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I ask myself: How much more do we, the TRF audience, have to put up with from Sarah ??
I ask myself: How much more do we, the TRF audience, have to put up with from Sarah ??
Apparently 'anything' for publicity does not include appearing in Big Brother
Sarah Ferguson denies signing up for Celebrity Big Brother 2011 | Unreality TV
Was the 60 minutes interview shot in Australia? If so I wonder why she went there. I haven't watched 60 minutes for years, but it used to be a pretty hard hitting, well researched program w/ expose style journalism. If it's still like that then whomever advised her to go on the show did her no favors, she didn't fare well in the short 10 questions Time interview and that was pretty soft, IMO, the reporter/editor backed down pretty fast, somebody should have known 60 min.s wouldn't back down so easily.
Interesting that her excuse for her behavior in the 60 minutes interview is "I was entrapped" wasn't that one of the excuses for the cash for access deal? Her team needs to get together and come up with some new excuses, the ones she's been using lately are getting a bit worn out.
I wonder where she got this Australian publicist?Ok, in the US probably Oprah's team arranged the TV appearances and interviews and thanks to Oprah's influence, they were really soft on her. Maybe Australia is next for "Finding Sarah"? Or she felt that this country/continent is worth a try, as she was well received down under as a young Royal. But I doubt Oprah has influence in Australia, so now come the real questions.
Or maybe she was set up again by her "publicist"? I mean - he did create a big story,,, And the "F..." word is really damaging for his "client" Sarah, so I'm not sure in whose interest he works.
I'm beginning to wonder if perhaps Sarah believes that when she does an interview, that she should be deferred to and that in no way should they overstep the boundaries that would put her into a bad light. Perhaps she doesn't realize that the programs and the interviewers are not seeing Sarah as royalty (or even ex-royalty) or even the mother of princesses, but see a woman that's created a few waves by her own actions and are asking questions relating to this?
As to Big Brother, I think Sarah wouldn't last beyond the first show.
Nobody there would act deferentially towards her, and it could ruin what's left of her reputation of media personality.
Kind of like another redhead that was always getting herself in some sort of "fix" and had 'splainin' to do.
Ok, in the US probably Oprah's team arranged the TV appearances and interviews and thanks to Oprah's influence, they were really soft on her.
Actually, she is demonstrating at these moments that she has the inner where-withal to be an interviewer, to be in media. I know that pinches some folks - but its true. She's a character - developing a public persona with a backbone - she could do it - if she gets real, if she gets honest. I wonder...
BLASPHEMY!!! You dare compare Sarah to Lucy? Hang your head in shame, Osipi.
What? Where do you get this 'fact'? Whether or not 'Oprah's team' arranges interviews to promote 'Finding Sarah' - loooonnnnggggg since over - only happened prior to the show's airing, certainly not since - there is no 'thanks to Oprah's influence'. No one - not even Oprah (being the journalist she is) - would be 'soft' on Sarah. Oprah does not wield - nor attempt to wield - that kind of 'influence'.
I'm beginning to wonder if perhaps Sarah believes that when she does an interview, that she should be deferred to and that in no way should they overstep the boundaries that would put her into a bad light. Perhaps she doesn't realize that the programs and the interviewers are not seeing Sarah as royalty (or even ex-royalty) or even the mother of princesses, but see a woman that's created a few waves by her own actions and are asking questions relating to this?
If things were pre approved then what was the problem looking at the video? She already knew he was going to ask about it. I must admit Sarah comes across as arrogant and rude and as we all know it isn't the first time. To demand things get deleted like she should be obeyed. I really think she needs to be reminded she is no longer a Duchess just a sort of celebrity known for who she was once married too. It also drives me crazy that she and others continue to call her The Duchess even on her own website it is The Duchess this and The Duchess that. The Queen needs to do something because even though she is no longer a member of the RF there are some who look at interviews like this and still link her to the family.
I don't know why she even did the interview I haven't heard anything about her show being bought over here unless it is to promote her book?
I guess Oprah didn't help Sarah Find herself clearly she hasn't learnt anything.
If she admitted it and said she was truly sorry and answer questions honestly people would move on.
But it is clear she isn't telling the truth and the press will continue to help her on her way down.
It looks like she is in Royal Lodge again so she hasn't moved out.
Makes you wonder what she learnt from Dr Phil and why with all the money she has made recently she hasn't gotten her own place! Someone should ask her that.
For a start, it is a horrible thing to say, but with aristocratic men, so often personal qualities don't count as much as beauty does - remember Earl Spencer during his Funeral Oration praising his sister for her beauty - yet beauty is NOT an attribute, it's a gift. Carefully photographed and lit in a tv studio under the sympathetic direction of Oprah, or airbrushed on the book jacket of 'Finding Sarah', Sarah looks a beguiling, unlined Titian Goddess. Caught in a true light, she looks unattractive and lined. At nearly 52, she is not going to attract a wealthy man on her looks........
