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Fruitbat
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08-07-2000

Sunday, June 04, 2006 - 12:49 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Fruitbat a private message Print Post    
This has been very entertaining for me too!

Hukdonreality
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09-29-2003

Sunday, June 04, 2006 - 12:58 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Hukdonreality a private message Print Post    
Oh great, Tex, now look what you went and did. Good goin' making other people smile. Geesh...


Wendo
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08-07-2000

Sunday, June 04, 2006 - 1:48 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Wendo a private message Print Post    
Woo hoo! I like being right.

Culinary career can only mean starting a restaurant? C'mon now... :-)

Tex, totally agree that Tiffani didn't "cultivate respect from or for her fellow chefs." And, I don't disagree that she needs to get away from the mindset that only food she likes should be served.

Texannie
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07-16-2001

Sunday, June 04, 2006 - 2:47 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Texannie a private message Print Post    
Lilfair, you better like what she serves you cause you won't get a choice! LOL
Culinary career mean paying off bills???

Hukdonreality
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09-29-2003

Sunday, June 04, 2006 - 3:38 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Hukdonreality a private message Print Post    
Alright you two...

Texannie
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07-16-2001

Sunday, June 04, 2006 - 3:39 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Texannie a private message Print Post    
What?????????

Lilfair
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07-09-2003

Sunday, June 04, 2006 - 4:24 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Lilfair a private message Print Post    
Culinary career mean paying off bills???

Indirectly, maybe. Anything can be spun.

If she clears her debt and gets traveling out of her system she can then be more focused in whatever happens in her future culinary career and can perhaps widen her culinary culture?

That almost hurt. ;)

Texannie
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07-16-2001

Sunday, June 04, 2006 - 4:44 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Texannie a private message Print Post    
LOL

Teachmichigan
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07-22-2001

Sunday, June 04, 2006 - 5:58 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Teachmichigan a private message Print Post    
Um -- little late to the party, but the "challenge" I took on was taking Tiffani to task for things we KNEW she was guilty of. :-) That's all. No horses, no beatings, and no culinary career projections. Rather boring post in comparison to those following it, anyway. :-)

Seamonkey
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09-07-2000

Sunday, June 04, 2006 - 9:52 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Seamonkey a private message Print Post    
I can base my opinion on pretty much anything in the universe and I don't see how it can be wrong or right. I don't feel like I owe anyone an explanation or dissertation with footnotes in order to express my opinion.

I don't care if people run up debts but I don't see that as a reason for them to be rewarded. My opinion means nothing to Tiffani and that's that.

All other things being equal, I'd rather reward the person who has previously managed money because i think they will manage the prize money better. And all other things were not equal for me anyway; of the two, I far preferred to see Tiffani not win and Harold TO win.

I'm done with this subject. On to the next season!

Fruitbat
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08-07-2000

Monday, June 05, 2006 - 3:01 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Fruitbat a private message Print Post    
Killjoy, Seamonkey. I think we should compare them to Ruben and Clay.

Sadiesmom
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03-13-2002

Wednesday, June 07, 2006 - 9:14 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Sadiesmom a private message Print Post    
Did anyone seethat Steven and Harold were interviewed by reality news online?

Seamonkey
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09-07-2000

Wednesday, June 07, 2006 - 10:47 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Seamonkey a private message Print Post    
OMG, Sadiesmom, I just spent an hour at reality news online and never even got to the Steven and Harold interview because I got into reading a whole bunch of long articles about The Apprentice!

Now I am going back to look for the interveiw.

Seamonkey
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09-07-2000

Wednesday, June 07, 2006 - 11:27 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Seamonkey a private message Print Post    
Ah those were both interesting interviews! Harold was very gracious and Stephen's quite interesting. Also read their decription of the finale and enjoyed that.

Seamonkey
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09-07-2000

Wednesday, June 07, 2006 - 6:22 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Seamonkey a private message Print Post    
http://www.realitynewsonline.com/cgi-bin/ae.pl. Several interesting articles about The Apprentice here..

Sadiesmom
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03-13-2002

Thursday, June 08, 2006 - 10:37 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Sadiesmom a private message Print Post    
BravoTV - Andy's blog - he has an interview with Tiffany -link

She seems to have issues with the other contestants and does not understand the origin of their dislike for her. Especially interesting is her comments about Dave.

Nancypj
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08-17-2001

Thursday, June 08, 2006 - 12:19 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Nancypj a private message Print Post    
I thought it was a good interview, and it is obvious that she learned from the experience.

