Via Awful Announcing:
Somehow, more than a month after publication, Hope Solo's memoir is still producing explosive headlines. The USA goalie has left no stone unturned in the "bombshell revelations" department with her autobiography released in August just after the USWNT won gold at the London Olympics. Let's run down the list so far...
- Accused former coach Greg Ryan of shoving her.
- Destroyed Brandi Chastian. Again.
- Accused DWTS partner Maksim Chmerkovskiy of slapping her.
- Once kissed a girl.
But the latest news to trickle out from Solo's book is by far the most provocative. In fact, it's so explosive, I'm completely dumbfounded it took this long to begin to make waves on the internet.
Hope Solo claims Dancing with the Stars is fixed!!!!
A Radar Online story brings to light this passage from Solo's book about a conversation with her former DWTS partner about a secret memo deciding which celebrity pair would be eliminated each week. This revelation couldn't happen at a more awkward time for DWTS with the show's All-Star season kicking off this week. (In case you were wondering, Pamela Anderson got the boot Tuesday night, which makes you wonder about the effectiveness of a rigging policy.)
“Maks later told me that he had argued with the judges because he had been told we were going to be eliminated, that there was some secret memo going around that said who would be ousted each week," Solo wrote. “He explained that he wanted to cause some drama on the live portion of the show so that they wouldn’t be able to resist keeping us around, hoping for more fireworks.
“It seems to have worked -- we weren’t eliminated that week.”
Radar also says ABC is considering legal action against Solo for her accusations, so you know this situation is serious. The sanctity of Dancing with the Stars and a fabric of Americana is at stake!
Let's be real for a second though. Every reality-based show or competition you watch is fixed in some way. Survivor, Big Brother (especially Big Brother), The Voice, Pawn Stars, Hardcore Pawn, American Pickers, American Idol, The Kardashians, Honey Boo Boo, Storage Wars, Counting Cars, WWE, etc. All "reality" programming is carefully put together and manufactured by networks who are in the television and entertainment business. After all, that's how we got the Kardashian-Humphries nuptials.
Learning the results of DWTS are predetermined would be something less than shocking, but the show would rightfully be crushed for deceiving their millions of viewers for several seasons in thinking their votes played a role in determining the outcome of the show. Not to mention the dimes for those text message votes add up over time.
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September 27, 2012
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And if its not fixed its ******!
everything else about it sucked. We have not turned it on in years! PLEASE BRING BACK GOOD ENTERTAINMENT FOR ENTERTAINMENT'S SAKE NOT REALITY TV!!
Ungrateful B.....
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But, seriously, if he did, it was disrespectful no matter what.
shows are fake and scripted. Dancing with the stars most of all,
so the public votes how do you know all the voted are counted.
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Hope...here's a cup of STFU tea...you're old news girlfriend.
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I was invited to be on a daytime show back in the 90's.It wasn't one of those "Springer" type trailer trash shows.
Long story short, all the questions AND subsequent reactions were ALL rehearsed. Audience reactions, laughing, gasps, clapping,questions,etc was ALL pre-taped and rehearsed.I was "coached" to act surprised (though I wasn't), told to frown on key, or ask silly questions from a que card. It was embarrassing. When we were done, they told us to drop our wireless mic's backstage and head out the back door. While we were in wardrobe, "rehearsing", prepping, THEY had gone to our hotels, packed our bags and they were already in the limo's backstage. They took all of us straight to the airport, dropped our bags at the curb and.....vanished. All of our flights (6 of us)didn't even leave for at LEAST 6 hours!
I had to fight the studio to get paid what they'de promised, call after call to L.A. and New York. Finally, after 9 weeks I received a check. They also NEVER sent me a tape of the show they had promised.
Money and ratings. Don't even THINK they care about you, REGARDLESS of what they tell you.
Welcome to Hollywood! They'll tell you what you want to hear, suck the value out of you and then just as quickly......spit you out and route your calls to voicemail.
And, really Hope Solo?? Who knew her before Dancing?? Only people who follow soccer, right?? She's looking to make a name and is grasping at a chance in the spotlight. Obviously, DWTS didn't do it. Why else does anyone really go on there? I did not like Hope at all . . . from the moment she opened her mouth. She is VERY egotistical (can't figure that one) . . and a poor loser. And, certainly could not dance! Really! Every time things didn't work out for her she was sour grapes . . . it got old fast.
Who is she to need to write an autobiography??? What? Oviously somebody threw some money at her for it. But, WHO CARES???????????