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Legalboxer

Wednesday, December 17, 2003 - 7:49 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
i had to switch channels three times because it was SOOO horrifying to watch what they were doing- charging a gift to someones account and then thinking they can hide in the bathroom.. it just hurt to watch

Eliz87

Wednesday, December 17, 2003 - 8:44 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
This show never fails to just totally crack me up. Big shopping day at the feed store!!! LOL

Sherrie

Wednesday, December 17, 2003 - 10:39 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
I usually enjoy this show so much but tonight it was tough to watch. The hurt on Janet's face was not "scripted".

Sisalou

Thursday, December 18, 2003 - 8:12 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
Hippy, I thought the fake crying was hilarious too!

IMHO, I don't think the Leding family lets themselves get affected too much by those "silly" girls. They seem to be really "down to earth" people and I imagine they can keep everything in perspective.

Lori

Thursday, December 18, 2003 - 8:49 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
Honestly these girls act very young for their ages. If I didn't know any better, I would think they are 16 years old. That said...I will admit they are entertaining because I find them so unbelievable!

Ohiomobprincess

Thursday, December 18, 2003 - 9:06 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
While I enjoy watching this show, it disturbs me to see just how easy it is for these two girls to lie at the drop of a hat.

Nicole seems to be a lot sweeter and more interesting than Paris. Paris has perfected the "I'm rich, spoiled, and bored" vacant stare.

Denecee

Thursday, December 18, 2003 - 9:18 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
To be fair, I think the girls knew that they would have to pay the charges back and it's not like they don't have the money. I hope somebody explains to them that $120.00 is alot of money to some people and that they are spoiled to not see that.
Do any of you watch the "Rich Girls"? They are only 18 yrs old but they are way more mature than Paris & Nicole.

Fluff

Thursday, December 18, 2003 - 9:26 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
This show is hizzelarious!

Sweetbabygirl

Thursday, December 18, 2003 - 10:06 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
Nicole had me dying with the phony crying....hmmmmm, I should do that to Frankie when he doesn't do what I want, lol!!

I LOVE Braxton, the cutest little kid!

Last week I was right there with them when they were all up on Justin's ex....that'll teach that heifer, lol!!

Eliz87

Thursday, December 18, 2003 - 11:59 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
Well, setting aside the sex video and the "flash" dancing at the local bar there where they are (I'm sure both were alcohol induced), it just seems to me that Paris is a little bit shy and I think it makes her come off as snobby. If anything, I would call her aloof.

Nicole is definitely more gregarious and lots of times Paris even has an "Oh My God" expression on her face after Nicole does or says something.

So, even for all of her upbringing and money, I think Paris lacks a certain sophistication when it comes to dealing one-on-one with people she doesn't know.

And, yes, I agree that they do NOT act like they're 21. They do act much younger. They tend to remind me more of my 17-year-old niece and her friends. But it sure looks like they're having a lot of fun!!! :-)

Hippyt

Thursday, December 18, 2003 - 12:04 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
Yeah,I agree with you Eliz. Paris is definitely the follower in the friendship. Nicole and the onion rings and the Sonic sign,those were her doings too. They may be immature,but they sure have a good time!

Hippyt

Thursday, December 18, 2003 - 12:20 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
FOX's 'The Simple Life' wraps up shooting early, leaves bad blood behind

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More The Simple Life News
By Wade Paulsen, 06/06/2003

Shooting on Fox's controversial The Simple Life reality show, starring LA socialites-dilletantes Paris Hilton and Nicole Richie, in Altus, Arkansas wrapped up a week early, apparently due to troubles between the "stars" and the crew, according to a RealityTVWorld.com poster from the area. According to this poster, Paris and Nicole threatened to quit the show after being reprimanded for spending four hours on the phone. Although the show still had planned to shoot for two more weeks, Paris and Nicole spent little time with the locals during the next week, and the production came to an unscheduled end that Friday.

The early halt was confirmed by the New York Post, which put a more crew-friendly spin on the events, claiming that hostility between the "stars" and the locals led to the early end of filming. According to the Post, the locals "loathed" Paris and Nicole, and Nicole was involved in a bar fight. Perhaps that's true, but the locals who described the show's events to RTW, as discussed in this prior story, seemed more bemused by the phoniness of the show than upset with its stars.
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However, the producers and the crew clearly seem to have been "loathed" by the locals, for their apparent intent to portray the Ozarks and Arkansas as one step regressed from the Clampett family in The Beverly Hillbillies. The Fort Smith (AR) Times Record reports that the producers, for example, set up a phony "grape-stomping" booth at the Altus Spring Gala for Paris and Nicole (who wisely declined to take part) and filmed unkempt areas around town whenever possible.

Even an 11-year-old girl watching the filming got the point, stating that the producers "are making fun of us. ... They were saying, ‘They’re so totally poor,'" Only the mayor of Altus, who still hoped (forlornly?) that the show would portray Altus in a positive light, seemed comfortable with the filming. The same skepticism about the show was discussed in a story from KPOM-TV.