"ANY REGRETS FROM DOING THE SHOW?

No. I don't live my life with regret. I think it's a waste of time. I've used the show as a tool -- as a litmus test as a person and as a cook for sure. But I don't live that way with regrets. It's pointless to me and inhibits forward motion.

ANYTHING YOU WOULD DO DIFFERENTLY?

Interesting question. I think NO. The things I did that I am not as pleased with have allowed me to see where I can change and be a better person and a better cook. So I am happy to have seen them. Had all this stuff not shown up on national television, maybe I wouldn't have learned the lessons I did and for that I am glad."

From her reply to the question below, it sounds as if while the show was shooting, people did not show that they disliked her. Or, to be fair, maybe she did not pick up on it.

"DO YOU FEEL THAT YOU WERE "PORTRAYED" ON THE SHOW AS YOU ARE?

I mean, in some ways yes and in some ways no. I am incredibly intense when I am working. I own that. My personality is aggressive. The words aggression and assertiveness are not always the best thing when associated with women. When I see myself, I think there are times I could've been softer. That's a life lesson. I try to be a better cook and better person every day. You can't put words in my mouth. I don't feel edited unfairly -- I said what I said. I also said a lot of great things about people's food which never came across. I think I was a role or a type on the show. I talk to Andrea still but that's pretty much it. I was shocked by how disliked I was by the other cast members. People like Cynthia felt strongly about me but didn't know me. People held on to things really tightly. I don't know where Dave's hatred of me comes from. I like Dave's food and I like him. I don't think that they got how much respect I had for them."

Hukdonreality
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09-29-2003

Thursday, June 08, 2006 - 12:28 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Hukdonreality a private message Print Post    
I agree that it was a great interview with Tiffanie. She definitely comes across as being quite different than she was on the show, and I don't think it is any sort of act or coverup.

Fruitbat
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08-07-2000

Thursday, June 08, 2006 - 1:23 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Fruitbat a private message Print Post    
Her arrogance screams in every sentence. The old familiar, "NO, I wouldn't have done anything differently." Just once I would like to hear a contestant, on any of these shows, say "sure, I would correct everything I now see that caused my loss".

And she lives her life with no regret. Well the question was did she regret anything. Of course she does. He did not ask her if any regrets drove her train. It would have been genuine and compelling for her to have been more candide in this interview.

Seamonkey
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09-07-2000

Thursday, June 08, 2006 - 7:29 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Seamonkey a private message Print Post    
I do agree with her that (even though I was happy Dave was in F3, I had expected it to be Leeann, Tiff and Harold in F3.

Kappy
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06-29-2002

Friday, June 09, 2006 - 9:05 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Kappy a private message Print Post    
"I don't feel like I owe anyone an explanation or dissertation with footnotes in order to express my opinion."

I feel yah, Seamonkey ~ I feel yah!

Alisons
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01-10-2003

Saturday, June 10, 2006 - 3:11 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Alisons a private message Print Post    
If the Ruben and Clay thing doesn't work, how about comparisons to Jennifer Anniston and Brangelina?

As far as I am concerned, Tiffani is a (self moderated) but at least she is a (self moderated) who can cook. That does put her on the top of the heap of the (self moderateds) in my world.

Rehtse
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08-17-2005

Monday, June 26, 2006 - 2:05 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Rehtse a private message Print Post    
"It is what it is". Anyone remember the reunion show? If you saw it and remember the clip on "it is what it is", then you will appreciate this: I was in court last week and was talking with the judge about an unfortunate situation, I told the judge that if that is how things were, then you can't change things because "it is what it is". The judge then agreed with me and said "it is what it is". I, for whatever reason, then said "it is what is". It is a very insidious phrase, very catchy.

It was really funny and I really wanted to laugh, but I kept it in because I did not want the judge thinking I was laughing at him.

Kappy
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06-29-2002

Friday, June 30, 2006 - 5:03 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Kappy a private message Print Post    
Good story, Rehtse ~ and you were right NOT to laugh.

Cdbga
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10-04-2004

Sunday, July 23, 2006 - 6:42 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Cdbga a private message Print Post    
Looks like Top Chef is getting a new host for Season 2 - Padma Lakshmi (who is married to Salman Rushdie). You can check out the article at Reality Blurred and there is mention of it also in Andy's Blog at the Bravo TV Site.