I saw bits and pieces of the previous 2 Celebrity Fit Clubs and there always seems to be a crazy person. I thought the Baldwin brother was pretty bad and Gary Busey seems insane, yet not drug abusing, but Jeff Conelly was just sad and pathetic. Kudos for Chasity Bono for being the only one to tell him to his face what everyone else thinking-- you are shitfaced on drugs and if you ever get your act together and see this show, you will be thoroughly ashamed of yourself.
Apparently Jeff never saw this show before because meltdowns do not get cut. VH1 is the home of Behind The Music-- meltdowns are their bread and butter. Still, that was the most uncomfortable and painful thing I’ve ever seen on a celeb reality show.
I saw parts of it, but what was the resolution of Chastity Bono calling him out? Did he admit to anything or how did he express himself after that? Any way this rant could have been “encouraged” for drama by VH1?
I really don’t think it was encouraged. Everyone else, including the “judges”, were trying to get the show started-- or at least calm him down enough so that the weigh in could continue.
Jeff kept repeating to Chastity that he didn’t use any illegal drugs to which she replied, “Neither did I-- all my drugs were prescribed too.” But he was far too high to listen. He did calm down enough to continue the weigh in. The word “rehab” was thrown at him by two of the judges. He didn’t lose any weight but everyone seemed to be in agreement that he was having a different struggle than they were.
PS I cannot believe Bruce V weighs less than not-so- Young MC. Maybe it’s those tiny Velociraptor arms and legs Bruce has.
You’re kidding, right? Bruce looked like he could eat Young MC for a snack and still be hungry a hour later. Are you confusing Young MC with that shower-cap wearing guy?
Nope. Of the 3 over 300lb guys, shower cap guy is the heaviest, Young MC is the second heaviest and Bruce was the lightest. Young MC lost the most of all of them (14lbs) but he’s still heavier than Bruce, who lost 9lbs.
Bruce looks by far the unhealthiest. Of course he’s also the oldest. I’m amazed he was able to keep up the dancing and pace of a Broadway show and road tour for as long as he did last year.
Conaway is truly sad, a walking PSA. I haven’t seen this episode but on the first one when he mooned them that was clearly the act of somebody not all there, and the way he was slurring his speech and having chest thumping moments. And I still like him better than I did Willie Aames, who was just a first order little prick (especially for somebody who makes his living on the Born Again Video & Personal Appearance circuit- I so wished that the trainer who came to his home that he doused and threatened would just go postal on him).
About Kelly LeBrock: she’s still an attractive woman, but sugar- nobody believes that you did this because you were tired of being a sex symbol. You got fat for the same reason as the rest of us: too much food, too little exercise, the metabolism of aging, tired of eating rice cakes to keep your figure.
I think Chastity’s biggest problem by far is that she needs her own identity. She went from being Sonny & Cher’s little girl to being Cher’s lesbian daughter to being “GLAAD media watchdog” (whatever that is), etc… She needs an identity that focuses neither on her parents or her demographic. (I’ve always thought it was interesting that her mom, who has the rep of being one of the coolest people on the planet, flipped and freaked when she learned Chas was gay while her father the Republican senator hugged her and said “I know”.)
I have a confession to make, Biggirl. I thought of you while watching the show. I knew you were watching, too, and probably collaging something at the same time.
Actually, there’s a lot of gossip going around that her marriage to Steven Segal was quite abusive and he made her participate in “unconventional” extra-marital activites. Take it with a grain of salt, but I can see an abused woman wanting to make herself undesiable as to not attract more male attention.
Bruce looks really unhealthy. Anyone notice that his legs look dark right above his socks like his feet have some sort of circulation problem?
She did? But she’s Cher! If anyone should be used to gay people its’ Cher.
It seems like Celebrity Fit Club has discovered a pattern where they decide to cast someone who is unstable, just for effect. First it was Gary Busey, now it is Jeff Conaway. I saw the whole show, and I have to admit I noticed alot of the addict behavior. It wasn’t just about the way he was behaving, which was outrageous, it was about the obvious lies. I would swear on a stack of bibles that Conaway is an addict and is currently using. I am glad that they called him on it.
I’d like to thank everyone for not calling me a doofus for getting Jeff Conaway’s name wrong.
Well gingy, I was watching and making these thingies that I plan to hang in the bathroom once I get that done and find some double sided tape.
Pain leaves and you get all girly. Who’d have thought.
