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Seamonkey

Thursday, October 31, 2002 - 11:30 am EditMoveDeleteIP
From the Orange County Register:

And now, welcome to 'Liza and David - unplugged'

VH1 has pulled the plug on the "Liza & David" show after weeks of frustration trying to deal with David Gest - a Svengali who continually restricted access to his new bride, Liza Minnelli, the new york Post reported.

"We discovered what a lot of people already knew: David Gest is impossible to work with," said a source close to the aborted reality show. "David Gest redefines the term 'control freak.' He was almost insane."

The heavily hyped cable show was originally supposed to debut Dec. 8, then was pushed back to January. On Tuesday, VH1 lawyers wrote to Gest's lawyers informing them the deal was off because Gest had breached the contract repeatedly.

"In light of your ... inability to cure these breaches, it is with great regret and sorrow that we must notify you that we have no choice but to terminate the agreement," the letter states.

Rob Weiss, VH1's head of East Coast programming and development and one of the show's executive producers, told the Post's PAGE SIX: "We've made the decision not to move forward with the 'Liza & David' show on VH1. Although we continue to believe that Liza is an amazing talent, we were not geven the cooperation that we were promised."

Insiders said Gest:
* Kept Minnelli locked in their apartment. "She'd want to come out to shoot, and he wouldn't let her," one source said.
* Made the crew take off their shoes and wear surgical booties inside the apartment.

Gest was such a "neat freak," insiders said, he once ordered a female member of the VH1 crew to stick her head in the oven to examine some dirt.

Puttergirl

Thursday, October 31, 2002 - 04:33 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
What a loss!!! I'm devastated!!

NOT

Thanks, Seamonkey.

Bastable

Thursday, October 31, 2002 - 07:18 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
That's okay, they'll be on the E! True Hollywood story in a minute.

Seamonkey

Thursday, October 31, 2002 - 11:26 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
I'm delighted .. that they won't be doing the show. Not that I had planned to watch anyway.

Weenerlobo

Friday, November 01, 2002 - 06:38 am EditMoveDeleteIP
Just to look at David Gest is highly uncomfortable. He really creeps me out. Those kisses he slammed on Liza during their weddings were hideous and I feel violated having viewed them. (hehehehe) I hope he doesn't turn her into a big freak too; she's been through enough.

Seamonkey

Friday, November 01, 2002 - 04:21 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
What scares me is that they are going to adopt some child, and change the kid's name and pretend to be parents.

Bastable

Friday, November 01, 2002 - 08:09 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
Don't worry, Seamonkey. They'll hire the finest parents that money can buy.

Monkeyboy

Saturday, November 02, 2002 - 04:06 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
LMAO Bastable

Seamonkey

Saturday, November 02, 2002 - 08:18 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
Bastable.. I do hope so! But just think if you were this little kid, taken from your "problem mom" and you were supposed to be drifting off to sleep and you look up and see Liza Minnelli's face looking down at you???? EEEEEK. I still think they should have just paid for the mother's rehab, leave the kid with his or her own name, and just be honorary godparents for the ego boost.

But then there is the mystery of where Michael Jackson picked up a third kid.. no one is admitting to being the "carrier" this time around.

Seamonkey

Monday, November 11, 2002 - 02:12 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
LMAO here!!

from today's paper:

Minnelli criticizes VH1 for killing show

Liza Minnelli and her new husband Friday blasted VH1 for scrapping their planned reality TV show.

The actress-singer and her producer husband, David Gest, said VH1's charge that they had failed to provide enough access to the network was absurb.

The couple also said the TV crew ruined their apartment and a VH1 programming executive was rude to them.

"We didn't hide anything," she said in a news release. A VH1 spokesman declined comment.

The couple said the TV crew has footage including coverage of the couple at a Starbucks, of Minnelli at her dance class and of Gest shopping for rung, the couple said.

(sounds absolutely, absurdly riveting)

Pamy

Monday, November 11, 2002 - 04:31 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
LOL Sea!!! Sounds like Liza should have watched Anna's show and hired a flaming decorator for a more dramatic season

Hummingbird

Wednesday, November 13, 2002 - 11:18 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
This show would have been terrible anyway. I read they were going to have dinner parties with celebity guests on each show. This is not what reality TV is all about. Everything would have been staged by David. Liza's voice freaks me out. She was good years ago in Cabaret and went downhill from there. I wouldn't go across the street to see her perform if it was free. She murdered that Michael Jackson song on his TV special.

Seamonkey

Thursday, November 14, 2002 - 12:18 am EditMoveDeleteIP
I totally agree.. these two wouldn't know reality if it smacked them in the eye.

I wouldn't have watched this and was relieved that it just wouldn't be out there..