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Gina8642
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06-01-2001

Friday, February 27, 2004 - 10:21 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
Larissa of course, a woman who dated Fabio, entered mulitple beauty pagents, and went on a reality TV show, has NO interest in an acting career. LOL!

Reader234
Member

08-13-2000

Saturday, February 28, 2004 - 12:13 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
OK, did anyone see Leno tonight? They were all on it, I'm so tired of these contestants being on talk show BEFORE they air the last episode!! Grrrrrrr... Jay asked about the secret, and she of course responded....

are

you

ready?

Can

you

handle

it...

she wore a padded bra during the filming



OK fine, it was her answer... but really, why put them on BEFORE the shows finish airing? Talk about stretching their 5 minutes of 'fame'... and is it plain suck up on Jay's part to NBC??? He really liked Brian, loved Brian's accent, and asked both of them how they were chosen... both were approached by producers - HUGE SHOCK!! omh!!

Jay also confronted her about Fabio, she admitted it part of her past, and tried to be "coy" in 'her' way... I think he then asked the hunk if he had a fling with Fabio!! She was saying everyone was with Fabio... or something to that effect...

anyway it was on an hour ago, and I was enjoying my glass of merlot, and the quiet... quiet here...}

Scorpiomoon
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06-06-2002

Saturday, February 28, 2004 - 9:48 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
Reader234: I think it's the other way around. I think, at times, Jay Leno has no choice but to have various NBC stars on--not because he wants to but because he is told to.

If that's the "big secret", I swear, I'll scream.

Babyjaxmom
Member

10-20-2002

Saturday, February 28, 2004 - 11:06 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
Scorpio, I'm sure she was just joking about the padded bra (as the big secret, I mean). She has to be contractually bound not to reveal "the secret" before the episode airs. All the reality shows have big (BIG) fines written into their contracts in order to constrain contestants to keep the secret. That's why Meredith alluded to the "money she didn't have" on ATR, as to how she could've kept her choice so secret. I think it's like $500k or more!

ETA: I think the "big secret" is a child, but I could be wrong. A lot of guys (especially the young ones) might think twice about getting involved with a woman with a little one. But then again, I think if she had a child, we would have heard about it. Someone somewhere would've spilled the beans, even if it wasn't Larissa.

Scorpiomoon
Member

06-06-2002

Saturday, February 28, 2004 - 1:11 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
Excellent points, BJM.

Rslover
Member

11-19-2002

Saturday, February 28, 2004 - 2:38 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
Oh, not that can't be it. Too funny. We all knew she was not too chesty. How can it be a child? If she was in the paegant in 2001, got pregant soon after, the baby would be 1 year, let's say. Would she leave a young child for that long? It just doesn't look like she ever had a baby, IMHO.

Purplecow
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12-08-2003

Saturday, February 28, 2004 - 5:12 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
I finally saw the promo. I don't the plane signifies that someone is arriving. I think it's the plane that Larissa and her lover boy leave on. Or are supposed to leave on. Just as the plane goes overhead, the voice over says "Just when you thought it was over." Maybe she chooses Brian and when he hears the "secret" he backs out. Or maybe it's something as inconsequential as she lied about her age. Guess we'll find out soon enough.

Sunshyne4u
Member

06-17-2003

Saturday, February 28, 2004 - 6:41 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
Maybe.....and its just a theory.....maybe the BIG SECRET is she doesnt choose EITHER of the final two and leaves alone!! Woo hoo.

That would crack me up and frankly, the producers might get a clue that these "average joe" shows just arent working! :-)


Costacat
Member

07-15-2000

Saturday, February 28, 2004 - 7:19 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
The padded bra is definitely not a secret. I'm not a man, but even *I* noticed how flat she was in a bathing suit and how, um, more "endowed" she was when wearing certain clothes.

But speaking of clothes... did any of ya notice how many different CHANGES of clothes she wore in each of the three "dates" she spent with the guys? I mean, there was one point (I think it was when she was with Gil but now I can't remember who) that she had on at least four different outfits. And some of the changes didn't make sense (like, they hadn't been swimming or anything, but the next scene she was wearing something different). Very suspicious, if you ask me.

I've not seen the promos for Monday's show (er, actually, I think I have but I think I FF'd thru 'em as I was watching something I taped).

Maybe the big secret is she's a fake (like MBFOF?). She did say this opp was "handed to her."

Babyjaxmom
Member

10-20-2002

Saturday, February 28, 2004 - 8:14 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
Oops! Just read over at the Bachelorette II thread that the fine is $5 million if they spill, at least on the Bach. (guess that precludes any of the tabloids "buying" the outcome ahead of time). I wouldn't think the price is that high on this show, but it's still probably enough to keep them from telling.

