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Rslover

Friday, September 12, 2003 - 10:53 am EditMoveDeleteIP
It's been really bugging me that Erin kept saying that Wade was a sure thing. She didn't really feel any sparks and acted very aloof towards him. And, obviously he sensed it too. So, why did she think he would choose her over the money?

Lori

Friday, September 12, 2003 - 03:47 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
There's an article in this week's People Magazine. Here's the scoop on the money:

She definitely is only splitting the million she got for getting Chad to choose her over the money...which explains the check for $500,000.

The first million would have been paid out in annual installments of $25,000 (before taxes) or a lump sum of $465,000.

LOL...according to the article when asked if they are in love Chad said "pass"; when asked about marriage, Chad said "pass". I guess they're not talking.

After the taping of the shows they did see each other. They lived a few miles from one another. Erin would come over to Chad's and cook dinner and they would speak on the phone several times a day...or they would simply drive by each other in their cars.

Crazydog

Monday, September 15, 2003 - 01:49 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
Rslover, I think it shows what an enormous ego she has. She acted like Wade was lucky to even get a chance with her. Wade is not a bad looking guy and I think he will have no problems meeting women - in fact, one of those checkout counter magazines (either US or People) had a little inset picture of him and says that he is seeing someone.

Wade's last name was very blueblood sounding, it was Whittier or something like that. Chad's last name is Viggio, or something like that.

But I guess Erin was right, Wade did say on the show that he would have chosen her over the money. I think that would have sucked because she obviously would have taken her $2 million and ran. So I guess it's good that she didn't choose him.

I'm still annoyed that she got to keep the money AND the guy. I think she should have been forced to choose as well.

Rslover

Thursday, September 18, 2003 - 10:45 am EditMoveDeleteIP
Chad's last name is Viggiano and Wade's is Whistler.

Lovedana

Sunday, September 21, 2003 - 07:28 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
Did anyone else see Erin on E! Live Red Carpet: Emmy Awards? She was a co-host. Man, she was terrible! She was so nervous/shy. She hardly made any contributions. I'm like, after all of what you did to get some publicity, you still can't put up a real Erin? I guess she's been taken by her desire to act, so she can't even act. LOL! It was embarrassing. The male host did most of the talking. If it weren't for him, that show would have been dead boring. I mean, even Trista did much better than Erin. You would expect more from Erin--who was making so much noise about her aspiration in the field of broadcasting.

Tishala

Sunday, September 21, 2003 - 08:27 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
Yeah she was abominable. And I had never noticed all that nasality in her voice before. BLECH. Like anyone wants to hear an upper midwest accent in Pasadena. if I see her again, it will be too soon.

Realfan

Monday, September 22, 2003 - 12:09 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
ed by her speech patterns throughout the show, especially by her mumbling. And yeah, she's nasal. Just not a good speaker at all. If she thinks she's a natural broadcaster, she's an idiot.

An idiot with money and contacts, but still an idiot. And she has all the personality of dried toast.

I predict we're nearing minute 16 for her 15 minutes of fame any day now . . .

Scorpiomoon

Monday, September 22, 2003 - 12:47 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
Oh please promise me we've seen the last of these people.

Even seeing that brief (very, very brief) clip of freakin' Rob during the Emmys made me want to throw up.

Brenda1966

Monday, September 22, 2003 - 02:24 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
LOL - you guys are harsh! But I agree, she's not a good broadcaster. I still think she's cute.

I also don't think Trista is any good -- she's too giggly. I found her Miss America bits very annoying.

Ladybug007

Tuesday, September 23, 2003 - 02:23 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
VIEWERS 9.9 million for ''For Love or Money,'' 9.1 million for ''For Love or Money 2''

WHAT HAPPENED In a twist-happy takeoff of ''The Bachelor,'' a guy chose among 15 women, but what he didn't know was that his pick would win a million bucks. And what his dates didn't know was that the winner would have to decide between him and the money.

WHY IT WORKED It sullied a familiar format with secrets and lies.