Bingo. That’s what I was thinking. Damn that was rough to see. I must have lost 2 gallons of fluid in my youth to the sight of her in Weird Science. She still has a pretty face but man…what a shame.
Chas is turning out to be cooler than I expected.
Bizarre shouldn’t even be there. He doesn’t seem to want any thing other than the paycheck.
Conaway is a tool. Just boot his ass. Lame. His comment to the drill sergeant “You ran off to the military because you couldn’t do anything better” was just about the weakest thing I’ve ever heard on a reality TV show.
Is it just me or has EVERY tv hasbeen been sexually abused at some point in their life? I swear that card is played by nearly every fruitcake on every reality show ever made.
(not dissing people who HAVE been abused, but it seems that it’s almost “in style” to have been abused at some point in hollywood)
[HIJACK]Understood. It’s especially popular when they get into some type of major PR trouble. When Roseanne (Arnold, at the time) got into mega trouble for her National Anthem stunt she and her husband both suddenly remembered getting molested. Roseanne actually said she could remember being molested when she was 6 months old. When Anne Heche went cuckoo for Cocoa Puffs shortly after her breakup with Ellen, she blamed it on a psychotic break caused by remembering childhood molestation as well. Robert Blake started talking about it when he got into trouble for his violent temper (long before he lost his wife, poor guy) and became almost a standard in every celebrity autobio back in the 80s and 90s.
I think it may have all started when Oprah admitted in the early days of her talk show. IIRC, censors somewhere were wanting to pull Maya Angelou’s I.K.W.T.C.B.S. off of library shelves due to the graphic rape scene and Oprah came forward with her own experiences to explain just how important the book was to her as a young woman as it let her know she wasn’t alone. Of course it was huge news for a few days- no celebrity of her stature had ever made such a deeply personal confession and her ratings, already rising astronomically, went up even higher, and before you know it Sally Jesse Raphael and Geraldo and everybody else suddenly came forward with their own stories. (“Hey… we were just as molested as Oprah! Tune it at 5:00 today for the gory details!”)
I certainly don’t dispute that child molestation occurs and all too horrible a frequency, but the timing was just a bit too convenient and the stories a bit too well placed for a lot of these accounts to be believable. If you’re a celebrity and it happened to you then work it out in therapy, but don’t use it for career advancement! That’s just damned low.[/HIJACK]
I finally watched this episode. Damn. What a bonaduceriffic series of moments.
I’m glad Tempest Bledsoe called him on the mooning- that was not only disrespectful but sexual harassment of the ladies present. I wonder if he actually thought the Benadryl explanation was fooling anybody, or if he actually believes it himself. He might only be on prescription drugs, but if he are they’re some damned strong ones.
The “I was on @#&*ing TAXI, one of the biggest shows ever! I was in *$#%ing GREASE, one of the biggest films ever!” is a two sentence phrase I’m guessing he slurs loudly at least three times a day, leaving it on his agent’s voice mail and yelling at the waitress when she brings the food he ordered instead of what he meant to order and when he’s asked for ID at the liquor store where he cashes his checks. I hope he gets help, but in the meantime they owe his team another fat has been celebrity. A shame John Goodman’s too rich and busy to have to do these shows as he could use some help (last time I saw him he was breathing heavily and sweating).
Since the criteria is overweight, recognizable and stalled career, I’m wondering if they’ve already booked Horatio Sanz for next season or if he’s playing hard to get .
I felt sorry for both Kelly and Tempest. It looked like Tempest would have liked to snap him in two at the beach after they lost the boat thingy. And Bruce needs to take a walk around the block twice a day.
The previews show an ambulance in Jeff’s future.
Oh and I was completely wrong about Bruce V and Young MC. Bruce outweighed MC by about 20lbs. That’s how wrong I was.
I think MC is the most likely to put back on any weight he loses. He couldn’t seem to care much less about it personally. I’m surprised at how nice a person Chastity seems.
Sorry- the above should have read BIZARRE, not MC. I got my rappers confused.
As for MC, he sure does carry his weight well. I never would have guessed he’s that heavy. We’re about the same height and the same weight and the same age and I’m broadly built, and I look a lot fatter than he does. T’ain’t fair, I say, t’ain’t fair!
And I used to not be able to stand Harvey but he’s grown on me. Dr. Ian also seems cool. However I’d bet my lunch money for the next three weeks that the psychologist has stuffed animals in her car and still owns a Holly Hobbie lunch box.
I don’t know what you guys are talking about. The guy took two benadryls.
:wally :rolleyes: :dubious: