Boot#4 -Ghandia Johnson's Post-Boot Interviews and Articles
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Magikearth

Tuesday, October 15, 2002 - 08:29 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
Thank you for the article,Hotlantan.
I thought the author made some very valid points(many of which were also posted on this board.) I particularly agree with this one, as the writer is speaking to Ghandia:

"You are part of the problem.Your actions are the reason victims are not believed."

I totally agree that she thrives on attention-good or bad.The sad thing is,her constant need for it could end up damaging her someday. Just like the writer of that article points out,she'd better hope she is not the victim of *Real Sexual Harassment*.She isn't likely to be taken seriously.

Trulyscrumtious

Thursday, October 17, 2002 - 09:22 am EditMoveDeleteIP
Okay, I don't see this posted anywhere else, if it has been, sorry...and mods...please feel free to delete it. :)

Taken from TV Guide Online:

Survivor's "Evil Ghandia" Talks Trash!
Wednesday, October 16, 2002

With its very own pantheon of bitchy schemers, Survivor's drama rivals that of the daytime soaps. Just think of sharp-tongued Sue Hawk and Playboy poseur Jerri Manthey! The latest shady lady to join their rotten ranks is Survivor: Thailand's fourth castoff, Ghandia Johnson. "I bring the drama," she proudly tells TV Guide Online. "Somebody's gotta do it, damn it — it might as well be me. S--t, I knew I was a bitch, full on. You need villains. If every day's a sunny day, then what's a sunny day?"

Hey, at least she's honest. Some Survivors try to whitewash their dirty deeds in interviews, blaming exec producer Mark Burnett's editing for their unflattering portrayals. But while Ghandia was trés two-faced in Thailand, she feels no need to be a hypocrite after the game's over. "Even though it was the evil Ghandia, it's still Ghandia," laughs the 33-year-old legal secretary from Denver, Colo. "Gotta be for real about it. If you did it, take the hit for it!"

Last week, viewers saw Ghandia turn on Ted Rogers, who "accidentally" nibbled on her neck one night at camp. He claimed he'd been half-asleep and confused, mistaking her for his wife. "I thought that was lame," she scoffs. "That was b.s. He wanted a little sugar in his bowl that day." Still, why did she accept Ted's apology — calling him "a good man" — only to badmouth him to their female tribemates? Wasn't it low of Ghandia to paint Ted as the lecherous creep and herself his hapless victim?

"I was trying to get him voted off," she says matter-of-factly. "I don't regret my strategic decision to tell everybody about him because I really wanted him to go after that incident. My accepting his apology was phony — I didn't believe it for a minute, but I was still playing the game at that point. In retrospect, maybe I should've kept my objective on the down low, until I could do something better to make [his ouster] happen.

"I did what I felt was necessary," she adds, "and Ted was a huge obstacle in the way of me getting that million dollars... Plus, he ate more than everybody else. Look how big he is. You get rid of him, more food for me. It's all practical when you come down to it."

While Ghandia's going back to her secretarial job, she holds out hopes for a post-Survivor entertainment career. She's already done "plus-size modeling," and would love posing for Playboy like Jerri. "I'm feelin' Playboy because I feel like I'm the black version of Anna Nicole Smith," she says, "except I'm much more articulate. But you know, the [same] body type. Playboy needs to put a big girl in there again. That'd be cool!"

— Daniel R. Coleridge

As if the world needs another Anna Nicole! shakeheadno

Car54

Thursday, October 17, 2002 - 10:03 am EditMoveDeleteIP
I am just appalled. I have been kind of trying to see both sides with this, but if indeed she manufactured this whole thing and accused this man of this just to win the game, this woman is sick.

Fruitbat

Thursday, October 17, 2002 - 10:17 am EditMoveDeleteIP
Strategy? Sounds like she is grasping at straws and hopes to make her behaviour look smart. I am appauled too.

