Tuesday, November 17, 2009

My Ten Most Hated Reality TV Characters, Part 2 of 2


5. Spencer Pratt from MTV's "The Hills." What more can be said about Spencer?
Worst moment: Every moment.

4. Charla from Fox's "Paradise Hotel." Poor, awkward Dave loved vain, empty-headed Charla with a love too pure for this show. And speaking of poor Dave, in a cruel twist of fortune, all of Dave's masterful planning managed to land Charla in the final two with the option to split her cash prize with Dave -- an option she declined. Dave went home broke and broken-hearted.
Worst moment: "Pinkie swear is my middle name," the nonsensical assurance Charla used to secure her alliance with Dave. Time for a new middle name, I guess.

3. Wendy Pepper from Bravo's "Project Runway." No one told Wendy that she was on a competition reality show based on talent. She schemed her way through the first season of this show, attempting to form an alliance with her apartment-mates (an alliance! on Project Runway!), to exploit the weaknesses of her fellow competitors (remember the chilling scene between Wendy and Vanessa in the laundry room?), and outright lied and sabotaged. If she had spent less time sabotaging and more time making nice clothes, she might have stood a chance and gotten a makeover out of the deal (see above photo).
Worst moment: Encouraging her five-year-old daughter to lie to Tim Gunn.

2. Omarosa from NBC's "The Apprentice." Omarosa falls into the Spencer Pratt category of "what more can be said?" Her antics are already legendary. I'll just say that she -- like Danielle Staub -- refuses to accept consequences or to look at herself or her actions in an objective light.
Worst moment: How to choose from among the following gems: lying about her experience working for the White House, losing Jessica Simpson and then lying about that, or lying about having a concussion in order to avoid working on a show all about ... working?

1. Arian from VH1's "Tough Love." On a show where makeovers and luxurious dates are provided to eight regular women in exchange for their willingness to play along with innocuous dating rules ("be polite," "be yourself,"), this bad-girl refused to play nice. Her shocking and self-destructive behavior got her in trouble with the show's host, match-maker Steve Ward. When he rightly told her that her aggressively promiscous behavior could someday land her in a dangerous situation with a stranger, she decided it was time to start throwing suitcases down the stairs.
Worst moment: When the girls' families visited, Arian bad-mouthed Steve to her mother repeatedly, while defending her own, spiraling-out-of-control actions. Steve was later in the uncomfortable position of having to tell Arian's mother some of her daughter's recent misbehavior. Steve used adult terminology for some of Arian's antics and both mother and daugther dissolved into giggles, leaving Steve with nothing to do but walk away in disgust.

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