*Not that Cappy, this one.
This week's episode of The Surreal Life, running nearly nonstop on VH1, continued and concluded the Sally Jesse Rafael "Dirty Laundry" segment. Last week she determined Balki, Janice, and Jose to be "real." This week, the focus would be entirely on Omarosa herself. Somewhere in between, I'm sure, Sally spent about 6 seconds each on Pepa, Caprice, and Carey Hart - equaling the airtime they've gotten all season. Something tells me that Carey's home life with Pink is far more interesting than anything Omarosa does, but I'm forced to work with what they give me. No matter how insipid.
Omarosa was justifiably nervous before her "Dirty Laundry" segment. After all, as she said herself, "My doings in the house were documented." Yes, genius, they were. You'd think you'd be aware of that by now after appearing on 5 different reality shows in the last year or so. But hey, maybe she's got the whole thing worked out... and Sally Jesse was the one to find out.
Sally issued the opening salvo; "Suppose I told you I thought you were faking it all along?"
"You'd be right," came the somewhat surprising reply. So now we've come full circle in the reality game, it appears. Instead of the old, "It was the editing," excuse, we now have those reality whores we've always known are playing it up, admitting they're playing it up. In fact, Omarosa went on to say, "America thinks I'm a big villain, I'll run with it. It pays a big check these days. This is a profession for me now." Ugh, sickening. I'll refer everyone back to my last Surreal Life recap when I implored all casting directors to ignore this wench. Sally explored this frank admission later, so I'll hold off for now.
Omarosa continued up on the panel, "I came in to this house with an agenda. I'm a professor and I'm doing my research in reality television. I look at everything from a different perspective." This not only elicited a hearty laugh from yours truly, but from Janice Dickenson as well. A professor? Like a real professor? Omarosa lives in such a meta-world of real fakeness I can't seem to wrap my head around it. Perhaps it's because I went to a real college with real professors and I have a real job where I have real work to do. Whereas Omarosa is quite obviously a real bitch in the real world playing a bitchier bitch on real shows in order to "study" the reality TV phenomenon for her professorship and forthcoming book. There is something so slimy and disgusting about that, but I don't know how to put it into words.
"Dirty Laundry Seat Filler:" What to do when your band fails
The fakish crowd at the "Dirty Laundry" taping was interesting in that they hadn't seen the show or the previous interactions between Omarosa and Janice. Yet they ooooohed and aaaahhhhed like they were told to do. I was fully expecting Ron Popeil to appear and begin cooking chickens and turkey in his little mini rotisserie ovens for this crowd. Or, more likely, an Australian guy cleaning things. What is it about Australian accents that just scream, "My overpriced product can clean things better than anything!" Anyway, the crowd was decidedly anti-Omarosa - which of course she pretended to eat up. I guess, in a sense, Omarosa is the "heel" in WWE parlance. But every heel eventually turns and becomes a good guy. What Omarosa doesn't seem to understand is that she will never be the good guy - the world really does actually find her repulsive. From her fake horse smile to her odd topiary hairweave to her over mispronunciations to her empty bravado about her supposed credentials.
And if you didn't already hate her, perhaps the next scene from the show would help. Sally set up and played a clip of Omarosa between "confessional" takes - what was she like in her little one on one scenes with Surreal Life producers? If her "just acting like the people expect me to act" story held any water, then we'd expect a sweeter Omarosa "off camera," right? Wrong.
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Comments (13)
She's a professor doing research? I wish that they would call her on her bullshit as the fame-seeking whore that she is. How about, "My fans like me when I'm naughty." She doesn't have any fans! I'm disusted with myself for watching this drek.
Although, I think that Sally Jessie looks more and more like Cousin It each time I see her.
1 of 13 | Posted by dumbanddumber | Posted on October 8, 2005 9:16 AM
"...I implored all casting directors to ignore this wench"
Amen, brother. Oma-grossa makes me sick everytime I see her now. I can't stomach watching this show for more than two nanoseconds because of her.
Memo to the producers of the next Surreal Life: Only one wacho, nutjob per cast. Watching Janice and Oma-grossa together exhaust me. Not to mention the loss of brain cells.
