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Sunday, May 13, 2012
9:00 am
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Tagged: Aunt Drunky, camille grammer, CamilleLite, Eden Wood, logo, Mickie, pageants, pennydreadful, reality, reality show, recap, recaps, Sandra Lee, Semi-homemade, Shirley Temple, snarky, synthroid, TV, tvgasm, zoey
Howdy, Gasmii! First order of business: let’s rename Mickie based on her behavior and Eden’s remark in this ep about her mom’s breath. I would call Mickie Aunt Drunky, but that title is reserved exclusively for Sandra Lee. So Shparkle Babee (hic) it is, then.
As I mentioned in the Minicap, this ep featured Camille Grammer’s doppelganger as the mother of Zoey, who is a 12-year-old who lives in Hudson, WI, currently dances competitively, and thinks pageants will help her improve her onstage presence. If only Margot Fonteyn had thought of that . . .
CamilleLite is all in favor of this, so they enlist the E-Team. Spoiler alert, Zoey wins a talent award – for dance. Yes, the same thing she’s already competing in. This will be Zoey’s first pageant ever, BTW.
CamilleLite – and honey, get thee to an endocrinologist STAT! – adopted Zoey from Colombia and calls her “Zoey Jean my little Colombian coffee bean”. Could be worse, she could have gone with “CoCo, my little Colombian cocaine brick” so I guess we should be grateful.
Mommy picked you out special!
Shparkle Babee asks Eden what Zoey needs for a pageant, and Eden recites the usual: smile, makeup, stylist, etc. Then Eden demos pretty feet and a pageant walk. Shparkle Babee says beauty is the single most important event. Eden says she’s been in 16,000 pageants. Probably not that many, dear. Too bad your mom hasn’t taught you to count. Zoey likes to catch fish. That could make for an interesting talent segment, but no, she had to dance. Bummer.
Shparkle Babee shares that CamilleLite has to reign in her nervousness. That ain’t gonna happen, sister. Shparkle then says she assumes Zoey’s talent is dance, and she wants a dance routine and an outfit by the time she gets back.
Andrew has set up an audition for Eden, so Shparkle Babee says they’re working on Eden’s “acting chops” every chance we get. From the looks of you, Shparkle, pork chops are what I think you’re working on. Anyhoo, Andrew offers to run lines with Eden, Heather says that’s her cup of tea, and Shparkle grabs the script and says she’ll do it. Eden can’t act, quelle surprise. She can’t do angry, she doesn’t show any emotion. Also she seems to have trouble remembering the one line they’re studying. And her delivery can best be described as
Well, let’s just say her last name is quite apt.
Andrew shares that Eden has great singing and middling acting skills. Drop the “great” and replace with “middling” with “nonexistent”, and I totally agree. While Eden does her “acting”, Shparkle bursts out with another drunken (sorry, that’s redundant) “that’s my girl right there” – well really it was more like “THASH MUH GURRRL RAIT THEUH”, which prompts Eden to piggyback on her mother. For some unknown reason, Eden does not take the opportunity to compress her mother’s carotid artery and get rid of her once and for all. Damn.
Commercial.
Back in Hudson, Zoey is working on her beauty walk. CamilleLite (a/k/a Shani) is advising her to keep her eyebrows raised. I’m not sure why she’s saying that. I don’t remember Eden or any of the successful gals in T&T raising their eyebrows. Seems like it would result in an odd look, no?
Kind of like Zoey’s mom, come to think of it.
Now we jet to NYC to Theatre Row Stage Door – that’s the same place they were at 2 weeks ago – to meet with John Rubin, a director of an off-Broadway play.
I think the beret is Shparkle’s idea of implying Eden’s all Left-Bank artistic.
Eden gives him a copy of her autobiography – you did know she “wrote” an autobiography several years ago, didn’t you?
“A life in pictures”. Perfect precursor to the inevitable Playboy spread.
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I can’t believe I actually watch this show. Religiously. I think they (whoever “they” are) were very smart to keep this disaster to thirty minutes. That gives approximately two segments to the victim…er, child they’re “assisting”, and two segments for all the world to see Eden and Shparkle (love it!) crash and burn. Just about right.
Hudson, Wisconsin is a throne’s stow away from Minneapolis and this is the second time Eden has “helped” a tween from there. First of all I would just like to say GET THE HELL OUT OF MY NEIGHBORHOOD YOU SLIME.
