Ghandia.. totally redeemed herself to me
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Whit4you

Thursday, December 19, 2002 - 11:24 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
I doubt she'll read this or care if she did...

But

I just have to say I was totally impressed with how she handled herself tonight.

Jeff more then implied the truth that she 'instigated' things... but stated so.

She didn't attempt to defend herself - or to place any blame of any kind.

She played her part in 'the infamous incident' and tonight she accepted that.

I personally was very impressed with the way she handled herself tonight - she did not in any way try to place any more blame in Ted then was warrented. While perhaps she can't undue for him PERSONALLY any previous hurt.. I think for anyone outside of their little personal circle this should have.

She had alot of options tonight..but she chose class. I did not agree with how she handled it "in the game' - or what I read 'afterwords' - but tonight for me personally it's all over. She handled it with the class and style *I* would have under this cricmustance.

Doubt she'll ever read this but I spoke negatively about 'her' (as a participant in Survivor) and tonight she 100% redeemed herself with me... not even the slightest attempt to lay blame or justify her own actions in this.

End of story but if I knew her addy I'd forward this post to her. ^5 Ghandia - you showed some real class tonight.

Mygetaway

Thursday, December 19, 2002 - 11:31 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
I agree Whit.. Very nice post.

(PS.. I thought of you when they showed the dolphin..)

Riviere

Friday, December 20, 2002 - 01:45 am EditMoveDeleteIP
All in all, Ghandia played down that incident as she should have to save face, that wasn't class, it was a simple and much needed clean-up to set her wrongs back to right.. If she'd kept up her little act it would have only hurt her and two families and fans.. She can never erase the tape of her mugging it was all partly a publicity stunt anyway to undercut Ted and get treated as a 'victim' by the Chewing Gum females. Ghandia didn't have room to talk about anything and she showed unusual shrewdness by keeping her mouth shut for a change. But that's not class, that was basic survival instinct to the end..

Fluff

Friday, December 20, 2002 - 06:23 am EditMoveDeleteIP
I think she was the prettiest. She looked very beautiful.

Squaredsc

Friday, December 20, 2002 - 06:31 am EditMoveDeleteIP
great post whit, but i don't totally agree. as riviere said she did what she had to do to save face, which is what i expected her to do. and yes fluff she looked good. definate improvement. and she has a nice looking family.

Pamy

Friday, December 20, 2002 - 09:07 am EditMoveDeleteIP
I agree Whit. I don't think she did it to save face because of how emotional she got, I got the feeling her Hubby was very upset over the incident and her tears were happiness they were able to work it out. I have a feeling she has a great husband and he helped her see how awful she was being and that Ted and his family deserved an apology. Yes, she did look beautiful

Misslibra

Friday, December 20, 2002 - 09:11 am EditMoveDeleteIP
Square And Riviere I agree with your comments. She did what she had to do to try to save face. But she did look very nice. And I want that top she was wearing. :)

Rslover

Friday, December 20, 2002 - 09:17 am EditMoveDeleteIP
I thought it was crummy of Ted to do what he did. But, it looks like she was flirting with him quite a bit.

Brenda1966

Friday, December 20, 2002 - 09:17 am EditMoveDeleteIP
Square and Riviere, I agree. I used to have a friend like Ghandia and she was also very good at knowing when to turn on the tears and be sincere and save face. I'm relieved for Ted and his family that she did the right thing, but I still think she's likes to create her own drama.

Car54

Friday, December 20, 2002 - 09:50 am EditMoveDeleteIP
Sorry, she didn't redeem diddly (my new favorite word) with me. She did the only possible thing to do given how she behaved. Doesn't change what she did or what happened.

She still is pretty low on my list tho. Hope she is one of the Survivors who goes home and does not surface again.

Seamonkey

Friday, December 20, 2002 - 10:50 am EditMoveDeleteIP
I basically agree with most of you, she's not off the hook for all the ugliness of the past .. but given how horribly she's handled the subject for months, I was thankful that she at least acknowledged that it was a mistake AND that she not only hurt her family, but Ted's as well.

Grateful for small favors.

Northstar

Friday, December 20, 2002 - 11:16 am EditMoveDeleteIP
I'm not sure I heard half of what she said. I couldn't get past looking at her very white teeth (and gooey lips). And I wanted to see more of her daughter. What a beautiful little girl.

Squaredsc

Friday, December 20, 2002 - 11:19 am EditMoveDeleteIP
north i thought that was her son?

Fluff

Friday, December 20, 2002 - 11:23 am EditMoveDeleteIP
Hahahahaa! It was. He had dreads. LOL

Gooey lips???? What in the heezy???

Fluff

Friday, December 20, 2002 - 11:24 am EditMoveDeleteIP
PS- I really like Ghandia's teeth, Robb's teeth, and Penny's teeth.

Meggieprice

Friday, December 20, 2002 - 11:32 am EditMoveDeleteIP
Sorry guys- you all seem to have forgotten Ted's part in all this. He was grinding her, not vice versa.My husband thought it was awful the way he yelled "I'm not even attracted to you" when he obviously was. I agree, Whit, she handled it with class. She made all the wrong moves in dealing with things in Thailand and after and it took a lot to apologize like that. I thought she looked great.I think she'd be a great Lane Bryant model.

So did Ted! What a change from the early days.He is a class act himself. (I wish he had won). I think they both blew it big time and did their best to deal with it.

Squaredsc

Friday, December 20, 2002 - 11:50 am EditMoveDeleteIP
meggie, been there done that. we talked this issue to death already. not trying to be mean or anything.

Fluff

Friday, December 20, 2002 - 12:03 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
Womp...womp...woooooomp....

Meggieprice

Friday, December 20, 2002 - 12:53 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
sorry squared- i wan't there for that.

Squaredsc

Friday, December 20, 2002 - 12:56 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
thats ok meggie, its till on here somewhere. check it out. various viewpoints somewhat heated. it was great. im wondering though, maybe if these people were more interesting if this issue would have even been mentioned.

Beagle

Friday, December 20, 2002 - 01:14 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
Great post Whit, done with class.


Lancecrossfire

Friday, December 20, 2002 - 01:34 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
I think Ghandia had a number of ways she could have handled it. She coudl have said she wasn't going to address it, since it was between her and Ted. She could have continued the way she approached it in the game. She could have done what she did and basically take responsibility for her part.

I agree that she did the only thing that did any damage control--what is important to me was she did the right thing when she didn't have to.

Once you have done something, all you can do is deal with it afterwards. Did she screw up in the first place? Yes, I see it that way.

Did she realize that and do the best she could with it? Yes, I believe so.

Kmjm

Saturday, December 21, 2002 - 08:45 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
I thought that most of you were really hard on Ghandia earlier and I backed out of the conversation because I was in the minority. So, I'm glad that some of you at least feel better about her now.

Hummingbird

Sunday, December 22, 2002 - 10:27 am EditMoveDeleteIP
I don't know if she redeemed herself or not. I don't think she's someone I'd care to know. Aside from that -- Wow! Did she ever look like a different person altogether! She looked liked she'd been on "Amazing Makeovers."