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Is 'Joe Millioniare' A Fraud?-Source Says 75% of Contestants Worked in Adult Entertainment Industry
MSNBC ^ | February 12, 2003 | Jeanette Walls

Posted on 02/12/2003 12:42:58 PM PST by 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.'

(Excerpt) Read more at msnbc.com ...


TOPICS: Crime/Corruption; Culture/Society; Extended News; News/Current Events; US: California
KEYWORDS: fishy; fraud; gameshowscandals; joemillionaire; truth; women
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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.
1 posted on 02/12/2003 12:42:58 PM PST by ewing
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To: ewing
From "FOX" no way!
2 posted on 02/12/2003 12:44:56 PM PST by OXENinFLA
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To: ewing
*GASP* --SHOCK!!--

You mean this show has no integrety!?!?

3 posted on 02/12/2003 12:46:25 PM PST by shadowman99
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To: ewing
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.
4 posted on 02/12/2003 12:46:27 PM PST by Billy_bob_bob ("He who will not reason is a bigot;He who cannot is a fool;He who dares not is a slave." W. Drummond)
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To: ewing
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?

5 posted on 02/12/2003 12:46:34 PM PST by amused (We came, we saw, we freeped their @ss)
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To: shadowman99
I knew something was up when the bondage girl Sarah came forward, that was just too weird.
6 posted on 02/12/2003 12:47:42 PM PST by ewing
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To: Billy_bob_bob
This might kill the whole genre, how can anyone think these shows are plausible anymore?
7 posted on 02/12/2003 12:48:59 PM PST by ewing
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To: ewing
What are you talking about?
8 posted on 02/12/2003 12:49:39 PM PST by sparkomatic
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To: OXENinFLA
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.

9 posted on 02/12/2003 12:50:10 PM PST by ewing
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To: sparkomatic
http://www.joemillionaire.com/
10 posted on 02/12/2003 12:51:09 PM PST by ewing
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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.

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

11 posted on 02/12/2003 12:51:21 PM PST by Hacksaw
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'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.

12 posted on 02/12/2003 12:53:10 PM PST by 11th Earl of Mar
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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.
13 posted on 02/12/2003 12:53:28 PM PST by Blood of Tyrants (Even if the government took all your earnings, you wouldn’t be, in its eyes, a slave)
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To: ewing
Poor Zora the Substitute Teacher.
14 posted on 02/12/2003 12:54:09 PM PST by CheneyChick
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To: Hacksaw
http://www.pcmag.com/article2/0,4149,873077,00.asp
15 posted on 02/12/2003 12:54:41 PM PST by ewing
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I guess the producers were hoping to keep this quiet for another week...
16 posted on 02/12/2003 12:54:46 PM PST by Mr. Jeeves
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To: 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.


Here ya go! Mr. Gumby aka John Cleese.


17 posted on 02/12/2003 12:54:54 PM PST by tang-soo
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To: 11th Earl of Mar
You mean those guys aren't really from a 'large midwestern university?'
18 posted on 02/12/2003 12:55:36 PM PST by ewing
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To: ewing
Your link didn't work.
I'm asking about the bondage Sarah coming forward comment.
19 posted on 02/12/2003 12:55:44 PM PST by sparkomatic
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To: ewing
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

20 posted on 02/12/2003 12:56:29 PM PST by dep
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