Mikeymrm

Thursday, October 17, 2002 - 12:21 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
Just a quick note..I'm from Denver and am very familiar with the law firm where she works...It is one of the (if not the) most prestigious law firms in Colorado. I am having a hard time imagining what her bosses and co-workers are thinking right now. After all, you know how those attorneys are!!! lol.

Fruitbat

Thursday, October 17, 2002 - 12:25 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
I bet they are giving her a wide berth and sense a possible sexual harassment suit in the future. There is the potential there.

Catfat

Thursday, October 17, 2002 - 12:50 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
Fruitbat, do you mean Ted suing Ghandia for Sexual harassment or vice versa? I'm also thinking Ted ought to sue Ghandia for slander. That whole thing was pretty blatent and she did attack his reputation and possibly caused damage to his marriage.
Nasty, nasty, nasty. She is nasty in all its connotations.

Fruitbat

Thursday, October 17, 2002 - 01:00 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
I was thinking that the law firm may see a potential problem with her *in* the workplace.

Car54

Thursday, October 17, 2002 - 01:18 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
Gosh, if I was a lawyer, she would be the last one I would want my clients to see working for me! I bet she is in some back office now!

Nanya

Thursday, October 17, 2002 - 03:44 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
I think at this point, Ghandia is being outrageous
because she needs attention so badly. I pity her poor husband. It must be hard as heck to help her keep her self-esteem at an acceptable level.

Fruitbat

Thursday, October 17, 2002 - 03:51 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
She is peddling as fast as she can and going further downhill even faster. She should take responsibility for totally blowing it. We all makes mistakes, it is how you handle it that shows integrity or lack thereof.

Niceguy

Sunday, December 15, 2002 - 03:29 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
I had to go back and look at Ghandia's audition tape. It's cute. She talking a trainload of smack but it's cute. She's kinda cute.

However.

It will be interesting to see if Danielle and Ghandia ever get a chance to do a show together in the future. They actually would be funny together in a twisted sistah sort of way.

The Denver Diva and the Bay Area Babe.

It would be a trip.

Squaredsc

Monday, December 16, 2002 - 11:29 am EditMoveDeleteIP
there is no comparison btw the 2, other than their race. at least that i can see.

Fluff

Monday, December 16, 2002 - 01:39 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
Square, don't you get sick of that? I know I do. Anyways, both of them suck.

Squaredsc

Monday, December 16, 2002 - 01:41 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
yep fluff, but i liked dani, didn't care for ghandia.

Car54

Monday, December 16, 2002 - 01:45 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
Me too, Square. (Don't say it too loud tho, the BB debates will start up again)

Squaredsc

Monday, December 16, 2002 - 01:50 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
lol.

Fruitbat

Monday, December 16, 2002 - 01:59 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
I'm in for the fight! Danielle was a class act, strategy gone wrong in the diary talks. Gahndia..........................trash.

Car54

Monday, December 16, 2002 - 02:00 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
Shhhhhhhhh! They will hear you.

Ghandia and Ted at the reunion show will be very interesting. Bet they sit on opposite sides of the group!

Grooch

Monday, December 16, 2002 - 02:05 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
Ohhhhh, Car.....

Now I have something to look forward to. I am soooo bored with this Survivor run. But seeing how Ghandia handles herself at the reunion will be interesting.

Car54

Monday, December 16, 2002 - 02:12 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
I doubt if she is smart enough to be embarrassed.

You ought to send a question in to Jeff...he said he would ask the questions WE wanted asked.

Fruitbat

Monday, December 16, 2002 - 02:22 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
This woman is a digrace to her sex.

OK, a man is turned onto her and gets an erection. That is human. She was snuggling up with him every chance she got. We saw that. Baiting.

I have NO respect at how she handled that. Ted? Ok, not a good situation but nothing happened.

I know pop psychology says that screaming and hitting a pillow or something soft is a good release. And it could be. My criticism is that we saw her punching a tree trunk. She would have broken every bone in her hand had she followed this principal. It was all for the camera. She made no contact.

This woman is a piece of work and she is the only pay load MB got this season.