Rslover
Member

11-19-2002

Saturday, February 28, 2004 - 10:59 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
Maybe she's about to admit she is being paid to be on the show.

Kappy
Member

06-29-2002

Saturday, February 28, 2004 - 11:23 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
I was thinking her real boyfriend shows up. Or even a fake boyfriend. I keep thinking back to the first show and how visibly upset she was when she was alone muttering "What have I gotten myself into?". And then presto, she was so cheery and happy in the very next scene like she had no problem dating any of these average guys. Riiiiiiight. So anyways, my theory is she threatened to walk. The producers then convinced her to stay by telling how great this would be for her career and not to worry - that they would fix it in the end so she wouldn't have to go off into the sunset with anyone. And that either she could have an old boyfriend show up in the end as a surprise or they could arrange a fake old boyfriend to show up. I guess I've just felt since the first episode, and seeing that look on her face, that the producers had to of made a deal with her in order to get her to remain and go through with the show.

Woofy
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08-09-2001

Saturday, February 28, 2004 - 11:29 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
I'll bet it is a child (or children) .... yep, a multi-ethnic li'l bundle of joy.

Jhezzie
Member

07-05-2001

Sunday, February 29, 2004 - 12:29 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
She's a man, Baby!


Sorry. Couldn't resist.:-)

Mcroo61
Member

07-10-2003

Sunday, February 29, 2004 - 4:22 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
my guess is that larissa was born as a man and woman can't think of the word for that. you think?

Woofy
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08-09-2001

Sunday, February 29, 2004 - 9:23 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
Hermaphrodite? YIKES! ... better yet, she's really Richard Hatch on Atkins!

Mizinvanccouver
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02-22-2003

Sunday, February 29, 2004 - 10:39 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
I was seriously thinking maybe the secret was she was born a hermaphrodite? Or maybe she was a man and went through the sex change??

However her having a child seems more likely.

I agree with Kappy after the first episdode the way she took a 180 I think the producers told her one or all of the following: You signed a contract to do this show so you had better buck up little camper and/or don't worry there will be some studs coming in later.

I too saw them on Leno and for some reason I get the feeling she choose Brian.

Just my 2 cents!


Gemma120in2002
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07-05-2003

Sunday, February 29, 2004 - 1:20 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
Mizinvanccouver, I agree with you. Brian didn't have that stiff demenor that he would have if he had been rejected. Gil, well, he's pretty reserved emotionally, and wasn't really in it for the relationship, so he wouldn't feel any real rejection anyway. Larissa was also more friendly to Brian.

I hope that she chose Brian. He has a lot to offer emotionally, if he doesn't become jealous.

Lauram
Member

07-13-2000

Sunday, February 29, 2004 - 3:32 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
not a child. The producers probably wouldn't have chosen a single mother due to the ramifications. (i.e. maybe the parents could still get together and give the child an in-tact family)

Also, I doubt they would use a child as a big secret. I mean what if there had been a big love match and when the child was divuldged, the guy walked away. That would be way too much for any child to carry.

Watching2
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07-07-2001

Sunday, February 29, 2004 - 7:01 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
I think the secret is the Fabio relationship, but then Jay Leno blew the surprise if he asked about it on the show. She did seem uncomfortable when he asked! BUT - he is also employed by NBC, so I'm probably wrong.

IMHO - the twist, isn't going to be that great of a thing. Just something stupid to make us keep watching. LOL

Deesandy
Member

08-12-2003

Sunday, February 29, 2004 - 7:16 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
Maybe she is pregnant...

Babyjaxmom
Member

10-20-2002

Sunday, February 29, 2004 - 11:08 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
I'd be willing to be that it's going to be something so small and insignificant that we're all going to feel "duped"--unlike Katrina on The Apprentice who has never been duped in her life!

Caroline
Member

10-08-2002

Monday, March 01, 2004 - 12:00 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
Regarding the Leno visit: I just thought it odd that Brian and Larissa did all the talking -- I don't think Gil said a word...well, maybe 'a word' but that's about it. As I recall, it is usually the loser that gets all the face time and sits next to the host (Leno).

That said, I think Fabio is coming back on the scene to rescue her...


Watching2
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07-07-2001

Monday, March 01, 2004 - 1:05 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
That said, I think Fabio is coming back on the scene to rescue her...

ROFL!! I wonder if he'll be on a horse from the cover of one of those romance novels he likes so much?

Jhezzie
Member

07-05-2001

Monday, March 01, 2004 - 2:08 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
Is it just me or is there something kind of eh...icky...about Fabio? He seems so smarmy and he may be the nicest guy on Earth, but still.