"...sharing a nickname with the contemptible Big Brother 6 roid raging midget".
LMAF!! "Contemptible Big Brother roid raging midget" should end up on his tombstone. It has a sort of poetic sound to it.
Say it 5 times fast:
Comtemptible Big Brother roid raging midget..
Comteptible Big Brother roid raging midget..
Eh, you get the idea..but it's kinda fun!
2 of 13 | Posted by realityfan | Posted on October 8, 2005 10:02 AM
Omarosa dserves her own Game Show where everyday people compete for the pleasure of torturing that hideous bitch to death.
3 of 13 | Posted by stevo | Posted on October 8, 2005 2:07 PM
Oh the Cappy shout out had me breaking out in a sweat.As much as I hate Omorosa and Janice I just couldnt stomach seeing "Cappy" again.
4 of 13 | Posted by runswithscissors | Posted on October 9, 2005 5:10 AM
reality fan: "Oma-grossa?" How fitting! LMAO! I was truly shocked to hear that "oma-grossa" has fans. Who are they? Demons in hell?
5 of 13 | Posted by xquizit4sure_1 | Posted on October 9, 2005 3:04 PM
After reading this, a sudden horror popped into my mind; what if Cappy would later come on the Surreal Life? I cannot stomach another show with that midget. That'd be a real nightmare.
6 of 13 | Posted by Courtney | Posted on October 9, 2005 4:24 PM
I couldn't get over how many times Caprice said "real" after the taping of Dirty Laundry. It was like she got that word stuck in her head and couldn't get it out.
7 of 13 | Posted by dahrache | Posted on October 9, 2005 4:31 PM
forget this episode, the last episode is asumn...cant stand omarosa, but janice was to blame too, janice was always fightign with her. they both want to gett too much attentinon!
8 of 13 | Posted by whocares | Posted on October 10, 2005 8:40 AM
"Acting for unscripted dramas 101 by Omarosa"? How about acting like that bitch Omarosa 101..
And what low rent, seminar-by-mail college is she teaching at? How could this woman (and by woman I mean Horse awaiting gender and species reassignment) say she was acting fake (like to her that's an act) and not offer any kind of apology to Janice for the detestible things she said to her? Sure Janice is "unique" and was experiencing that well known antibiotic high but, really, you dragged her kids into it and called her a bad mom on national TV.. I'd love to see Jedi Janey take that reality bitch down a peg or two and you know she could..
9 of 13 | Posted by bybybtchs | Posted on October 10, 2005 9:17 AM
Yea, really who is a fan of omarosa besides evil bitches?
10 of 13 | Posted by ali | Posted on October 11, 2005 7:42 AM
I think Janice should take Omarosa out. She is such a bitch.
11 of 13 | Posted by Emily | Posted on October 11, 2005 8:08 AM
Imagine a bitch fight between Omarosa and Janice.. it would be ugly..Omarosa would lose big time..it would be like those cat fights from elementary school, Janice pulling Omarosa's hair, slamming her head into the pavement. People like Omarosa need simply to be ignored, and pittied from afar.
12 of 13 | Posted by dredge | Posted on October 11, 2005 2:36 PM
I hated how Omarosa acted like everyone's professions were inferior to her "profession"("Carey jumps 50 feet over dirt," "Pepa raps and collects royalty checks"). Being a model, rapper, actor, or athlete is a much more legit job than infecting millions of televisions with her hideous horse face. I'm surprised the castmates didn't say anything about that to her, because some of them looked a little hurt. Either they are afraid of her(???) or blinded by her fakeness. At least Janice, as nutty as she is, has some balls and stands up to her.
Also, why is Sally Jesse's only gig a low-rent show within a show? I love how Omarosa was like "I went toe to toe with Sally Jesse". Yeah, an old shrill woman who's only talk show gig is on The Surreal life. Really intimidating.
If I may quote Janice, "Fake bitch!"
13 of 13 | Posted by hollabackboy | Posted on October 12, 2005 11:56 AM