Looks should not matter in an ideal world, only sweetness of character etc [although I am not sure that I would even attribute that much to poor old Sarah at the moment...] but unfortunately in this world how you look is very important.
I have mentioned elsewhere several times in other posts I have made that I actually met Sarah shortly before Diana's marriage, and I had seen her around at Polo numerous times before that. She was badly dressed [not a crime of course] and was very loud - if not actually shouting [which she almost always was] everything about her, from her whoomph whoomph walk to her loud, braying voice, suggested noise.
She was known as 'Fergie' or, mostly, 'Fat Fergie', [to distinguish her from her polo-playing Father, who was also known as ' Fergie' to many], or, even worse as 'The Ginger Lump', because her rather uncontrolled hair was carrot-coloured and she was covered in freckles which all contributed to an orange glow. Horrid to judge a person on her looks, but as I have said, that is unfortunately what an awful lot of people do. The other problem was that Sarah's very ordinary looks stood out because her mother, Susan Barrantes, was an acknowledged beauty [even though the sun was beginning to damage her looks].
Sarah also had no wealth of her own [not that she needed it, but Diana was the beneficiary of a trust fund, which had also funded the purchase of her flat at Coleherne Court.] Even worse for Sarah, moral standards were a little more strict 25 or 30 years ago, certainly in public. With two public lovers behind her [Kim Smith-Bingham and Paddy McNally] Sarah was not much of a catch in the eyes of the eligible men [or more importantly, their mothers, many of whom were also a bit dubious about the daugher of a well-known Bolter.] Sarah's sudden accession to the status of Royal Bride and wife to the then admired [war hero] Prince Andrew, rocketted Sarah to the very top of Society. As a result of this 'lucky catch'. Sarah seems to have developed a sense of entitlement over the years, and this is now coming through in practically every tv appearance or interview that she now does.....
Diarist, great post as always. My question is why did Andrew not fall into the same category as most of the other people in that group? Did Fergie simply overwhelm him? Was she so different from the others that he was stunned?
Very nice for those of her staff who received only a fraction of what they were owed under the Individual Voluntary Agreement [as such things are known in England] drawn up to help a person avoid Bankruptcy
Alex
She was known as 'Fergie' or, mostly, 'Fat Fergie', [to distinguish her from her polo-playing Father, who was also known as ' Fergie' to many], or, even worse as 'The Ginger Lump', because her rather uncontrolled hair was carrot-coloured and she was covered in freckles which all contributed to an orange glow. Horrid to judge a person on her looks, but as I have said, that is unfortunately what an awful lot of people do. The other problem was that Sarah's very ordinary looks stood out because her mother, Susan Barrantes, was an acknowledged beauty [even though the sun was beginning to damage her looks].
Sarah also had no wealth of her own [not that she needed it, but Diana was the beneficiary of a trust fund, which had also funded the purchase of her flat at Coleherne Court.] Even worse for Sarah, moral standards were a little more strict 25 or 30 years ago, certainly in public. With two public lovers behind her [Kim Smith-Bingham and Paddy McNally] Sarah was not much of a catch in the eyes of the eligible men [or more importantly, their mothers, many of whom were also a bit dubious about the daugher of a well-known Bolter.]
Alex, I always look forward to your posts because you give a glimpse into a world I cannot even imagine. According to this article, Sarah did not enter into an official IVA, indeed it was the 'extra' payments to 2 of her former employees by 'friends of Sarah' that created more headlines. Although, with the exception of these 2, everyone else got 25% of what they were actually owed. I don't know english law as it relates to insolvency, but I was under the impression that an IVA had restrictions and required payments to creditors going forward for up to 5 years by the debtor.
Prince Andrew used 'shady' ex Tory Treasurer to pay Fergie debt in secret deal | Mail Online
This gives an interesting take on Sarah and money, from over a year ago.
The Duchess And The Scandal: Fergie
I find it so odd that she claims to be a philanthropist yet is so irresponsible in meeting her obligations/commitments to those she worked personally with. My grandmother had a saying - charity starts at home- in other words before you go running around trying to save the world, you should demonstrate that you can take responsibility for yourself. That's an interview I'd like to see - how she justifies treating others so callously financially while she waltzes around 'doing good.'
Not sure what she thinks she'll gain going forward with these ongoing interviews. "Brand Sarah' (her words) is seriously flawed and there are, after all, younger, more interesting and 'real' royals now - Zara (I know Zara is technically a commoner - but you get my drift) and Harry come to mind and they actually do something other than try to be famous.
I don't understand it; just because she didn't have perfectly good looks, we are supposed to sympathize. Lots of kids grow up looking like potatoes, but they don't spend their lives getting involved in one shady deal after another. Or committing chronic adultery wiht a variety of men.
Diarist, great post as always. My question is why did Andrew not fall into the same category as most of the other people in that group? Did Fergie simply overwhelm him? Was she so different from the others that he was stunned?