BB bias towards Danielle? What do you think?
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Fabnsab | Friday, August 23, 2002 - 09:57 am     No, the houseguests don't see the show but the evicted houseguests do. They could be watching TV just as we do and be swayed by some new facet of Danielle or whoever CBS shines the light on. They are no longer sequestered. Every houseguest who is and will be evicted will get to see that.When they spotlighted Roddy and Chiara, it was talk of who was who's type, when they spotlighted Gerry, they showed a very happy, well adjusted family...the go to Danielle with the soap opera music and the sad story. I think it is a subliminal message. |
Aunt_Bob | Friday, August 23, 2002 - 09:58 am     I just want to say to LL Kool-aid (can I call you that?), that each and every one of your posts were a refreshing read. Thank-you.
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Jaysgal | Friday, August 23, 2002 - 10:05 am     Llkoolaid, I think that Kiari is responding to Aunt Bob, not you (in case you thought that she was referring to you). If you note, both of you made your posts at the same time. She would not have had the time to read your post and respond under 1 minute. It would make sense that she was speaking to Aunt Bob, since Aunt Bob directly addressed her. Please, I am not trying to get into any one's issues. I have no idea what's going on. I am just trying to say that that comment was less likely directed toward Llkoolaid. |
Llkoolaid | Friday, August 23, 2002 - 10:05 am     Why thank you Aunt_Bob, I have been here a long time and have learned to try and make positive comments. I know this is a game and I try to comment on how they are playing the game and not their personal lives. Sometimes I do get carried away and say some nasty stuff but I usually get a grip and cancel the post. I like think everyone should just agree to disagree and not get personal. This is a great board that goes on all year and the people here are wonderful. Check out all the other topics, but beware, you will be hooked. |
Llkoolaid | Friday, August 23, 2002 - 10:08 am     Thanks Jaysgirl, I figured that out after I posted, I was just wondering if I offended Kiari, that wasn't my intention. |
Aunt_Bob | Friday, August 23, 2002 - 10:10 am     You know what Yellek...I know we are not the minority...we are the "if you can't say something nice about someone, then shut the $#@k up! group. Oops.sorry.couldn't hold it in. I just didn't want to start any unnecessary 'stuff' on the board. That's not why I enjoy spending time here (and sometimes actually post). Have a nice day and ENJOY the show, Yellek...the good AND the bad.
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Yellek | Friday, August 23, 2002 - 10:11 am     "I like think everyone should just agree to disagree and not get personal." Exactly! |
Faerygdds | Friday, August 23, 2002 - 10:13 am     OK.. got up OFF the couch to reply to this... I am SO tired of people dissing Dani for her implants. Way back when Tanya's were leaking Dani disclosed WHY she got her implants. After her second child which she also breast fed, her breasts looked (as she described them) like two little flabs of flesh hanging with a nipple. they didn't go down normally.. they just sagged terribly and she said that they looked horrible and it made her feel horrible. Now... It's not like she got DD sized implants. she got nice moderate sized implants to make herself look like she did before she had her girls. Personally I see NOTHING wrong with it! She also stated that she and her husband waited to see if the skin would kind of retract and look normal, but they didn't. So BOTH she and her husband made a decision that would affect ANY woman's personal esteem... so YES.. her girls DID benefit as Dani probably felt better about herself afterwards. So get off it! Ok.. rant over... And to think I used one of my "sitting up" periods just to type this... guess that tells you how much it bothered me... could be side affects from my anesthesia... oh and BTW... I am NOT rooting for Dani right now... it's just that when she told Chiara and Lisa why she got them I was like, "OH!!! Now I understand! I don't blame her!" flame away.... I'm going back to lurking/reading from the couch... FaeryGdds |
Yellek | Friday, August 23, 2002 - 10:16 am     "we are the "if you can't say something nice about someone, then shut the $#@k up! group. Oops.sorry.couldn't hold it in. " Hehe, I know the feeling. I try not to, but sometimes you just have to vent! |
Landi | Friday, August 23, 2002 - 10:22 am     I happen to live in same town as Danielle in California. Rent (and i mean RENT) for a house is running around $2,000 PER MONTH. My husband and I both work full time, and cannot save (we still live paycheck to paycheck) enough to have money for a down payment for a home. The median price for Houses in this area is $400,000.00 and let me tell you.. that's for 100 miles around. It's worse the closer you get towards San Francisco. Fairfield has it's good areas and it's bad areas, a fairly good place to raise children. For the Bay Area, it's one of the cheapest places to live within the commute zone. |