That being said, as I noted when the E-Team “helped” Adrianna, another 12 year old, there is just no way on Dog’s green earth that a tween would want to have anything to do with a 6-7 year old much less want her advice about anything. Just how much does LOGO pay these people?
And once again, thank you so much PennyD for watching this and providing us with so much entertainment.
Fransolonely should register and trademark the Updon’t.
For some reason, I remember “eyebrows up!” from little Swan from Paper Dolls years ago…scary. Shani seriously needs some meds…
Micki is by far more delusional than all the delusional moms we make fun of over on T&T. She will KILL any future in legit acting or theater Eden may have had because she just refuses to believe that Eden could benefit from anyprofessional instruction or training. You know, hard work that actually lasts more than three minutes. Eden may genuinely love acting/singing/dancing, but because Drunki cannot get the concept that EVEN PROFESSIONALS continue to hone their abilities with training and classes, Eden is above it all. By the time Eden realizes this, she will be a 20-year-old, 200 pound mother of two, and won’t even be able to get a job on the pole…sad…
Okay, am I the only one who thinks that Drunki and Heather are getting some girl love in the back of the minivan? Mr. Drunki has to have left her by now too, no?
*Living Dolls,* not paper dolls, lol
Just finished watching this epi. OMG. The thing is that Eden does have some of that Shirley Temple quality to me. She has the dimples and the outgoing personality and precious smile. But, she needs acting, voice and dancing lessons. I don’t understand why they can’t see that!? It is like they are going to keep ignoring what all the casting agents and directors tell them over and over again.
Andrew actually seems sane. He was trying to steer them toward some sanity and direction and Mickie just wants to live in Denial World and make poor Eden into a reality harlot. So sad. Either let her be a regular little girl or take this career thing seriously with real training. Otherwise you are wasting your time!
I liked Zoey and she should just stick to dance. She was a very sweet and charming young lady in spite of having crazy twitchy mom. That woman needs meds! Also lay off the botox or something because her eyes always look surprised and it was creeping me out! This was the train wreckest episode yet.
Also I am not in the business even though I dabbled a bit as a child, and even I know that you always bring a headshot and resume. DER!
I loved this episode because my 12 year old son was adopted from Colombia at the same time so this exciting for me. Moving on… Mickie used to be just delusional but after innate talent and Eden will guide us she now has a diagnosable mental illness. And what was the deal with Heather or Andrew not having a picture or a resume? WTF are they being paid for? They are both hoping that if they throw enough stuff out there something will stick. And do they think anyone believes that they are flying back and forth from NY to bum fuck Egypt and back.
I think they are flying all over the place- thanks to LOGO!
Since Hudson, Wisconsin is a short hop from the Twin Cities airport, it is not surprising that they’ve been here twice. Okay, yes it is. But it still doesn’t count and flying all over the place. MSP is central, and flights here from almost anywhere would fit even LOGO’s modest (cut-rate) budget.
Really, Closet, bumfuck EGYPT? Hmmmmph. Puleeze.
Anyway, taking the time necessary to prepare a kid for stardom (never a guarantee) takes years of training, and since Schparkle can pimp her kid out without any lessons of any kind, much less photos and resumes (!) why on earth would she want to do that? Leave the kid without anything is the ticket. So what about years and years of therapy that lie ahead in Eden’s future?
I’m so glad I am not subject to watching this show, I think I would be yelling at the screen “are you all just idiots” whenever the “dream team” and Mickie (come to think of it, her name fits here well since she must be carrying a micky of booze with her at all times) try to not be so delusional
Like I said previously this show SUCKS and so do all the crazy ass idiots in it. I cannot believe that they would even want to continue to put themselves through this train wreck. Its not Eden’s fault.. she cant help it that she has a in denial mother and an agent that is trying to make something out of her that she is not. Then they have that Cutabitch on there with them that cannot do hair/makeup on anyone!! I so loved it on the episode when her and that guy got into it and he was getting underneath her skin.. now that was really something to laugh about. I can see why all these poor helpless children dont want her to touch them. I wouldnt either. She looks like trailer trash and someone that rely’s on this stupid show she dont have anything and thinks she is famous.. Sorry Cutabitch but this show is not going to make it much longer so you better go back to your stripper club that you came from. As far as Eden, bless her heart.. she needs to be in school and her mom needs to go back to teaching and Heather needs to find her some clients that can read and are educated. Its a shame but its the truth… just a sad sad situation. Sparkle Babyee sorry but you need to explore other options with this kid.