LASTING CONTRIBUTION TO THE GENRE Bachelor Rob's gal, Erin, committed the most sane act in reality TV history: When faced with the titular choice, she said, ''Check, please.'' But apparently Erin, who agreed to star in installment 2, had some karma stored up. Boy toy Chad picked her over the dough

Texannie

Saturday, September 27, 2003 - 10:01 am EditMoveDeleteIP
http://www.bayarea.com/mld/mercurynews/entertainment/6856668.htm

The prime time of Miss Erin Brodie
THE START OF A BEAUTIFUL RELATIONSHIP
By Linda Goldston
Mercury News

After starring in back-to-back reality shows, Erin Brodie was relaxing at a baseball game at Boston's Fenway Park when a 12-year-old boy pushed his way to her seat.

``Hey, can I get your digits?'' the boy asked.

Brodie, 31, the Los Altos native who won $2 million and the man of her dreams on national television, shot back, ``Hey, buddy, I don't really give out my phone number.''

``He came back to me in the seventh inning and handed me a little card with his phone number on it. And he goes, `In case you change your mind.' It was perfect. I loved it.''

Life has been sweet for Brodie since 12 million people tuned in for the two-hour finale of ``For Love or Money 2'' on NBC, the show where 15 bachelors competed for her affection and then faced the agonizing choice of picking between love or money -- a chance, at least, for a future with Brodie or $1 million.

No TV reality show succeeds without a twist, and this one had a doozy: If the bachelor Brodie picked then chose her instead of the money, she got to walk away with a man she liked and $2 million. But if she played it safe and chose a guy she thought was likely to choose her over the money -- but he wasn't the one she had feelings for -- her contract with NBC would forbid her from seeing the one she liked again.

Brodie, who said she followed her heart when she chose Chad Viggiano of San Francisco, pulled it off and is riding the crest of fame after a summer of mini-stardom on television -- as well as being deeply involved with Viggiano.

``I lucked out,'' said Brodie, who is the daughter of 49ers great John Brodie. She moved to Los Angeles a month ago to pursue opportunities in the entertainment field.

The former sales manager for Advent Software in San Francisco is having meetings for projects ranging from her own talk show to a broadcasting position. Designers are giving her clothes. She and Viggiano just had a spread in People magazine and appeared together on the ``Today'' and ``Live with Regis & Kelly'' shows the morning after the finale Sept. 8.

Fans stop her on the street at least eight times a day and she's had a lot of 13-year-old girls approach her in Starbucks, she says. They all want to talk about what a great couple she and Viggiano make -- or ask about the stylish size 4 clothes Brodie wore on the show. (Note to fans: The clothes were all from Brodie's own wardrobe.)

``The biggest change is that I'm not sitting at a desk anymore talking about strategies for selling software,'' said Brodie, who had to quit her job at Advent because the shows required her to be away from work for too long. ``I'm now going to auditions for talk shows and stuff like that.''

Supportive colleagues

Brodie's bosses at Advent allowed her to take a month off for the first show but weren't willing to lose an important software sales manager for a second month. But that didn't dim interest by Advent employees in how Brodie fared on the shows.

``The morning after a show it was like the company came to a screeching halt,'' said Diana Dorobek, Brodie's former boss and director of sales at Advent. ``One of the vice presidents had a contest for all the people in his Monday staff meeting as to whether Erin would win.''

Dorobek, Brodie's boss for 2 1/2 years, said Brodie ``is just great. She has all this positive energy, is really smart and great at getting things done. Her reps loved her.''

But, she added, ``the thing about Brodie is that she is a stunningly beautiful woman who has no idea she's that pretty.''

Growing up in Los Altos, Brodie ``was into sports and was a tomboy,'' said her mother, Sue Brodie, who lives in La Quinta, near Palm Desert, with her husband, John.

The youngest of five kids -- four girls and a boy -- ``her oldest sister was about 15 when Erin was born so she spent a lot of time hanging out with her sisters at high school and junior high,'' Sue Brodie said.