Jaysgal | Friday, August 23, 2002 - 10:26 am     Faerygdds, I would agree with you if Danielle wasn't mocking other people, such as Tonya (not to mention Gerry). When she mocks other people, then she subjects herself to mockery too. Besides, someone of that frame seems big enough to have that size of boob. If they were getting saggy, maybe she wasn't wearing bra or something. LOL! Sorry, I had to pull that one! ;) I am not a mother and hardly know what it is like, so forgive me. However, I do still think that once Danny makes it a habit to mock people, she is accommodating and inviting the same response from others toward her. Now, if that was Jay you were defending, I would agree, since he hardly ever said something negative about people. |
Crazydog | Friday, August 23, 2002 - 10:32 am     Landi, I do recognize that housing is expensive in your area. I have no doubt that Dani needs the money. There's nothing wrong with needing it or wanting it. The problem I have is that I feel like she mentions it much too often in an attempt to gain sympathy. Everyone wants the money, and to some extent needs the money. I'm sure that Eric (firefighter), Josh (waiter) and Lisa (bartender) can't afford to buy their own home either. They can't be making a whole lot. I just don't think it's good strategy for Dani to keep playing the card to the point where others have noticed it and don't appreciate it. |
Aunt_Bob | Friday, August 23, 2002 - 10:35 am     Okay, Landi...re: poor poor Danielle and her poor self (just kidding)...is this info a positive or a negative. ANNNNDDDDDDD...ever consider moving down south...rent for a huge villa with amenities out the ying yang on a lake to boot $825.00.
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Jaysgal | Friday, August 23, 2002 - 10:39 am     Landi, uhmm ... you know, there's Sacramento where house rent is extremely cheap compared to the Bay area. Danielle has young kids, so she can move them to Sac or cities close by. We moved from the Bay Area when we couldn't afford that ridiculous amount. Homes at Sac area are about $200,000+ median. Neither she nor her hubby have some techie job. If they did, then it would justify the decision to stay at that area. But they don't. There are other areas of CA that are still way cheap. Again, the Sacramento area is one of them. And if it true that rent is that expensive, it tells me that they are not that poor if they are still hanging out there and in a luxury apartment. Last I checked, people were having to rent their living room to survive at the Bay Area, and I suppose it would apply to Napa County. |
Faerygdds | Friday, August 23, 2002 - 10:40 am     Jaysgal... I'm NOT defending her.. i have no idea if she is rolling in dough or living paycheck to paycheck.. and I do nOT condine her mocking others... BUT I don't think that in her case you can say... "She has plenty of money.. she has implants after all." There are plenty of GOOD legitimate reasons to have breast augmentation done. And SOMETIMES insurance WILL cover it IF it is a disfiguring kind of thing. In this case maybe indsurance helped out OR maybe she and her hubby are making payments. I know for a fact that if something like that happened to me I would feel, not BAD but less good, about my appearance. I also know.. my hubby loves me enough to want me to get through it even it it means putting up a lot of money that we don't necessarily have in order to raise my self esteem. That's all I'm saying... I am starting to hurt again , so I am going back to the couch and will not be posting for the rest of the day... but I will be reading so feel free to reply. |
Aunt_Bob | Friday, August 23, 2002 - 10:47 am     Faerygdds: it sounds as though you might have had surgery recently, or maybe not! Whatever the case, I wish you only the best and that you will feel better soon. I don't even know you, but, I am so proud of you for 'speaking your mind'. You go girl(?)! Did I mention the fact that I was thinking and feeling the same way???
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Jaysgal | Friday, August 23, 2002 - 10:57 am     I agree, Faerygdds. If your given scenario is true, it takes care of the financial aspect (i.e., her means of paying for the expense), and it establishes that she is not necessarily well-to-do. However, the other part is still left open (i.e., the part of mockery). People will still continue with the other aspect for as long as Danielle continues with hers. |
Aunt_Bob | Friday, August 23, 2002 - 11:04 am     If you are still here LL Kool-aid, I want to say thank you for the kind remarks and invitation to join in. I do believe I might just do that in my spare time...my extremely limited spare time. Have a great day everyone!!!
