Blind Items Revealed #13
October 8, 2015
You would think that the title of biggest pain in reality television would probably go to a Kardashian. Nope. Not even close. As much as I dislike them personally, they generally show up on time and are always ready to work. No big demands either. Some of the Real Housewives are huge divas but for the most part they need the show more than the show needs them so they don’t try and cross the line. Even NeNe. The biggest pain in all of reality television is this A lister. You pretty much have to be A list to cause this kind of pain and turmoil. If you were anything less, you would get fired and replaced. It all started when she got her job. She basically spent her entire waking time destroying the person she ended up replacing. Whispered in ears, whether at an event or in bed. She got her boyfriend at the time to spend hundreds of thousands of dollars so she could throw parties and dinners for the executives of the show and network. The next thing you know, the original host was gone and this celebrity who essentially came out of nowhere landed the job. From day one she insisted she be paid the most of anyone on the show. Not just the most, but double what anyone else was making. This coming from a person who had never made more than scale before.
When she was nominated for an Emmy and didn’t win she accused the network of not spending enough money on promoting her campaign. She went into rages because she didn’t have billboards and full page ads in the trade publications touting her. Despite the nature of the program she insists on working as little as possible. Often people are waiting for her for hours. They can’t proceed without her and are held hostage basically until she decides to show up or deems herself camera ready. When her work is done she does not talk to anyone on the show. She treats the crew like crap. She treats the people appearing on the show like crap. The only time she is ever nice to anyone is if there is some celebrity on the show who is higher in status than her. The thing is, everyone is scared to fire her. They keep hoping she will get another job and quit. There are some on the show who want it to take a hiatus for a season or two so she will move on and they can bring it back without her.
Padma Lakshmi
23 comments:
I think the world can survive w/o a tv show called Iron Chef and that's the main reason there is no hiatus to get rid of her. The second reason is she is probably screwing the Big Boss, so they cant get rid of her.
it's top chef. and i don't believe tom c would be afraid of anyone.
Nice @Tricia13 with the nail!
my bad on the title--they are just a blur nowadays there are so many.
She's a nothing without the show. Get rid of her.
Thanks Rory!
Even if the bribery via gifts/parties is true, I honestly do not think it would have taken much effort for anyone to convince producers to replace season one's host, Katie Lee Joel. Katie was really terrible as a host and only had that job because of her husband Billy Joel (who, by the way, is older than her own father and she met him in the Hamptons while her family was on vacation w friends... She was in college at the time-- we went to college together. She was super bland then too).
Padma always struck me as a next-level hooker who bypasses the cash and instead demands shares of a hedge funds or some other investment that will accrue value. She knows how big time hooking is done, apparently.
Runaway! Runaway!
Even while reading about her, I want to: Runaway!
I don't think I'd even want to be in the same room as a person like her.
I don't get why they would be afraid to fire her. I like her on the show, but I wouldn't stop watching it if she wasn't the host anymore.
I always wished Top Chef did not have Padma as hosts. Love the show but always felt she is a bad fit and she talks weird too...
She must know things. She is NOT A list.
I can proudly say that she is not famous enough for me to know who she is.
next-level hooker!! like that's a bad thing?
as opposed to getting a purse or some dress?
I just wish they'd make Gail Simmons the main host, instead of a secondary host. She's funny, relatable, and actually knows about food. I've heard a lot of complaints about Padma.
Gail > Padma
Doesn't anyone remember she was married to acclaimed author Salman Rushdie!!!!! I think Katie Lee Joel is absolutely adorable and really pretty.
I think she and tom c. bang now and again.
Good point. I really can't see Tom taking crap from anyone, unless he is sleeping with her.
I'm not surprised. This is a woman who got pregnant by the dell creator on purpose and somehow managed to get the rich old banker Teddy Forstman to include her daughter in his will.
Typical sociopathic behaviour, I think there must be a very disproportionate number of that 3% in the entertainment biz.
+1 on Gail Simmons being the host. Padma is beautiful but that whole next level hooker examole someone gave on here seems spot on, kudos. I don't remember Katie on season 1. But I never understood why Padma hosted, does she even cook?
I am glad to see my irrational hatred is validated
She is a vile POS, opportunistic rat who somehow crawled from the gutter and refuses to go back
Horrid, stupid woman. Rushdie >>> Lakshmi
Tom Colicchio is the star of that show. They should shitcan Padma, amp up Gail's role (if she'll do it) and find another judge.
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