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.'

[Dave S]

Poor Zora the Substitute Teacher

They said there was a surprise twist in the finale. I've heard that Joe selects Zora and she accepts. I wonder if the twist is that she is a millionaire?

[weikel]

Ive always believed that these reality shows were entirely scripted.

[Axenolith]

As per Lee Rodgers intuition the follow up show will be "When Whores Attack"...

[ewing]

Were you expecting the guy to marry Sarah porn star? (LOL)

[AntiGuv]

Hmm.. Good point. Mine were just regular, boring white briefs.. :)

[weikel]

Yeah thats right make crappy reality television more popular. Screw that the FCC has no place regulating content.

[TheLurkerX]

I think they put some real people in it, just to cover their @ss if it came out. One of our sales reps was on the show, and she's not an actor. But I thought the whole thing was fishy from day 1 when they said he only made 19k a year. How many equipment operators do you know that make so little? Not to mention he turned down a pro wrestling contract to go on the show.

[ewing]

The Globe tabloid said that Zora and Evan got engaged to be married..

[ewing]

The FCC does have oversight on issues of fraud.

They took down the $64,000 Question (which was staged) in the 1950's and they can do it here.

[ewing]

This started with CBS Survivor controlling the content and determining outcomes and now it has spread to other shows.

[duckworth]

Here's the twist...
The butler is the millionaire -- he's the one who's been picking the girls all along anyway as hairboy just stands there. You heard it here first (unless you were listening to Stern this morning...) Thank you.

[Wright is right!]

"I think the bondage girl Sarah will win and then tell him about her pron past after Evan tells her about being a long lost heir and not having money!"

I wish you guys would get the facts straight. She appeared fully-clothed in a fetish movie that involved some bondage and some foot-fetish stuff. She did NOT do any "porn."

Sheesh.

Michael

[ewing]

She is a big one, isn't she?

[AmishDude]

I wonder if they'll make a movie about this, à lá Quiz Show?

Then again, maybe not.

[ARA]

Joe Millionaire is not a game show at all and does not fall under sec 501c... This is not fraud it is purely entertainment folks...

Nothing more to see here... Move along...

[Lil'freeper]

That is a shame. I saw an episode that featured her and another gal singing a duet. They were fabulous.

[dfwgator]

Dollars to donuts Fox planted those pictures to the Enquirer to fuel speculation.

[The_Victor]

What or who is "Joe Millionair"?

*yawn*

Roll over and go back to sleep, you're not missing anything.

[ewing]

Are you serious, that is the big final twist??

[Wright is right!]

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

She appeared fully-clothed in some foot-fetish flicks. Who cares? It's not porn.

Michael