Snowshoecat: If I struck a nerve because that is the area you live then I apologize. I have not even been paying attention to exactly where in the country they are because they all look like the lowest hotel conference room on the totem pole.
Lately it seems as though instead of snarking on a particular show we are over analyzing each other comments. It is why I bailed on the T & T thread. Too much in house fighting. I really enjoy these recaps and enjoy commenting and reading others’ comments. I don’t enjoy having to worry about what the masses may think about a particular comment I made.
And I realize that I just did what I said I dont like. I apologize.
Awwwwww, Closet. I was yanking your chain–well, back atcha. One thing about living in this area, we are the butt of many jokes and really don’t mind. It’s just when people like this infest the area that gives us a bad name, totes undeserved.
You know I still love ya, Closet.
It’s all good snowshoecat.
This episode really annoyed me and the recap made me remember just how annoyed I was. Mickie the only thing that got “nailed” the day of the audition was another nail in the coffin which holds Eden’s career.
And Mickie’s thought process of Eden will guide us in her career. It is not a 7 year olds job to guide anyone. That is the job of a responsible parent. Did Eden here that because that is so much pressure to put on a little girl. The more I dislike Mickie and the E- team the more I actually like Eden. She really likes helping the girls and is happy for them when they do well. Since I expect this show to be canceled every week I googled Eden’s name to see if anything came up regarding any parts in movies and such but nothing came up. She is really going to have a hard time when reality comes knocking on her door. I predict that when all of this blows up in Mickies face instead of admitting the truth, Mickie is going to interview that she is the momma and saw Eden going down the wrong path blah blah blah so she is going to make sure that she acts like a regular little girl. And we all know what that means…Sparkle Baby! Whether Eden likes it or not she will be back in pageants.
This show ROCKS! I love the hate between Heather and Andrew – that could be a show in itself! But even on T&T, Eden didn’t really have any talent – her talent was her props and she’d just come out and shimmy all over…not even dance! And yet, she still seems like the saniest of them all. I really don’t get why Mickie thinks Eden has natural talent – she just doesn’t! Acting classes would not kill her.
Also… “Wish I were back in the orphanage” – HAHAHAHA!
And mom was unbelievably twitchy…that poor girl will probably leave home at 18 and never come back!
Closet, it is just so wrong that LOGO picked up on Schparkle’ neurotic fantasies and made this show happen. It just reinforces her delusions that her daughter is super-talented.
DearC ought know about Eden’s “talent”. I remember the first time Eden was in a T&T recap, DC commented that nobody should EVER name a child something that will turn out to be her livelihood. I was just amazed at her winning super Grande Suprema with extra olives and peppers when All she could so was walk around the stage with a frozen smile. She even managed to knock over her cut-out Elvis prop.
Schparkle has gotten some milage out of that showgirl costume. Good grief. Thing has paid for itself.
You know, if Anna Nicole Smith had passed away before Eden was born, I think it would be enough to scientifically prove reincarnation.
Pee ess Closet, I hope I didn’t cause too much concern. I understand all too well what you mean by over-analyzing and in-house fighting. It has really gotten out of hand lately. It has made the gasm less enjoyable.
Only this morning some troll wrote in baiting a ‘capper on another site. I’ve never seen such obvious baiting, but fortunately the ‘capper was cool and didn’t rise to the bait.
We will keep things light and fun!
Snowshoecat, like I wrote above it is all good
I agree with your assessment of LOGO adding fuel to the fire of Mickie’s delusions. I think that the producers told her that to keep the audience they needed to add the drama. Enter Heather and Andrew. I think the real reason that we see Eden doing her lines only 4-5 minutes an episode is because they now realize that she does not have innate talent after all.
OMG Jen you nailed it! She does remind me of Anna Nicole!!!
I had to watch after reading all these remarks, I don’t think Mickie is that bad. She is wonderful when she is coaching the other kids and Eden seems very loving and affectionate to her. She is obviously in denial about Eden’s abilities and her refusing to get her professional teaching is silly. No one is innately that talented, it takes work!! Eden is a pretty child, but I think she is going to look exactly like her mom when she grows up. Mickie is attractive, but not a showstopper!
@SSC: Ah ha! I remember that in one of Crabby’s very early recaps! Eden wasn’t even “in” the ep, if I recall, just mentioned. Good times LOL.
@kloewent: I think we may have to agree to disagree
I’m sure she loves the kid, but all of this “showbiz” stuff is NOT just about Eden. Shparkle is trying to live through her helpless daughter.