During the filming of The Simple Life, the United Mine Workers picketed Viacom (the parent company of CBS) over a planned reality version of The Beverly Hillbillies. The protests over The Real Beverly Hillbillies (which has not been cast and may never be made) have reached such a fevered pitch that even a once-reputable newspaper like the Washington Post felt free to mock CBS in a 'news' article. However, we suggest that, as usual, the Post missed the real story: while covering the possible show that may mock rural people, it overlooked the actual show apparently doing the same thing at that time.

As for Paris and Nicole, yes, they may be beautiful and spoiled, but they at least seemed to be open to trying new things and avoiding rural stereotypes ... certainly more so than the producers and crew were.

Scorpiomoon

Thursday, December 18, 2003 - 1:15 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
Re: The above article: Well, it looks like the locals should have had more faith in the producers. In the end these people come across fine.

So many behind-the-scenes rumors are floating around about this show it's hard to tell what is truth and what isn't.

Thanks Hippyt for digging that piece up.

Guinevere

Thursday, December 18, 2003 - 2:52 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
I complained last week about this show being too scripted; the upside is that I don't have to take anything that happens very seriously. Who knows if the girls are really this immature and irresponsible IRL? It's pretty clear that they are encouraged to behave as badly as possible for the sake of the cameras.

Regarding the article above, it seems to me that if anyone has cause to complain about their portrayal, it's rich vapid So Cal socialites.

I still like the show - I found Nicole wailing over her poor departed cat SO entertaining last night. I heard she's auditioning for "Rent" - all, I can say is, I hope she's a better actress than what we've seen so far would indicate.

Ohiomobprincess

Friday, December 19, 2003 - 8:15 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
I found this on the IWON gossip page:
PORN TAPE "starlet" Paris Hilton has gotten embroiled in another shameless scandal — while taping her reality TV show.

"The Simple Life," she broke up the engagement of two high school sweethearts!

"The Simple Life" has been a surprise hit as viewers watch hotel heiress Paris and fellow rich girl Nicole Richie mingle — and then some — with folks in the small town of Altus, Ark. And The ENQUIRER has gone behind the scenes to uncover some weird happenings off-camera!

Man-eater Paris, 22, didn't even have feelings for Trae Lindley, the guy who dumped his fiancee Caroline Cains for her, but instead staged the romance to boost the show's ratings, said a source in Altus.

At one point Paris and Caroline nearly came to blows after the heiress and Nicole heckled her high school graduation ceremony. And when taping was finished, Paris packed her Prada bags and blew out of town like a tornado, leaving the relationship between the 19-year-old lovebirds in ruins!

"Thanks to Paris, the future Trae and I were building was ripped apart within a matter of days," Caroline told The ENQUIRER in an exclusive interview.

"As lovers, Trae and I are back to square one."

And Trae told The ENQUIRER:

"There's a chance Caroline and I can mend our relationship, but it's going to take a lot of work. Caroline just doesn't trust me anymore." Said the source:

"The small town of Altus wasn't prepared for the havoc Paris and Nicole had in store!

"From day one, Paris made it evident that she wanted to find a guy — almost any guy — to hook up with while she was in Altus.

"She admitted to at least one person in Altus that 'The Simple Life' producers encouraged her to find a romantic counterpart because they thought it would make for 'good TV.'

"It wasn't very difficult for her to find a fall guy, because Paris was the first celebrity most of the townspeople had ever met. And she used that star power to cast a spell on Trae.

"Paris met Trae at the Altus bait shop where she and Nicole were working, and Trae was smitten.

"Then Paris ran into him a few nights later when she and Nicole were carousing, hanging out with some neighborhood kids at a local gas station.

"Trae is a handsome guy, so when Paris saw him again she made it pretty clear she wanted to hook up. And as the evening progressed, she continued to pursue him.

"As soon as Paris learned about Caroline through one of Trae's friends, she giggled and said, 'He has a fiancee? Well, we'll see about that!'

"She started rubbing against Trae, batting her baby blues, and flipping her hair.

"By the end of the evening, Trae had forgotten all about his fiancee and had become Paris' toyboy — whatever Paris wanted to do with him, he was game. It was really sad to watch Paris take a couple who were so madly in love and destroy them without a care in the world."

Caroline lived in Altus — population 817 — while Trae's family lived in Ozark, a nearby town where the couple attended high school.

As seniors, Trae and Caroline were voted Mr. and Miss Ozark High, and even professed their love for each other in the 2003 yearbook so that everyone could see how committed they were. Sources say Trae proposed to Caroline earlier this year, and had secretly planned to seal the deal with an engagement ring this Christmas.

"While Trae's guy friends were encouraging him to go after Paris, his female friends were begging him to consider Caroline and their relationship," the source told The ENQUIRER.

"Altus and Ozark are very small towns, so it was only a matter of days before word got back to Caroline that he and Paris were romantically involved.

"She knew all along that something was wrong, because Trae had a lot of unaccounted-for time and was blowing off their date nights. He barely had time for Caroline anymore.