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Squaredsc | Friday, August 23, 2002 - 11:17 am     i find it amazing that people can say that if she wins dani and her husband will probably divorce, wtf? i know they both said that they had problems early on and since she had children and married young, i think she had her daughter at 15?? so i can see where it could cause problems. but i thought the divorce comment was a little harsh, imo. i frankly don't care if she has implants or how she paid for them, probably a payment plan. but she is probably like the rest of us, working poor. my husband and i work, have a big screen tv(got it with 6 easy payments) but i am still just 1 paycheck away from poverty. i have no problem believing she is doing what shes doing for her family. and i commend her for it. i would do whatever i had to do for mine also, be it lie, cheat, steal, or go on the stroll if necessary. rant over. oh, the topic, no i don't see any bias. |
Landi | Friday, August 23, 2002 - 11:18 am     Hypothetically, If I moved to Sacramento (same as with Danielle), I'd have to move away from my family, my job (where I have been for 8 years), my children would have to be removed from friends and school and sports, my husband would instead of driving 50 miles to work each day, would then drive 110 miles to work each day, I'd never see him, he'd either be at work, on the road or sleeping, so that I could then afford a house. Funny, my rent is $1895.00 a month, and i do NOT live in a LUXURY APARTMENT or LUXURY HOUSE. I live in a small 2 bedroom apartment with a carport for one car and no laundry facilities or EXTRAS. Now I understand you are tired of hearing about Danielle's story, but think of being cooped up in a house for 40 something days, with the reason she came into BB, always on her mind. Every single person of each of the three BB's has had an objective as to why they want the money. That is the object of the game. Win the money, accomplish the objective. Their objective is always on their mind. 24 hours a day. It's why I could NEVER be on BB. I'd be like Nicole... I NEED MY XANAX! GIMME MY DRUGS!! <giggle> |
Theo17 | Friday, August 23, 2002 - 11:20 am     square you are 100% right. Maybe they cant afford a house so they spent ona tv. geez we all have tvs. Whats a big screen cost about $600 more than a regular tv? Maybe they only have 1 tv or maybe thats how they entertain rather than going to movies. To say they will get divorced is dumb. You are only talking 300k after taxes. |
Csnog | Friday, August 23, 2002 - 11:26 am     Money and boobs has nothing to do with how I feel about Dannie's marriage. I just have the feeling that she lives for her girls but the marriage is in trouble. If she wins the money she would have enough to get a divorce. She and he have spoken about trouble in the marriage. |
Ellyanne777 | Friday, August 23, 2002 - 11:36 am     I am sorry I have sat on here and read through this all morning and I am just stunned that anyone could say the word divorce in such a definite way that doesn't even know these people. As a religious woman and newly married woman I think that is awful. Every couple falls on hard times and most it makes much stronger. I can't say anything about Danielle's marriage b/c I don't know her. As for the augmentation I went through the same shame after my daughter was born I on the other hand wasn't so bad off so decided not to go through with a surgery. I applaud anyone who does something that makes them feel like a more attractive and better person...there are payment plans for everything |
Jaysgal | Friday, August 23, 2002 - 11:37 am     Csnog, again, I agree with you about the marriage being troubled. But I do not think that the divorce will happen once the money comes in. What will probably happen is, she will have her hubby licking her feet more than he's already doing. Cheating will suddenly be justified. I actually see them lasting for long, but a divorce will eventually happen. |
Maris | Friday, August 23, 2002 - 11:42 am     Stepping here.....What is the difference between Dani getting augmentation to make herself feel more confident and more attractive and Tonya getting augmentation to make herself feel more attractive. I don't see a problem with any woman doing it its just that Dani has presented herself as a better person than say a Tonya. Dani moralizes about everyone, calls people the devil, capitalizes on everyones mistakes in life except her own. I admire her for being able to finish high school while having a baby but I can guarantee you that if another woman in that house had been pregnant at 16 Dani would sure be going on about that persons morals. As far as BB being biased for Danielle, I dont really see that. They pick on certain things about the HGs and then play on it. Like Gerry's wife saying I am always telling him "Wash your hands" |
Cathie | Friday, August 23, 2002 - 11:56 am     I think it was very *coincidental* for BB to show both Danielle & Gerry's families on the night when the AC for a video from home was announced. I didn't think they biased it more to Dani than Gerry, but definitely biased the show more to them than the rest of the HG. Most likely the videos for all the HG have already been made (not enough time to do it between votes ending midnight Sat and the showing Sunday afternoon) and they feel those are the only ones really worth watching??? |