Can anyone please explain what exactly Heather and Andrew are there for? Between the two of them, neither could remember the head shots or resume. Neither one of them (okay well maybe Andrew a little bit) are telling Mickie like it is, that Eden needs acting and singing lessons. Btw, I was watching reruns of the T & T this weekend. The one with Daisey Mae, Alaska, the puppy and gang. At the very end I could have sworn that I saw Eden with one of the girls. I am waiting to see if that is an upcoming episode.
BFE is a beloved expression in my family and I won’t apologize for it!
Is the show about Heather and Andrew fighting or Mickies delusions or Eden’s coaching? Or is it about everything together. I wish the show had a little more direction and less of Eden singing.
Zoey’s hair- Good Lord, if that talentless hack did my daughter’s hair like that, I’d cutabitch…Oh yeah, she is one. Seriously Fransolonely, go back to Cosmetology school and learn how to actually style hair. I felt bad for Zoey having to go on stage with a rat’s nest and a football helmet, geez!
@Pat – hell yes! I didn’t even think people still knew how to do “the helmet.” Sometimes I get the feeling Franstupidname is sabotaging these kids for spite because Micki won’t let her daughter, Diastupidname, be on the show. It’s like, “Okay, I’ll take the money, but damned if I’m gonna roll over and be your bitch.” I kind of love that she sucks so badly, it’s one interesting thing about this train wreck…
I am looking forward to the recap for last nights episode. Holding my tongue until then
I am also from Mpls/St Paul, and I am pretty sure that the two Hudson girls were competing at the same pageant. I could be wrong, but I swear the girl who hosted the dance party/was misunderstood by her school friends was visible in a shot with Zoey and her talent crown. I further think that the pageant was 100% put on by these people, hence completely fixed. I am not sure where I saw it, but I knew that this pageant was going on in Hudson and I was going to go see it just to say that I have been at a craptastic child pageant, but I was having a baby instead (insert pun about crowning here). I had even contacted the pageant and asked if I could go, saying that I wanted to get my soon-to-be-born child into that scene. (I wasn’t aware that people are generally allowed to buy admission and watch. I had heard differently.) ANYWAYS, I think they double dipped on the footage, but I could be wrong.
Has anyone noticed that several times the girls’ hair is like slicked into a ponytail at crowning instead of in the updo? Did it fall?
I do think Micki loves Eden, but the decisions she is making seem very poor. She has two people who are competing for what they think is the same job (despite their differing titles) yet neither is doing the work.
If all cutabitch wants is her daughter face on TV, give it to her. She totally screws up her job and her defacto job is terrorizing children and defending her personal space against even the mildest intrusion. Honestly, it is not too difficult to make a little kid cuter with makeup. Their skin is flawless. All she has to do is apply some color. Why can’t Micki do that? I know her own makeup is questionable, but at least kids don’t loathe and fear her.
I know the mom that they decided to submarine in this pageant. She is a hardworking, decent person with an adorable daughter she has raised alone. They completely set her up and told her the show would be about her adopting and supporting her daughter as a dancer. They added a laugh to the end of all of her sentences and spliced them together. The producers also told her what to say and asked her to repeat things that Eden or Micky said. She said going on a reality TV show was the biggest mistake of her life. Her last sentence was if I was to continue to do pageants with the E Team I would need to be medicated because the way they behaved was unprofessional and she was embarrassed that her daughter was whitnessing the behavior they demonstrated. They’d he could care less that they made her look silly and was thankful they did not mess with Zoey. Yes the entire pageant was a hoax and staged. Adrianna was filmed at the same time. Shame on Logo an the E Team for taking two decent people and making them look ridiculous. They should be sued for deformation of character. It should be illegal to splice sentences and change somebody’s voice an mannerisms. Hopefully twist will be a wake up call for anybody who pursues a reality TV show.
This is the only epi I’ve seen except for the first one. This show is so strange – I wish it would focus on either Eden coaching kids or on her “career”. As it is, it’s so disjointed. In the convo at the end, was Andrew trying to tell Micki that Eden needs more lessons but he was too wimpy to come out and say it? What was the buffet comment? Huh? He should have been clear that the director said SHE CAN’T ACT. He seems like the only one with a brain in the group.From what I can tell, Heather is just hanging on hoping Eden becomes successful so that she can make this her career with more hopeless pageant kids. And on it goes…
Few typos since I blasted this off from my iPhone prior to a meeting that I needed to be at in 5 minutes. Sorry!
