What is the definition of celebrity here? He was a strip club owner in second-tier metropolis that happened to be engaged to a character on a little seen reality show on a second-tier cable channel.
Of course this is a stupid, senseless death, but wow it does seem strange to me. From what it sounds like the two of them were fighting mano-a-mano but like to the death gladiator style without witnesses or entourage involvement? Seems unlikely two people would pummel each other into oblivion without arising some intervention or assistance of some sort. I think there's more to this story.
@Motoko Kusanagi: Yeah. It sucks, and maybe it is a 'trend', but I don't think it's a causal type thing. People with big personalities might find themselves involved with some bullshit from time to time. Happens everyday.
so why is VH1 pulling the plug on all of the shows he's involved in? Is there anything morally wrong with showing pre-recorded footage of someone who is an alleged murderer? What, they have standards?
a tad confused on the missing teeth and fingertips. um... i know that's what is commonly used to identify bodies, but only if they're pretty well decayed. doesn't help if you just leave it in a dumpster. a D- for body disposal technique.
... and that's what you get VH1 for recruiting for a show called "I love money".
@fuzzymuffins: It's a side-effect of folks who watch too muchLaw & Order and CSI. Suddenly armchair psychos think they know the "secrets" of how to get away with things.
This is the dirty underbelly of the fameball-reality TV game. People whose sense of the world around them and their place in it is so perpetually frustrated and so narcissistic and skewed that it is literally all about them, and everyone else is expendable.
@BookishLookish: Patience is so difficult for people today. For me, the journey is as important as the destination. Yes, the catch is beautiful, the control, the mastery, the money...
But sitting here drinking my appletini, reading your posts, learning your routines, slowly badgering my way back into your life, these are the real joys of my existence. Of course, I love the thrill of the hunt, catching your eye, winning your affection all over again, the personal take down. Watching you slowly lose control over your own life as you surrender yourself to me all over again, nothing beats it.
This has to be one of the most disturbing stories I have read in a long time (particularly the bit about the missing fingers and teeth). What I fail to understand is how a background check wouldn't include his past violent behaviours.
@kappakappaspankme: You know, I read a lot of true crime and the fact that he removed her teeth and fingers really, really creeps me out. That should say something.
@MissPeacock: I also read a lot of true crime, most of it for work, and he did a half-assed job. I mean, I'm sorry she was killed, but he's a fucking low-rent amateur mimicking a pro.
@kappakappaspankme: I assume you mean a VH1 background check? They wouldn't be able to have full casts for these shows if they didn't take some violent felons. In each and every season of "Rock of Love," "Flavor of Love" and "Real Chance of Love," there is at least one ho-testant with a felony record and/or one sentenced to anger management classes. One recent ho-testant (from "Rock of Love" and then "Charm School") is awaiting trial for attempted murder.
And now I'd like to shoot myself for knowing all of this, let alone sharing that in public.
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What is the definition of celebrity here? He was a strip club owner in second-tier metropolis that happened to be engaged to a character on a little seen reality show on a second-tier cable channel.
This is a celebrity?
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... and that's what you get VH1 for recruiting for a show called "I love money".
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yeah. that was an afterthought for me too!
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I hope when they find this little shit they don't just throw the book at him--they throw the whole fucking library!
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But sitting here drinking my appletini, reading your posts, learning your routines, slowly badgering my way back into your life, these are the real joys of my existence. Of course, I love the thrill of the hunt, catching your eye, winning your affection all over again, the personal take down. Watching you slowly lose control over your own life as you surrender yourself to me all over again, nothing beats it.
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Well said.
It's not quite The Running Man, where the carnage is broadcast, but we can see it from here.
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And now I'd like to shoot myself for knowing all of this, let alone sharing that in public.
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