy that he went back on drugs DURING the taping of the show. imo, he must have been on drugs before he even got this reality show. i'm hoping i misread the ads/previews for this show. the ads made it sound like he became readdicted to drugs during the show. don't know about the affair. call me Inspector Jacques Clouseau lol i smell somethin' fishy going on with this guy/"reality show". i would think the guy went back on drugs. then decided to promote a reality tv show. why else would anyone want to produce a reality tv show about him if he had no more drama to report. sad but true imo. duh. ?
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Willwillbee
Member
09-20-2001
| Monday, September 12, 2005 - 1:51 am
I think the drugs they are alluding too are steroids (versus his previous drug of choice). I don't believe he considered it a drug as much as a supplement to his work out routine, but steroids can make you nuts (especially if it's a short hop).
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Texannie
Member
07-16-2001
| Monday, September 12, 2005 - 5:18 am
I had to turn this off, it became so painful. The only time his smile seemed really genuine was when he was partying in Vegas. I read an article where he tried to commit suicide during this show during a major drug bender. They also talked about why they did the show, and Gretchen said that she knew he was spiraling out of control and she wanted to use the tapes so he could see he needed the intervention.
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Mocha
Member
08-12-2001
| Monday, September 12, 2005 - 8:12 am
Well maybe Danny being so open can help someone else out there. Just a shame. Gretchen's way stronger than I am.
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Texannie
Member
07-16-2001
| Monday, September 12, 2005 - 11:00 am
Same here.
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Mamie316
Member
07-08-2003
| Monday, September 12, 2005 - 11:20 am
This show was just so raw! It was hard to watch. You could just see the anger in Danny. And with the steroids coming next, it won't be a pretty picture. Gretchen is one tough lady!
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Madelane
Member
08-20-2001
| Monday, September 12, 2005 - 4:32 pm
Is anybody from LA? Is he still on the air with Jamie and Danny? If so, are they talking about this? Every time they show him on the radio set they don't show Jamie.
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Mamie316
Member
07-08-2003
| Monday, September 12, 2005 - 4:34 pm
I read somewhere that he lost his radio job.
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Emmy
Member
05-05-2004
| Tuesday, September 13, 2005 - 12:32 am
My previous post just mysteriously disappeared, so here goes again... I was listening to the show at the beginning of the summer when it was still "Jamie and Danny in the Morning" but Danny wasn't on the air because he was in rehab. Then one morning I heard Jamie say that he would be returning the next day and she was obviously angry because his lawyers threatened her about something she said. But I never heard him on again and now he's definitely out. Does anyone know the whole story?
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Moondance
Member
07-30-2000
| Tuesday, September 13, 2005 - 7:06 am
I listen to them everyday on the way to work..... one day he just didn't show up and they got a call he was in rehab. Jamie was mad because it was like the 3rd time he has done this and think she just about had enough. She said something to the effect that his wife Gretchen was stupid for putting up with it and slammed Danny about the whole wife cheating and rehab. Jamie was just very upset that she was abandoned. He kept promising to come back but then there were rumors that he was seen around town filming this reality show and not in rehab and all hell broke loose. Meanwhile Jack (he runs the tech part of the show) and the producer "Stentch" was filling in for Danny and they were amazing together. Much funnier than Danny IMO and also most of the folks listening. So when Danny came back (after more than a month - July) he was fired after about 2 weeks and replaced. It is now the Jamie, Jack and Stentch show. I like it much better.
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Mocha
Member
08-12-2001
| Tuesday, September 13, 2005 - 8:19 am
Wow
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Meagain
Member
07-20-2005
| Tuesday, September 13, 2005 - 9:03 am
The show already started? Darn! I thought it started this week. Grrr! Hope they rerun it?
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Mocha
Member
08-12-2001
| Tuesday, September 13, 2005 - 9:11 am
So far they have Meagain, it was on again last night.
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Madelane
Member
08-20-2001
| Tuesday, September 13, 2005 - 9:20 am
Wow, thanks Moondance. I'm sure out of the loop now that I have moved away. I did go on Jamie's webpage and read the message boards. Some people were upset with Stench when the first show aired, because he seemed to be encouraging Danny to party with the topless chicks in Vegas.
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Moondance
Member
07-30-2000
| Tuesday, September 13, 2005 - 1:18 pm
LOL I was spelling Stench's name wrong oopps.... Stench can be annoying and an instigator but he so much funnier I think than Danny. Danny would do things like cheat on his wife, do massive amount of drugs, admit to all of it and not have any remorse. That bugs me. Madelane. you moved? Where did you move to... LA get on your nerves LOL or did work take you some where. Marriage took me to Simi Valley last year. I am still adjusting!