Brenda1966

Monday, December 16, 2002 - 02:24 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
I hope Jeff asks her the hard question: how dare you "embellish" something so important as sexual harassment! How would you feel if the tables were turned? Do you think what you did to Ted was fair?

I agree Car, Ghandia is not smart enough to realize how embarrassed she should be. She makes me ill.

I didn't like Dani, but comparing her to Ghandia is too low. Dani was mean spirited, but Ghandia is a liar. Not even close.

Car54

Monday, December 16, 2002 - 02:24 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
I want to know WHY Mark Burnett, who makes them sign their lives away is not suing her for posting all that stuff over at Sucks before the show started. IMO she absolutely broke her contract.

Fruitbat

Monday, December 16, 2002 - 02:29 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
Can you recap what she posted. It has been deleted and now a distant memory.

Car54

Monday, December 16, 2002 - 02:32 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
Oh jeez she posted the "stars" of the show, and the smoker's list that helped predict a lot of the early boots.
The point is they are supposed to maintain absolute silence until they get booted, and the woman posted about it on the internet before the show even started.

If they don't enforce the contract, what is the point. Let them tell all the minute they get home!

Essence

Monday, December 16, 2002 - 03:01 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
Hey Fruitbat, I'm pretty sure what Ghandia posted is here under the Ghandia Johnson thread. I'm too lazy to go look for it myself, but if you want to read it, I think it's in that thread.

Fruitbat

Monday, December 16, 2002 - 03:10 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
The women makes my skin crawl. The thing that tipped me over the edge was her fake anger release. Ok, yes, good. Scream and hit a pillow. She punched a log without injury. A set up. The victim stance. oh poor Ghandia...............

Niceguy

Monday, December 16, 2002 - 03:39 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
Not to rehash, but Ghandia and Dani are BOTH outrageous. They aren't alike but they do compliment each other in their over the top qualities.


O.K. That's it, That's all. I'm done.

Fruitbat

Monday, December 16, 2002 - 05:12 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
I do not view those women in the same breath and cannot figure how you would.

They are both black. That is the only thing in common that I see.

Hermione69

Monday, December 16, 2002 - 05:20 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
Ghandia angered me. I took up for her at first because I know sexual abuse victims and understood how past trauma could have colored her behavior on the show. Then when she admitted that she played it up for the game, I was speechless. It was like spitting in the face of real survivors of sexual abuse. She should give a public apology on the reunion show, IMHO, but I don't think she will.

Squaredsc

Monday, December 16, 2002 - 05:34 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
nope, she isn't smart enough to be embarrassed. she's a legal secretary, wonder if goddess knows her? lol

Fruitbat

Monday, December 16, 2002 - 05:38 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
So justified. Blech. No need to create your own life, eh? Of course not, ones life is not ones own. I am sick of it too. Move on or forever be the victim.

Who exactly are you hurting? Yourself? Ohhhhhhhhhh nooooooooooo could not be true. Is the perpetrator suffering? Ahhhhhhhhhhh yes of corse. We are not responsible for the life we have.....................of course not!..........we give that power to others so we can shine as being the undertrodden.

This is my biggest platform. Horrible things happen to some of us. What to do? Sit in the misery or gather some strength................or move on.................or murder to justify................or go find love and a happy life?

It is all up to preference.

ok, done and waiting.

Ghandia and her preformance gets me going. I see this everyday. It is so base.

Seamonkey

Monday, December 16, 2002 - 08:37 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
The only things Ghandia and Dani have in common for me is that based on first impressions (before the shows actually started airing, just based on their bios, I was sure each of them would be a big favorite for me.. and they were not. But they disappointed me for very different reasons.

Seems that Ghandia now admits that she was trying to get Ted voted off when she "forgot" to tell the others that Ted had apologized to her already.

And it drives me up the wall that she speaks of herself in the third person, not to mention all that Good Ghandia and Bad Ghandia cr*p.

I have a feeling that anything she does at the reunion would be to get more airtime and I hope they cut that VERY short.