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Survivor: Samoa — Laura Missed Her Family Most

Ryan Haidet — Sat, 21 Nov 2009 19:00:04 +0000

After one of her own allies turned on the Galu alliance, Laura Morett was the latest contestant booted from Survivor: Samoa. Her ouster was a major blindside after a tie vote made the situation seem deadlocked. John put a stop to that and switched his ballot for Laura during the re-vote, which was the snuffing point to her torch. In a conference call with reporters, Laura revealed lots about her experience. She touched on her elimination, evil Russell, her secret alliance and how she was actually supposed to be on another reality show. Plus, Laura made a remark about some history she has with a fellow Galu member — then CBS stepped in and hushed that entire discussion. This is a good one…

Question: Were you surprised John voted against you?

Laura Morett: I was more surprised that he didn’t write my name down in the first vote. I knew he was coming for me. What’s really not shown on there is Brett and I have a really tight alliance. I knew when Russell Swan was still on the show that John was threatened by me and he wanted me out. I knew that he had thrown out both Mike and my name earlier. So when this opportunity came up to get rid of me and it wasn’t even his original idea, I knew he would be on board.

Question: How frustrating was it that Russell kept finding every Idol?

Laura: I was out at that bridge all day, I don’t know when he found it. That’s all I can say about that.

Question: Did you know Russell had found the third Idol?

Laura: I so wish you could see all the footage to that, it was hilarious. You have this little two-foot menehune, Russell, like a cat and mouse running through the jungle, jumping over things. And you have Dave behind him, and it was actually comical ’cause Russell was being really funny about it. He was like, “Come on Dave, keep up with me.” He’s running through the jungle and Dave is chasing him.

I choose to follow the other guy — Jaison — who just likes to walk. Lucky for me, I’m walking behind him. We did that for about an hour, and then we see Russell back at camp. He goes and lays in the hammock, hands above his head, pretty much like he had the mouse’s tail hanging out of his mouth. He was laying there like life is good. We’re like, “That turkey found it. He found it. Darn it!” We were suspicious at that point, so when we just see him lounging around we’re like, “He’s got another one. He got another one.”

Question: Were you surprised with Russell’s moves?

Laura: Yes. I knew he was creepy. You can’t hide creepy. You meet somebody and you immediately know, “OK, this guy creeps me out.” But I had no idea he was burning socks; he was pouring water out. Mind you, all we do is after our challenges, is we go back to our camp, they go back to theirs. And we don’t see them until the next challenge.

Question: What brought Erik’s elimination?

Laura: When Russell Swan was still on the show, Brett comes to me — what people don’t know is that me and Brett have a tight alliance — Brett is telling me everything that the guys are saying. Brett comes to me and he says, “Lo Lo, the guys want you and Monica gone. They want you gone, they’re really worried about your alliance.” Then, the next challenge comes up, after Russell is gone, I get sent over to Foa Foa, I come back for the challenge, I’m standing on the mat and Brett leans over and says, “Lo Lo, they want to throw this challenge and send you home.” Meaning Erik, John and Shambo. Brett goes, “Dave and I aren’t going to do it. We are not throwing it.” … I knew at that point how serious it was. John and Erik were willing to throw a challenge to get rid of me.

So we come to Erik’s show and we were all going with Jaison. Jaison was going to be the name voted. But we see Erik out talking to Foa Foa. We have Dave talking to Kelly out in the jungle, the same time Natalie comes in and says, “Erik just told us that we can stay in the game if we vote for Monica.” Which is totally true, which isn’t the first time I’ve heard this. Kelly comes in the shelter and says, “Laura, Dave just told me that they’re going to vote for Monica tonight.” And it was that instant I said, “Erik’s gotta go. We’ve got to get rid of Erik.”

Question: Did you ever think twice about getting rid of one of your numbers?

Laura: No because at that time we knew we still had the numbers. We knew we didn’t have Shambo, but we knew we still had the numbers at that point. So, no.

Question: What was behind the division between you and Shambo?

