I don't think Shawn Johnson was ever fat and I don't remember anyone ever saying she was fat. She says though that when she stopped competing internationally as a gymnast three years ago and started putting on weight that people said lots of hurtful things to her. What she should have told them was to f**k off. What she did instead though was bow down to the peer pressure and lose 25 pounds. I'm hoping that the weight loss is because she was training again to try and make the Olympic team and not because of what some idiot might have said on some website or message board somewhere in the world. I think she looks great on the left (2010) or the right (3 weeks ago). If you feel good about yourself then that is all that matters and not what everyone else says. Everyone else can suck it because it is you who are living with yourself and your body and if you feel good, then you look good.
The man who was convicted of stalking Shawn Johnson was sentenced this morning to 5 years in a state mental facility. This guy was one of the more scary stalkers that I have seen. I put him right up there with Ryan Seacrest's stalker and Jennifer Garner's stalker.
In case you don't remember, all of this happened while Shawn was on Dancing With The Stars. Robert O'Ryan drove across the country and was arrested when he jumped the fence at the studio where the show was taped. In his car, police found a shotgun and knife and zip ties. They were all so he could protect Shawn. Yep, that is what he said.
He also says that he communicates with celebrities telepathically and has had babies with both male and female celebrities.
For her part, Shawn testified she was scared when she heard about the guy. Umm, yeah. Hopefully he can get the help he needs.
A police officer in Loxley Alabama had an encounter with Robert O' Ryan who is the man arrested for allegedly stalking Dancing With The Stars contestant Shawn Johnson. O'Ryan was pulled over on his way to California for driving with expired tags on his license plate. He was also given a ticket for driving without insurance. During the police stop, a dashboard camera in the police car captured the entire sequence of events.
I understand the police can't know everything and we are second guessing which is much easier, but here is the conversation they had, and you tell me what should have been done.
The policeman asked O'Ryan where he was heading. "California," replied O'Ryan who went on to say he was meeting a friend. "Who is she," asked the officer. "Shawn Johnson," mumbled O'Ryan. "She's an Olympic gymnast. She's on TV now."
During the 29 minute stop, O'Ryan talked about Johnson at least three times, and when asked if he'd ever spoken to her personally, he said only in his dreams.
He also said that he was going to marry her. OK, see to me that is a red flag. You have a guy driving on expired tags in Alabama talking about marrying a woman he has seen only on television and never spoken to personally. At what point if you are the policeman do you start asking more detailed questions? I mean in 29 minutes he kept bringing her name up repeatedly, and each time was more bizarre. Again, I know we are second guessing and that policeman had no way of knowing the guy was going to buy some guns and duct tape and get her to marry him that way. The policeman also has much more experience dealing with people he has pulled over and it was 29 minutes, so he was being very careful.
The policeman didn't know who Shawn Johnson was and maybe he thought the guy was just trying to impress the cop. I do know that if O'Ryan had been successful with his kidnap plot or marriage proposal or whatever he is calling it, this tape would have been much more than just a curiosity thing.
What do you do if you are a former Playboy bunny who loves taking off her clothes, but still can't manage to beat an overweight computer geek in a dance competition? Well, if the contest involves a nationwide audience you make them feel sorry for you. Holly Madison spread some story around yesterday that she had a possible broken rib. A possible broken rib? Has anyone ever broken their rib? Yeah, when you break your rib, you know it. There is nothing possible about it.
All Holly was doing was trying to get the story out there so people would feel sorry for her. Just for good measure she also added that she had been suffering excruciating pain through her performance on Dancing With The Stars last week and yet, she wouldn't quit on the viewing audience. Yeah. Whatever. She is just trying to get sympathy votes because if she loses to Steve Wozniak, no one will ever let her live it down. Plus she could use the bonus money for staying an additional week or two.
Late yesterday her rep said that it turns out Holly doesn't have a broken rib. Hell, she doesn't even have bruised ribs. Instead, the rep said, "While she is not suffering from a broken rib, she does continue to feel a great deal of discomfort and was prescribed pain medication." Yeah, well I feel a great deal of discomfort everyday when I have to get up in the morning. Discomfort? See, but no one saw the statement from the rep. All anyone saw yesterday was that Holly had a possible broken rib.
She still is going home this week. There is no way she is going to win if that is what she is thinking. I don't care how many guys she sleeps with between now and the end of the show or how many times she autographs photos of her breasts, no one is going to vote off a woman who was stalked. Shawn Johnson is going to win. Having someone come after you with a loaded gun and duct tape trumps "great deal of discomfort" everyday.
