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Originally Posted by BetteDavisEyes
About last night's episode, Rumble in the Jungle. Just some thoughts:
1. I find it interesting that the pageant director also just happens to be the talent agent for both Eden & Alexis who coincidentally just happen to win the top 2 titles at this pageant.  While I don't agree with the mom who said the pageant was made just for Eden's benefit, I do think it was ultimately set up so that the top winners were members of this woman's pageant agency & since Eden is their headliner...
2. I laughed when one of the judges said that absolutely the director influences how judges vote. Gee. You think?
3. To the whining mom, if you're unhappy your child took only the title of Princess, maybe next time work with her so that she doesn't just stand in front of the judges with a "deer in the headlights" look. That doesn't tend to impress judges. Also, her being upset & saying she never would have competed if she had known Eden would be there was lame. If you can't run with the big dogs, then get out of the show.
4. Was anyone one else disturbed at the scene where Alexis was at the chiropractor's office getting an adjustment? 
5. GROSS to seeing Eden shave that man's belly. Just nasty.
6. Lastly, I'm still trying to figure out the "mystique" that is Eden b/c frankly, I don't find her that cute, I don't see any talent whatsoever in her (though to be fair, I don't see talent in the majority of the contestants) and her stage "presence" is actually mildly creepy. |
Co-sign on everything you said.
Eden: Hubby had to walk out of the room when Eden started screaming her song. Which, by the way, sucked on so many levels. Her "agent" wrote that? All the kid did was yell incoherently (for a fun time, check out Eden's interview on "The Talk". Leah Remini's face is priceless).
They actually dragged that little girl to malls to sing her wretched "song". I wonder how many people left the mall early that day because of her "performance".
Mikki Wood - Eden's mother - is a freak. Sorry, lady, but a "TWO MILLION DOLLAR CONTRACT!" is nothing these days. Your kid isn't an actor, singer, or entertainer in any form. She walks around a stage like she has a pole up her bum while blinking at the judges. It's not a talent. I think that everyone has a talent, but the entertainment industry isn't the place for Eden.
And the moment when Eden was throwing a hissy and her mother put her head to Eden's, my stomach literally dropped. I thought the poor kid had gone catatonic thanks to the stress that witch puts on her. "She had a choice", Mikki said. Yeah, she chose not to disappoint her freak of a mother who has spent more than $100K in exchange for some cheap plastic crowns and dubious titles.
Gabrielle
That poor 3-yo. The way her mother was pulling and yanking and throwing her around on camera made me wonder just how rough she is with her when the cameras aren't rolling. The mother got so mean, and the way she spoke to her - she could barely control her anger then, I don't want to know how much she lets it out on that kid. It made me very, very sad.
And what was up with the kid sticking her butt out like that? She even did it while being interviewed. If we had done that as kids, my mom would have smacked us til kingdom come. Ladies don't do that. Not even 3-year old girls. The mother thought it was funny. I found it vulgar.
Alexis
Now she is a gorgeous girl (and very poised) but she needs to stop telling everyone how pretty she is. They all do. It's their damn mothers telling them that they are prettier than everyone else, because conceit isn't pretty. Right now, she seems very sweet. I don't remember her throwing any fits. She was a little kid without being a brat like most of the kids we see on the show.