Laura: That’s a really good question. It’s tough watching it, and it’s tough as me being cast as Medusa and the mean one. I guess I would challenge anybody to show me one thing that I did to be mean to her. Believe me, if I did something mean, CBS would show it. CBS would be playing it again and again and again. I didn’t do anything to her. She, I think, was threatened by the fact that every time we’d go to a challenge and they’d say, “OK you need your strongest girl and your strongest guy,” the team would be, “Lo Lo (Laura), you’re our strongest girl.” It’s like, “Thanks. Shambo is really going to hate me now.” … My mother is full Hawaiian, so I’m very familiar with the islands. People would come to me and say, “Hey Lo Lo (her Hawaiian name), how do you do this? How do you weave this?” The people were always after me on how to do things. I’m sure that probably irritated her — she wanted to be the go-to. I think the final straw was the relationship I had with everybody else. … I think she hated the fact that I got along with everybody and she felt isolated. I don’t know. The better question would be to ask her.

Question: So you think Shambo was more jealous of you?

Laura: I don’t know if that’s the word of it. I wish there was a better word to say that, ’cause that sounds so petty to say somebody was just jealous of you. I think she was just hurt that the tribe didn’t see her as the strong one. They didn’t see her as the one to go-to. I don’t know. That’s the question you need to ask her. I just know that she didn’t like me. I was not mean to her, they would show the footage on the TV of me being mean to her if I was — but they don’t have any.

Question: Would you say Brett was your closest ally?

Laura: Brett, as a matter of fact, if he would’ve won that challenge, he was giving me the necklace — and I have no doubt in my mind that he would have. It was kind of an under-the-radar move. We have a bit of a history, and nobody knew how tight we were.

NOTE: Later on in the interview, Laura was asked a question from another reporter regarding this “history” with Brett that nobody knew about. Here’s how it went.

Question: You mentioned that you and Brett have a history, is that related to you both being from Salem (Oregon)?

Laura: Yes.

Question: So you knew each other in Salem?

Laura: Umm…

NOTE: This is the moment when a CBS representative stepped into the call:

CBS: I don’t want her going into that whole area guys.

NOTE: Everything regarding that discussion was dropped immediately. Interesting, though…Back to the rest of the interview.

Question: What was the hardest part of the Survivor experience?

Laura: By far, being away from my family that long. It’s so tough when you’re in the game. I’ve been married almost 22 years — more than half of my life. I have great kids, an amazing granddaughter, and when they come to your mind, it does no good to think about them. It just makes you sad. You would have to consciously push those thoughts out of your mind and it was really hard to do that.

Question: How did you get selected for the show?

Laura: I originally was going to be on The Amazing Race with my partner Jodi. Pretty much right before we were getting ready to leave, they said, “Good news, bad news. Good news is Jodi you’re going on, bad news is Laura you’re cut. We want two flight attendants.” Jodi was on Amazing Race, she grabbed another partner and went on that. I was stuck at home thinking, “No, you want me!” Clearly the Lord has different plans for me because it was minutes after I got OK with it, Survivor called and said, “We have a spot on Survivor, would you be interested? We want you to come to LA and audition.” So I did.

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Heidi And Spencer Pratt Celebrate Anniversary Separately

Britteny Elrick — Sat, 21 Nov 2009 18:00:48 +0000

Well, it’s been exactly one year since Spencer and Heidi Pratt eloped in Cabo San Lucas. Of course, they had to redo the wedding in California, partly for legal purposes and partly for ratings purposes. So how do they plan to celebrate the anniversary of their wedded bliss?

The couple appeared on Jimmy Kimmel Live on Thursday to talk about their anniversary plans for the next day. “My spirit will be with my wife, but my body will be ringside at my business partner’s [boxing match],” said Spencer.

Does that mean that poor Heidi will be sitting at home depressed? Not a chance. “I’ll take his credit card, be in Beverly Hills shopping, and never look back,” she said. “And I have three puppies, so I’ll take them. I like cooking more for them anyway.”

The newlyweds went on to say that they can’t wait to renew their vows, however, it’s questionable what their intentions are for doing so. “I want the dresses,” Heidi joked, as she alluded to the idea of five or six more ceremonies down the road.

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Kim Kardashian Denies Plastic Surgery Rumors

Britteny Elrick — Sat, 21 Nov 2009 16:00:40 +0000

Star magazine is at it again and they sure love to pick on the Kardashian girls. This time, they are claiming that Kim Kardashian had surgery to make her nose and lips smaller. Keep reading to hear Kim’s response…

Kim is not only denying the rumors, she is laughing at them. “Why would someone want smaller lips?! LOL” Kim wrote on her blog.