They are not flying all over the US. They film all the stuff in the pageant in the same week. They actually film 2 girls and cut it into 2 episodes. They make it look like they are flying back and forth. That’s why it looks like the girls are all practicing in the same spot every time. They also take pieces of other shows and splice it into other ones like it’s all taking place at that time but it’s really not. This show is a joke and they need to get Eden into school so that she can actually be somebody some day—like a doctor, lawyer or even LEARN HOW TO READ! She will not be famous outside the pageant work and she is a sweet cute little girl but has no talent! Her mom is crazy and they all need to WAKE UP!
Interesting stuff Insightful Info and bitchhater! I would love to hear more!
Yes, it is true they filmed two episodes at the same time. Adrianna’s took place on Thursday night and Zoey’s was scheduled for Friday. When Shani spoke with Logo and the producers they assured her that the show was to promote adoption. That it would be about a single mom supporting her daughter’s passion for dance. This was a complete lie and they misrepresented the actual show so she would sign the contract. Shani was surprised to find out the E Team was going to be there and had never heard of Eden or Micky. She quickly googled them on her phone. She knew nothing about being filmed for a pageant but once they were there had no choice but to go along with it. Zoey hated the show. She arrived at 7 am and they did not give her time to eat the entire day. They spray tanned an adorable Colombian girl at midnight. Then she had to wake up at 5 am to have her hair done with Fran who was doing shots by the end of the day. This is way to much pressure to put on a 12 year old. Shani and Zoey both wanted to opt out but the producers promised her that the show would promote adoption and single moms. The producers would have Eden say “now these are the things you need to focus on.. hair, beauty and the walk” then they would do an on the spot interview with Shani and ask her if she could remember the things that Eden just said. The editors twised the words to make it look like they were Shani’s and not Edens. The people that know her can vouch that she does not act like they portrayed her on the show. They cut in the same laugh at the end of every sentence and even changed her voice so it sounded shaky. Micky told Shani that it was important to raise the eyebrows while doing the pageant walk. Micky demonstrated then asked Shani if she could show Zoey. What a scripted joke to then put this on the show. It is very scary what they can do to a persons reputation in such a short period of time. Shani said the worst part is that she promoted the show to her co-workers and to Zoey’s school. She never dreamed that they would do what they did. She does blame herself for not having an attorney look over the contract but feels fortunate that they chose her and not Zoey to mess with. There is not one part of the show that was not premeditated by the production cast and when you tell people what to say, how to say it and what to do and how to do it… it really takes away from it being a reality show.
PennyDreadful…very very funny recap!
@Insightful Info…thank you for letting us know what really went down.
One.
Question.
Was Micki schmammered during the whole thing?
Shani did not mention if she was drinking but I will ask her. I heard from several other dance moms that attended the pageant that the production crew was purchasing shots of hard liquor for Fran the hairstylist. Fran had several meltdowns in front of the children. You would think it would be a liability to have somebody doing shots with one hand and a curling iron in the other. Andrew would go up to the mothers at the pageant and just say random, awful things to them. He did this to Karen and she didn’t know how to respond or what his point was. If this is the type of people the E Team is paying to represent little Eden they should be belly up and off the air in no time. If they want to show pageants in a positive light then they need to hire classy, respectable people.
Well, shots with the tots explains the steady stream of hair-don’ts and clown makeovers available at “Cutabitches Cocktails and Curlers”.
Who in the hell cleared Fransolonely Cutabitch to work with children? I couldn’t get a block parent sign for my window without a security clearance and background check.
Insightful info, thanks for that information. Whatever else you can tell us would be great. This has probably been said before, but I’m new here. WTF is up with this show being on the LOGO network?
Insightful– well, if she had to be taken in by a reality tv show, this would be the one because everyone knows it’s completely fabricated and set-up. And on Logo to boot. Not a big blow for your friend.
@insightful – I didn’t think the family looked bad at all, the mom seemed really skittish, but it’s nothing she should beat herself up for doing. We all know the F Team are a bunch of crazy morons and that the show is a trainwreck. Pretty obvious when Heather is the MC that the pageant is staged. Zoey was adorable (except for what Fanstupidname did to her hair) Shani should relax, the entire viewership of this nightmare is probably on this board, and even we’re hoping it’s canceled!
Ye gods and little fishes! I’ve done VoiceOver work in commercials and I’m perfectly aware of the extent to which voices can be manipulated. We all know that “reality” shows are to some extent scripted, and then directed and edited beyond all recognition. Eden and the rest of the cast know exactly what roles they are playing. But to con innocent families into being misrepresented is shameful and unethical.
