Is 'Joe Millioniare' A Fraud?-Source Says 75% of Contestants Worked in Adult Entertainment Industry

MSNBC ^ | February 12, 2003 | Jeanette Walls

[ewing]

Maybe 'Joe Millioniare' Evan Mariott's fake fortune isn't the only thing about the show that is fake.

Skeptics are increasingly wondering whether the entire show is a fraud.

Several of the gold digging bachelorettes have been revealed to be actresses or models, points out one writer.

And one Web site pointedly asks, 'So how much of this reality show is real and how much is purely scripted.'

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Check out the two websites linked 3/4 of those girls were just acting and the bachelor is now going to wrestle in something called the 'GWA' (Gay Wresting Association) after the show.

[OXENinFLA]

From "FOX" no way!

[shadowman99]

*GASP* --SHOCK!!--

You mean this show has no integrety!?!?

[Billy_bob_bob]

Do you remember the old Monty Python shows where they would have the crazy guy with the napkin on his head saying "my brain hurts!"

That's pretty much how I feel after thinking about this show for too long. My wife has been watching it, I can't stand five minutes of it.

[amused]

Check out the two websites linked 3/4 of those girls were just acting and the bachelor is now going to wrestle in something called the 'GWA' (Gay Wresting Association) after the show.

Life imitates art?

[ewing]

I knew something was up when the bondage girl Sarah came forward, that was just too weird.

[ewing]

This might kill the whole genre, how can anyone think these shows are plausible anymore?

[sparkomatic]

What are you talking about?

[ewing]

Murdoch wanted to get prime time going and 'American Idol-Search for a Superstar' has been a huge hit.

But there might be backlash from this stunt.

[ewing]

http://www.joemillionaire.com/

[Hacksaw]

Check out the two websites linked 3/4 of those girls were just acting and the bachelor is now going to wrestle in something called the 'GWA' (Gay Wresting Association) after the show.

NOOOOOO! My new hero can't be a fraud!

[11th Earl of Mar]

'So how much of this reality show is real and how much is purely scripted.'

Next they will tell us that Penthouse Forum letters are not written by women who read the magazine.

[Blood of Tyrants]

In California you can't swing a dead cat without hitting an "actress" or "model". The IRS revealed one time that only one in 2000 people who list their occupation as "actor/actress" make more than $2000 in any given year in performance of their listed occupation. So that tells you that simply calling yourself a model or actress, doesn't make you one. Besides, I haven't seen a single one of the women in anything.

BTW, my favorite was Allison. The red haired babe who lost out a few weeks back.

[CheneyChick]

Poor Zora the Substitute Teacher.

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http://www.pcmag.com/article2/0,4149,873077,00.asp

[Mr. Jeeves]

I guess the producers were hoping to keep this quiet for another week...

[tang-soo]

Do you remember the old Monty Python shows where they would have the crazy guy with the napkin on his head saying "my brain hurts!"

That's pretty much how I feel after thinking about this show for too long. My wife has been watching it, I can't stand five minutes of it.

Here ya go! Mr. Gumby aka John Cleese.

[ewing]

You mean those guys aren't really from a 'large midwestern university?'

[sparkomatic]

Your link didn't work.
I'm asking about the bondage Sarah coming forward comment.

[dep]

This might kill the whole genre, how can anyone think these shows are plausible anymore?

i object to your use of the word "anymore."

dep