Deltadiva | Friday, August 23, 2002 - 12:03 pm     Why is that when people say that they are having problems in their marriage that it will end in divorce? People including myself go through tought times in a marriage. It doesn't mean that the their is less of a committment to stay in it. People take their vows seriously, by weathering the storms of marriage the ups and downs and you work through it. It doesnt take away from the love that two people share. The committment goes a lot farther when people are married with children. Especially, it appears that Dani and her husband were married very young had a child young. That in itself is a struggle. Versus someone like me who married a man with no child as myself and we were both in our early 30's. I am tired of Dani playing the poor role, because I don't believe she is as bad off as she portrays. I too also had an issue with her dogging out Tonya about the implants when she herself had them. Now after reading this thread I understand she did it for other reasons that I will never understand (i'm a DD) I also agree with Aunt Bob about people being allowed to agree to disagree and some people on this board are being really argumentative almost to the point of I'm wondering why the mods have not addressed some people with their comments. I dont agree with everything everyone says and I know people don't always agree with me. That America people. Allow us the disagree without feeling like we are being "flamed" (done ranting) One more thing, I do not have children. However I have a god daughter. Her mother can't afford to buy her lots of things. My husband and I buy her most luxuries in life. People would probably look at her mother and say she doesn't need the money. But people don't know is that I buy most of her things including T.V.'s. walkman,clothes, Air Jordans, trips to Disneyland, and Magic Mountain. So we shouldn't be so quick to judge her big screen TV (which I don't even have one of those). |
Mystari | Friday, August 23, 2002 - 01:19 pm     *cough* I live in a quaint little small town (8,000 people), my husband in the sys-admin for the local ISP and we rent a 2 story, 3+ bedroom home for $450 a month. And yes, I moved away from family, friends, etc. (from San Antonio, Texas to upper Wisconsin) It all depends on your priorities - mine were to provide a better environment for my children to grow up in. It is not impossible - you just have to choose what is most important to you. My long distance bill is about $100 a month - but I can easily afford it with the low cost of living. |
Bbdiva | Friday, August 23, 2002 - 01:24 pm     I mentioned last night in AC thread that BB had swayed the vote for Dani by placing her as #1 on the call in and Gerry does not come up till #5... so yea I agree BB is handing the rewards and game to Dani... so sad... |
Bastable | Friday, August 23, 2002 - 02:15 pm     Nope, BBdiva, the producers just want some tears and laughter when she opens the letter from her kids. They just want good TV. It's still up to us to do the voting... or do you think we're so stupid as to be swayed into voting for someone we wouldn't want to win America's Choice? |
Bbdiva | Friday, August 23, 2002 - 02:32 pm     Stable why should Dani be the one getting the greeting if she wanted to hear from her family maybe she should not of thrown so many HOHs, where she knew she would hear from her family in the form of a letter.... that is my point. |
Deltadiva | Friday, August 23, 2002 - 04:35 pm     Bbdiva Good point |
Chyang | Friday, August 23, 2002 - 04:41 pm     I agree with posters who said that it was only a coincidence that Dan & Ger's pieces were shown last night right before the American's choice. I think those segments were completed edited but the time the show started in July. They were ready to be pulled out if and when the HG got nominated. But since Dan & Ger were never up yet, they saw fit finally to air theirs last night while the two noms' background stories were dealt with already. Granted there're questions in me why they didn't show any of Rod or Ki's families, I did enjoy finally seeing Dan's babies.(I still say her husband looks like a teenager I could see everyday in school!) About the fact that Dan's name was first and Ger's name was 5th, how do you know if they have not throw all names in a hat? I agree also with Wendo and others that the BB producers definitely tried to sway things in the game the direction/outcome they'd like. That is not to say they will succeed though. Some one said else where and I agree again, this particular bunch of HGs are totally unpredictable! That's why I have long ago separated my feelings, I'm just a speculator, I can't control who does what, I can hope I could wish, I might complaint but I shall not care! About Josh's quote: I remember it! It was said on the first night's show, in the same breath he lied about being a substitute teacher. (Did not spent enough time searching all posts, sorry if it's redundant!) |
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