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Emmy
Member
05-05-2004
| Tuesday, September 13, 2005 - 3:20 pm
Hey. I left LA 11 years ago and am still adjusting.
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Moondance
Member
07-30-2000
| Tuesday, September 13, 2005 - 3:22 pm
Well I already know that!!!
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Madelane
Member
08-20-2001
| Tuesday, September 13, 2005 - 6:08 pm
I moved to Florida in November '03 to be closer to family. I had pretty much done/seen it all in LA and was ready to be a normal person. Nowadays it's VERY strange to be driving to work in rush hour traffic with my coffee, listening to satellite radio and hearing bands I used to party with. Oh, well. I agree with you about Danny having no remorse. He went on and on about how terrible he was, he's his own worst enemy, how honest he was being about how terrible he was...but he didn't seem to FEEL badly about it. I don't know how to explain the difference but there's a difference. It's almost a conceit.
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Reader234
Member
08-13-2000
| Thursday, September 15, 2005 - 10:11 am
He was on The View today with his wife Gretchen. He pretty much came across as Madelane stated!! He said he doesnt like people, he doesnt care about them (something to that effect) but he loves his kids, he's a good dad... and the view jumped on that - how can he be a "good dad" and do all these things AND air it? He was very much in denial I believe.
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Julieboo
Member
02-05-2002
| Thursday, September 15, 2005 - 10:15 am
OH CRAP! I missed the View today! Dang it! Can anyone ad more (recap?) to the Danny/Gretchen segment?
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Curlyq
Member
07-10-2002
| Friday, September 16, 2005 - 12:07 am
I just watched my recording of the View interview. Star Jones was sitting next to him and her body language made it clear that she'd rather be getting root canal. While she spent most of the interview sitting quietly and looking disgusted, Meredith and Barbara looked on in disapproval, Elisabeth sputtered in disbelief and asked about their kids having to deal with this, and Joy sat smiling and laughing at what a “whacko” Danny is. His quote "I'm a really great dad. I'm just a bad person." Gretchen added "But we're working on that." Gretchen said she did the show to help other people see the consequences of infidelity and she's already getting calls from other women in her situation (I guess seeking advice). Danny said he didn't do it for that reason since he doesn't care about his fellow man. He only cares about good TV. “I did it for the good of my bank account.” He said at one point VH1 said "We think you're dying and so we want to pull the plug." He refused and said “If I die, that’s television. Why wouldn’t you film that?” He apparently got violent at some point and some people got hurt. He says he’s honestly ashamed of most of his behavior. He hopes everyone watches the show, but he won't watch. It's not that he can’t watch the violent things he did, but he doesn't want to see the parts where he was begging and crying. The show was originally supposed to be Rock & Roll Dinner Party, and it was supposed to be a more light-hearted show about rock stars doing normal stuff, and about their family. Since his wife had never really dealt with her emotions about the infidelity (which had happened before the show) it all came out in their therapy sessions and that's when the show turned into what it became. He says during the taping he was “out there” and “a pharmacy.” The ladies asked why they weren't worried about their children being hurt by this show. Danny's response was something like "That's her job (pointing at Gretchen)." That's when Star pointed out that he called himself a good father but then put it on Gretchen to worry about protecting the kids while he only cares about good TV. I believe it was Joy Behar who pointed out that it seems like he's addicted to television. Gretchen says she stays with him because she loves him and she wants her children to have both their parents. She says when he's sober he's this great guy, but when you're married to an alcoholic “you can't pin your future on someone that you don’t know if they’re gonna backslide again.” Basically, it sounds like she's still with him for now and if there’s any hope for him she doesn’t want to give up. Regarding the slit wrist: He said Gretchen is the only person who knows him so when she said she was leaving it was like a death threat to him. He picked up her Bic razor and smashed it and said "Oh, yeah? Well watch this." He cut his wrist just to make a point, but then there was all this blood and the cops were called and he had to go to the psych ward (he hadn’t thought it through). He attends a lot of 12-step meetings, but Gretchen doesn’t go to Al-Anon like she should. I have to say I remember watching him on The Other Half and I always thought he had the most common sense of the three guys on that show. I'm astounded by what I saw in this interview. He must be under the influence of something, because he really came across as if he's lost his senses. Barbara told him that having seen his muscles it’s obvious he's still on steroids to which he responded "thank you." Maybe that explains it. Madelane's above observation is exactly right. It would be one thing if you could say "He doesn't know any better." Once someone admits they know they're doing wrong there's an expectation that they'll do something about it. To be honest about your flaws and do nothing to change them makes it worse because you DO know better and consciously choose to do the wrong thing.
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