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Posted on 01/14/2003 8:48:17 AM PST by ewing
Last night on FOX Entertainment's top rated 'Joe Millionaire' regular guy Evan Mariott made his plucky dates pick grapes at his vinyard, shovel the horse stables, fire his train engine with coal -- and the gals must be certainly be getting wise to the fact by now that the lovable lummox is not quite the 'Prince Charming' tycoon he claims to be.
Unless, as radio and television pundits are speculating he actually is a mutilmillionaire and heir to J.W. Marriott's International Hotel Fortune at that.
Mary Hart of Entertainment Tonight decided to get to the bottom of these rumours by asking Evan himself on the set.
A lot of people are saying, 'All right! The name Mariott--come on that is such a famous name in this country, are you related to the Mariotts of the Mariott Hotel Chain?'
Tune in to tonights program to hear his startling answer!
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And he maybe had that construction job part time for a few weeks before the show!
The only other surprise I could think of is if he really is short of cash, but ABC ponies up a million at the exciting conclusion. But what do i know? I watch Fox and sports and that's it ...
Notice how the hosts said in the beginning that Evan 'came into money,' that could be true if he was discovered to have family ties to the estate.
The problem is he doesn't get the 50 million until they all die!
The faking of a 'millionaire'
O.C.'s Evan Marriott stars as a wealthy man wooing women in new reality show.
By ANDRE MOUCHARD DANA POINT – "Joe Millionaire" isn't. He's a $19,000-a-year- construction worker. You probably know as much if you've flipped on a television in the past month. The idea of watching women trying to win over a good-looking guy they think is rich - but isn't - is the much- hyped premise of "Joe Millionaire," a reality dating show set to debut Monday on Fox TV-11. What's less known is that the guy who plays "Joe" on TV is Evan Marriott, 28, who lives in Dana Point. Fox officials on Friday declined to let Marriott speak for this story. But folks who know Marriott describe him as quick -witted, a good performer and loyal. As of now, he's also bracing for at least 15 minutes of fame. "He's laying low," said Rick Bassman, a San Juan Capistrano wrestling promoter and talent agent who said he's known Marriott for two years. "I think he's just waiting to see what happens next," added Bassman, who last week attended a party with Marriott. Kevin McKeon, a former classmate at Hargrave Military Academy in Chatham, Va., said he wasn't surprised to find that Marriott did the show. "Does it fit Evan's persona? Yes," said McKeon, 30, of Houston, who recalled his former boarding school friend as a practical joker. "It's one of the biggest pranks he's ever pulled off." Among the tricks McKeon, Marriott and others pulled at school was filling 50-gallon trash cans with water and leaning them against doors they knew security guards would open. Once the guards twisted the doorknob, they got soaked, McKeon said. In the show, which was filmed in November in France, Marriott is portrayed as a bachelor who recently inherited $50 million. While the audience will know from the start that he's not, the 20 women competing for his affections won't be in on it. Bassman said he doesn't know how the show turns out. Marriott declined to discuss the show with him, citing Fox's confidentiality rules. But Bassman said Marriott, like many participants in recent reality shows, such as "Survivor" and "Temptation Island," has been trying to break into Hollywood. "You'd think doors would be opening up everywhere, and maybe they will. He's a good guy," Bassman said. "But the reality of the reality TV shows has been that not that many people have been able to take advantage of it," added Bassman, who doubles as a TV and movie agent for some of his wrestler clients. Equally murky is the question of just how broke Marriott might or might not be. A Fox publicist said Friday that Marriott earned a scant $19,000 as a construction worker during 2001. And Fox literature has described Marriott as having been raised "in humble surroundings with only limited financial security." But the network isn't denying recent news accounts that describe Marriott as growing up in a middle-class suburb of Virginia Beach, Va. The same report also described Marriott as a part-time male model who has worked in Paris and New York, and who has posed at least once for famed fashion photographer Bruce Weber. Marriott had enough money two years ago to pay a $500 entry fee and $250-a-month tuition to attend Bassman's Ultimate Pro Wrestling, a Los Angeles gym and training camp favored by men and women with huge biceps and SAG cards. Bassman said Marriott, a muscular 6-foot-5, had "great camera presence." "He was one of the four or five most natural guys I've ever seen," Bassman said of Marriott, who trained under the ring name "Duke Elder." "He dropped out a couple years ago, but I think it was because he was trying to do other things, not because he couldn't make it as a wrestler. "I did offer to train him on scholarship," Bassman added. "I think he's got that much potential." Marriott didn't get paid for his seven-episode appearance on "Joe Millionaire," according to Fox spokesman Todd Adair. If he had, he could've put that money to good use. According to a traffic ticket posted on the Internet site The Smoking Gun on Friday, Marriott eventually paid a $104 fine for running the toll on the San Joaquin Hills (73) Tollway. The cost of the toll? A buck fifty.
The Orange County Register
In so many words...no. I believe the actual Mariott hotel "family" is Mormon...and are very private. I do not think that they would approve of the exposure or the things going on on that show FYI.
For the next fifty-eight years—until his death in August 1985— J. Willard Marriott rarely rested. Whether adding locations, perfecting procedures or expanding into new enterprises, Marriott breathed, ate, lived and dreamed about his business. Even when his older son, J. Willard "Bill" Marriott, Jr., took over most major responsibilities after being named the company's CEO in 1972, the founder could not bring himself to retire. A true hands-on manager, he thoroughly enjoyed visiting Marriott's increasingly far-flung locations, as well as spending time with the ever-growing ranks of associates who—in his eyes—were the secret of his company's success. "Take care of your employees and they'll take care of your customers," he constantly advised Marriott's managers, voicing a deeply-held belief that remains the keystone of the company's culture.
The founder's concern for others also extended to church, charity and country. In addition to tithing and holding leadership positions in the Mormon Church, Bill gave both time and money to support causes dear to his heart, with a special emphasis on education. He also chaired two presidential inaugural committees and organized a special "Honor America Day" in 1970 at the request of then President Richard M. Nixon.
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