``They were all sort of vying to be the favorite sister. Erin was a really good kid, just one of those special kids. I've never heard anybody say a bad word about her.''

Brodie attended St. Francis High School before transferring to Los Altos High School, where she graduated in 1990. She majored in communications and television production at the University of Southern California and was on the school's tennis team her freshman year.

She moved to San Francisco after college and worked at Oracle for four years before taking the job at Advent. She loves to water-ski, snowboard and play tennis. But her great passion is traveling, including trips to Turkey, Italy and Greece, where she likes to hang out with locals and study the culture.

Down to earth is the description used most often by Brodie's friends.

``Her personality is different than most people who look that way,'' said Christy Challas, a San Francisco attorney who has been Brodie's friend since the second grade.

``I always thought she was destined for more than to sit behind a desk and market software. She's so vivacious and warm and friendly. I'm so excited for her and Chad.''

Brodie's performance on the show has prompted one friend to change her own life.

``I respected her so much for taking her chances and rolling the dice and taking herself out of the environment we've been in for many years,'' said friend Cindi Pardini of San Francisco, a corporate instructor at Salesforce.com. ``Now I'm going to be moving to Los Angeles.''

Auditions for ``For Love or Money'' were held near Brodie's office in San Francisco and she decided to try out after a friend dared her. She said she wasn't looking for love or money but thought the experience might be fun.

Booted boorish lawyer

Brodie made it to ``For Love or Money 2'' by walking away the victor from the first ``Love or Money,'' when she chose $1 million over Rob Campos, a boorish lawyer from Texas who drew groans around the country when he asked the 15 bachelorettes competing for his affection to remove his boots.

Then, showing the same feisty spirit as her famous father -- who went from playing quarterback for the 49ers to playing on pro golf's Senior Tour -- Brodie accepted NBC's offer of double or nothing: Gamble for a shot at $2 million and another chance at love on ``For Love or Money 2'' or walk away alone, empty-handed.

Whew.

``My sister was like, `Are you crazy? No guy is going to pick you over $1 million,''' Brodie said in a telephone interview.

Her sister was wrong.

Viggiano, 30, who is vice president of his family's company, Raybern Quality Foods, was as smitten with Brodie as she was with him. And while he agonized over his decision -- Brodie or $1 million -- because he didn't trust all the twists and surprises on the show, Viggiano wasn't about to let Brodie get away.

``Erin and I had a great relationship,'' he said. ``All we did is laugh the whole time. I knew I was going to choose her.''

But what about those last few minutes of the show when it appeared that Viggiano was about to choose the money over love? The part where he was telling Brodie what a tough decision it was before saying, ``I'm going to have to not pick the money and see where this takes us.''

What was edited out is that Viggiano held the gag by acting as if he was about to take off the silver ring given to all of the bachelors at the start of the show.

``I was like, `Oh, my God,''' Brodie said. ``I was looking at him like `I am so disturbed right now. I can't stand it.' It was gut-wrenching. He was pretty proud of himself.''

But Brodie had the last surprise: On air, she told Viggiano she was giving him half of the million he gambled for.

Now, with love and money on their side, the couple are looking for a place together in Los Angeles.


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Texannie

Saturday, September 27, 2003 - 10:02 am EditMoveDeleteIP
http://www.realityblurred.com/realitytv/


Chad tried to fake Erin out during finale; Erin pursued by 12-year-old boy.
A part of the For Love or Money 2 finale showing Chad trying to further fake out Erin "was edited out," The Mercury News reports. He apparently started "acting as if he was about to take off the silver ring given to all of the bachelors at the start of the show." Erin says she "was looking at him like 'I am so disturbed right now. I can't stand it.' It was gut-wrenching. He was pretty proud of himself." Erin also relates the story of the time her fame led a 12-year-old boy to give her his phone number.

Babyjaxmom

Saturday, September 27, 2003 - 04:09 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
I still think Chad and Erin are adorable together. Maybe I'm just a sap for a happy ending, but I hope they make it!