"Besides, Caroline's friends began running into Trae and Paris at the bowling alley, movies or weekend parties at his friends' houses, and word kept getting back to her that he was cheating.

"Finally, Caroline was out on the town with friends one night and caught Trae and Paris red-handed — she saw the two of them hanging all over each other while on one of their secret dates.

"First, Caroline ripped into Trae. Then she began to exchange words with Paris. If Trae wasn't there to get between them, Caroline and Paris would have come to blows!" After the heated run-in that led to Trae and Caroline's split, Paris decided she was going to declare all-out war against her rival.

"Paris and Nicole attended Trae and Caroline's high school graduation and actually booed and hissed at Caroline and her friends as they walked across the stage," the source revealed.

"The families of those girls were outraged, as were most of the people at the ceremony.

"It was so bad that one of the school's faculty members warned Paris and Nicole that they would have to leave the premises if they didn't stop their heckling.

"After the ceremony, Paris and Caroline almost got into a catfight, but once again the two were separated before that actually happened."

The joke in Altus was that Paris has built-in party radar, because she and Nicole would show up at every single bash — even those they weren't welcome at, the source disclosed.

"Paris and Nicole were always the life of the party, doing things like flashing their breasts, dancing on tables or hamming it up for the cameras.

"Rumor has it that Paris partied at Trae's house a couple of times."

After taping ended, Paris and Nicole didn't waste any time giving up "The Simple Life" for life in the fast lane back in Beverly Hills. Sources say the girls packed their bags and headed out of town so quickly the soles of their Jimmy Choo shoes nearly left skid marks!

Trae and Paris have talked on the phone several times since she left Altus, but the romance started to dry up as soon as the cameras stopped rolling. And Trae says that while he's sorry about the way his engagement to Caroline ended, at least he'll always have Paris.

"My relationship with Paris was one of the most exciting things that has ever happened to me," he told The ENQUIRER.

"I got so caught up in the moment, the only thing in my life that seemed to matter was her.

"I loved Caroline and regret that things happened the way they did between us, but I still wouldn't trade my time with Paris for anything in the world."

And brokenhearted Caroline told The ENQUIRER:

"I've always loved Trae, and always will — even though he cheated on me with Paris.

"Trae and I were planning a future together when she came barging into our lives. We were going to move away to college together and share an apartment.

"I had no idea Trae was going to buy me an engagement ring for Christmas, and I probably would have accepted it.

"But there's no way I'd accept it now!"

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Rslover

Friday, December 19, 2003 - 9:38 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
I think Nicole comes off as more of a mean spirited instigator and •••••• than Paris does.

Eliz87

Friday, December 19, 2003 - 10:19 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
Oh geez...Well, if Trae loved this girl, he would've never been fooling with Paris anyway. Not Paris' fault.

Lori

Friday, December 19, 2003 - 10:41 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
Agreed Eliz87...we are all responsible for our own actions!

Scorpiomoon

Friday, December 19, 2003 - 10:52 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
Could there be any more exclaimation marks in that article?

I keep reading over and over again how the producers encouraged the girls to do this and that. And, it would seem, the girls did what they were told. It will be interesting to see if Paris and Nicole get a clue and take more control when they do the second season of this (train wreck of a) show.

Spygirl

Friday, December 19, 2003 - 11:07 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
"Not Paris' fault"???

If we are all responsible for our own actions, then she is partly responsible for the breakup - at least as much as he is, though I hold her slightly more responsible because her actions were intentional ~ hateful and malicious.

Eliz87

Friday, December 19, 2003 - 11:52 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
Nope. I am one of a small minority who never blames "the other woman." Men aren't brainless. They can control themselves.

Frogichik

Friday, December 19, 2003 - 11:54 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
Inside Edition or one of those shows had this kid on and he said that him and his girlfriend were breaking up anyway because they were going to different colleges and that Paris and the girl never had words.

Faerygdds

Friday, December 19, 2003 - 12:17 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
Not trying to be difficult, but.....

Spygirl said, "at least as much as he is, though I hold her slightly more responsible because her actions were intentional"

Ummm... he KNEW he had a fiance... so I would say it was definitely INTENTIONAL on his part! Whereas it only became intentional on HER part after she was told he was taken.

Reality check... women hit on guys all the time in the real world. It's up to the guy to tell her (imo) "I'm taken!" Corollarily... If a guy hits on a mrried woman, it's HER responsibility to say, "I'm married!"... so where's the reality check???

Here:
If he would dump this girl just because a pretty girl hit on him, then he would have done it eventually!!! Paris was the opportunity, but it was definitely HIS choice to respond.

Like I said... this is all JMO... but thought I'd throw in my perspective.

Natalie

Guinevere

Friday, December 19, 2003 - 12:28 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
I don't mean to come off as too cynical, but I think anyone breaking up the engagement of two 19-year-olds is probably doing both parties a favor.

Hippyt

Friday, December 19, 2003 - 12:33 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
heeeheeee,now there's a valid point!