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Renee

posted 8 years ago by PenguinCat
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I just rewatched her cycle and then saw [again] her interview from jail on youtube.

I know we have all seen this before but it's gone from the boards. I just want to say I think she is adorable in this interview. I never really listened to it before.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kgpDU_yOyaE

I don't agree with everything she says but her honesty is impressive. My nephew, RIP, just went through the same and he was charming himself. It is sad, though, that you can see her future is not all that hopeful.

[–] b73142 8 years ago

I wasn't a fan of hers, but I don't like that this happened. I hope that she's keeping well. I remember her Cover Girl shot being my favorite out of the final 3.

[–] stefanheikel 8 years ago

She was probably one of my most disliked contestants ever, but knowing everything she's been through and her struggles, I do feel bad for her. Hopefully she'll turn her life around when she's released from prison.

[–] ChrisOlliYo 8 years ago

She was one of the contestants like CariDee and many others under the false impression the reality shows would really care for them until she faced the cruel reality that being on the show actually means nothing.

One girl who once attended ANTM and was portrayed as a b!tch said "it's just a show" during her interview which pretty much sums it up. The reality tv production would do everything in their powers to make their shows look interesting even at the cost of the contestants' reputation. Certainly they don't care the stigma whoever has to carry after the show let alone their careers. There's another female contestant who're portrayed unfailrly from a culinary show saying she received a cease and desist letter after she posted some details on facebook explaining how it really went down when she mysteriously disappeared on the show. The advice she gave was to consult an attorney first and negotiate the terms and everything in detail, becasue there is very little one can do afterward.

People who are going to attend reality shows should really heed information like this. Be aware they use and take advantage on the contestants. Attend the show, exploit it, make sure being benefited from it not the other way around.

[–] b73142 8 years ago

I never fully believe anything that I see on this show because of past exit interviews. People who you thought that were bad or enemies you would learn that they weren't as bad as they were portrayed.

Let's take cycle 1 for instance. Robin and Shannon did meet Ebony's girlfriend, but we were led to believe that they didn't.

Cycle 3 after Jennipher and Ann had their fight they had a long talk and worked everything out. Again we didn't see it. The same thing as Ann and Cassie. Cassie said that she and Ann actually became really good friends. And Jennipher and Ann moved in together after the show. Some contestants also said that Amanda didn't talk about her blindness as much as it was portrayed, Ann was nicer when she wasn't around Eva, and out of the 2 of them, people said that Eva was worse than Yaya. Also Eva was the one that told Ann to write in Cassie's brownies.

Cycle 4 Brandy talked to Brittany about almost being eliminated and they read the bible together. She basically tried to cheer her up. Noelle said that Michelle wasn't as nice as she was portrayed.

Cycle 5 Lisa said that she cooked breakfast for the girls and lend some of the girls her things, but none of that was shown. Also she, Diane, and Nik were close, but we only saw Diane and Nik being close.

Cycle 6 Some contestants said that Jade wasn't as bad as she was portrayed. The only one that I can remember that said something bad about her was Joanie. Several people said that Mollie Sue did have a great personality, but it wasn't shown. Mollie Sue and Danielle were best friends, in the house, but you never really saw them together.

Cycle 7 when one of the twins picked Melrose to share the prize with her, then they turned it into a challenge where Melrose won and it was shown that Melrose kept everything, but in actuality she gave the things back.

Well with all of these examples you get what I'm saying. Granted that some people might be the way that they are portrayed, but I think that some things are missing when it comes to certain contestants. Although Courtney is one of my favorites this cycle, I think that they aren't showing everything about her.

[–] ChrisOlliYo 8 years ago

I have to admit I was a fool to believe everything the editings trying to make me believe until I've witnessed something fishy and did a lot of digging to realize how shady they can just manipulate what's being shown to the audience just like that. I also heard about one contestant saying how they get confessionals out of them by interviewing them with a good looking interviewer to induce certain answers they want.

Most of the contestants get bad editing are usually those don't win. Like I said before, one of the purpose of the editing is to make sense the boot, so they can care less what would paint the losers as long as the viewers buy it.