Apparently, Star ran a side-by-side of Kim with a 15 pound weight difference. “Your face always looks different when you lose weight, plus with the contouring on my nose it gives the illusion of a thinner nose. I actually think my nose looks smaller in the first pic than it does in the second. It’s ridiculous… it’s all about the makeup and the angle from which the photo was taken!” she added.

“I guess it’s a compliment to my makeup artist that he does such a good job contouring my nose that it appears smaller,” she continued. “But hey, Star mag thinks it looks smaller… yay! My dream come true, hahaha!”

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Heidi Klum Talks About Walking Runway After Baby

Britteny Elrick — Fri, 20 Nov 2009 22:00:07 +0000

At first, Heidi Klum said she wasn’t in a rush to get back into shape after her fourth baby. When asked if she would be walking in the Victoria Secret Fashion show, she said most likely not. Sike! Last Thursday, Heidi ditched her hosting duty during the New York City show and strutted her stuff…

Right before going on the runway, Heidi told Usmagazine.com, “I am excited. I’m keeping it all together.” But all of the excitement didn’t mean that she forgot about her little ones at home. “She’s great,” Heidi told Us of her newborn baby girl. “I pre-pumped a lot of milk, left it in the freezer.”

So how is the weight loss coming along? “Every time it’s the same,” she said. “You know, if you kind of gain 45 pounds, then it takes time to kind of go down again.”

Christian Siriano, former Project Runway winner, was stunned with how great Heidi looked. “She looked amazing!” he told Us at an after party. “You’re going to die. She looks — oh my god! — she looks so good!”

The Victoria’s Secret Fashion Show airs Dec. 1 at 10 p.m. on CBS.

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Karina Smirnoff Weighs In On Aaron Carter’s IRS Trouble

Britteny Elrick — Fri, 20 Nov 2009 20:00:14 +0000

Aaron Carter’s Dancing With The Stars partner is reassuring the world that he is just fine after being billed with over a million dollars in back taxes. On Wednesday, Karina Smirnoff spoke with Usmagazine.com about the bad news while hanging out at the Launch of the Behold III by Samsung event.

Karina insisted that Aaron is doing great despite the large sum of money that he will soon be shoveling out to the IRS. “He’s dealing with it as maturely and professionally as he can,” Smirnoff told Usmagazine.com. “I don’t see why he can be held responsible,” she said. “He was a baby when all that [tax evasion] happened.”

Then, of course, she admitted that she might be a bit biased. “But,” she continued, “I’m not IRS and I guess that’s the reason why I’m not. But, he’s a great guy. I think he’s doing an amazing job. Very proud of him!”

Aaron’s manager released the following statement: “It is unfortunate that while Aaron was a minor, his finances were grossly mismanaged by his previous team which has lead to the current situation of which he was unaware of until today.”

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Top Chef Las Vegas: Eli Kirshtein Exit Interview

Britteny Elrick — Fri, 20 Nov 2009 18:00:30 +0000

Eli Kirshtein was so close to the top 4 on Top Chef: Las Vegas he could smell it. Unfortunately, he was cut last Wednesday night after serving undercooked food in the culinary Olympics. Eli spoke to PEOPLE about how he deserved to go home and the drama among the chefs, Robin in particular…

People: Was it a fair final challenge [Bocuse d'Or]? It required you all to cook in a style that was so different from what’s expected on Top Chef.

Eli: The most notable thing was that was the next to last day of us being there. At that point in the competition, there was a huge emotional strain and it had been really prolonged. You’re really tired at that point, so everyone was looking at that challenge as a finish line. It was a milestone to get to that challenge — and get through that challenge.

People: Did you understand why the judges kicked you off? Did you think your lamb was inedible?

Eli: I totally understand what their perspective was. One of the things I always feel is arbitrary is the judges’ opinions. Across the board, they’re probably right about it — but I also know that I ate [my lamb] and I felt it was good. I feel as if there was a mental block at a certain point where [judges] said, “This is underdone to me,” without eating it or trying it.

People: Do you regret anything you said about Robin now that you’ve had time to think about your relationship?

Eli: First of all, I don’t think that I said anything out of malice. Specifically with the comments about cancer, I feel as if I said something that probably other people were thinking. I also would not be surprised if I was the only one who said it in the interview room; I just happened to be the one who got the edit on it. I feel as if you look back in the way she handled herself [with] the other contestants [and] it was absurd and unprofessional. It’s that simple.

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