This whole show is a con. I’m beginning to believe that Eden is not at all what she seems to be. Even an illiterate 7 year-old.
I don’t think the family looked bad either. The mom came off as sweet and loving; a little ditzy maybe, but who cares. The daughter was obviously well loved and very nice.
I do have to call bs though on the girl not eating since 7 am and getting spray tanned at midnight and etc. Sorry but I wouldn’t care if I were doing a show, when it’s time for my kids to eat, I’d inform that my child is eating a meal now. And when it’s 9 or 10 pm, pack your kid up and go home and put her to bed. They can’t force you to neglect your child. Maybe they pick people for shows like this that are too nice and that they feel they can push around?
HANDS DOWN.. THE SHOW IS A HOT MESS!! Eden bless her heart cannot model, act, sing, dance, or talk. Every child that she “so called” trained or coached has never won anything… so what does that tell you. They try to find these new kids and its still not working. I believe that is why Eden got out of pageants because she was either losing or starting losing and couldn’t hang with the girls her age. Mrs. Sparklebaybee couldnt buy the pageant and reality started kicking in and she couldn’t deal with it. Lets face it Mickie.. I have watched the show way before I knew you or your child that you so called famous.. which she is NOT. Some of the girls I see would kick her ass on stage and WE all know that! Get over it.. get her in school and get that damn child off of LOGO network.. Its a trainwreck. Please remove Francocklus from this show and away from children. I wouldn’t let my dead dog around that tramp. Oh and Francocklus where is your daughter at? She is not getting in on any of this.. You are another Mickie my dear friend.. Its all about YOU and not your child. I did see her on one clip but that was it.. She was looking at you like you had lost your damn mind.. LMAO.. this show is a mess.. Gosh, I will be glad when this shit is over!!! Dear Crabby, spare us but keep the recaps coming!! LMAO
@SSC- I have always wanted to put the voices in my head to work on cartoons or commercials. Very cool.
Oh it is fun. I am a character actor –with a face for VoiceOver. But hubbyCat adores me and that’s all that counts.
@ssc…so do you think Eden is 7?
Hmmmm, sheesh. The age thing just possibly might be the only real thing about this “reality” show. I’m beginning to mistrust everything. And this from a card-carrying skeptic.
Eden is 7
Insightful info, I would love to connect with Shani. My 12 year old son was adopted from Bogota, Colombia too.
Insightful, thank you for the info. But I’m confused….are you saying that LOGO just randomly called her up and said they were doing a show on adoption? They never told her the name of the show? And if they did, did she not do some research on the show beforehand? How did they even get her name? It just seems odd that LOGO would call someone out of the blue, ask them to be on a show, and the person would agree without even knowing what the show was about. If they truly misrepresented themselves – ex: fake show name, false premise – I would think your friend could sue.
Zoey dances at the same studio Adrianna does. Adrianna’s mom told the producers about Shani’s story and how she adopted Zoey and is a hard working single mom. The producers talked to Shani that night while Zoey was dancing and they said they wanted to do a show about her daughter. They did the filming the next day at 7 am and she was given the contract at that time. Shani was never given the name of the show and found out what it was a week before it aired. They also told her that it would be on Bravo and not Logo. I know when I talked to Shani she said she blames herself for trusting them and not researching it or havin an attorney look over the contract. She is a very genuine and trusting person but she did say that there was something that just didn’t seem right. They assured her that both she and her daughter would come across in a positive light. She did question the E Team being in the show mainly because she did not have a clue who they were. Shani said that everyone including Micky and Andrew seemed nice at the time. Shani’s boyfriend told the producers that he did not want to be on camera and he didn’t want his boys on it either. He refused to sign the release and they put both him and his children on the show. Both Shani and her boyfriend have thought of suing but the station, producers and E Team are so unprofessional that they are not sure if they would have a case. Shani said if they do voice overs, splice sentences and can make her twitch on the air she is pretty sure they would have no problem forging her signature on a contract. Shani said its a lesson learned, everything happened so fast but feels she does have to take some responsibility for trusting reality tv producers and not looking into protecting her daughter and herself legally. Again she is just thankful that they left Zoey alone.
Insightful, OMG… poor Shani. Her daughter is a good dancer. And she’s pretty. What cutabitch did to her was pretty bad, but you could still tell she’s a cute girl. It is probably just as well she stays away from pageants. I think dancing is much better.