Reality TV Stars Who Should Just Go Away
By Mindy Monez, TWoP | Friday, June 26, 2009, 6:40 PM
Jon Gosselin
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TLC has announced that the network has no plans to include Jon Gosselin's alleged girlfriend Deanna Hummel in future episodes of "Jon & Kate Plus 8" -- we're guessing in order to spare us the grossness of it all. We wish that other shows would be that considerate. Here are a few suggestions for reality stars we wouldn't mind seeing relegated to behind-the-scenes-only action from now on.
Kara and Randy ("American Idol")
For a show that did such an aggressive job trimming the fat from this season, it's just astounding that these two are most likely coming back for another season of wasting our time onscreen.
Chris Harrison ("The Bachelor")
He has literally nothing to do on this show, and he's so clearly miserable. Maybe he could set up the little contestant 8x10s before the Bachelor/Bachelorette has to stare at them wistfully at the end of each episode? He'd be good at putting inanimate things on another inanimate thing, being inanimate himself.
Kelly Rowland ("The Fashion Show")
She seems like a sweet girl; we don't want her to be jobless. She can still run around giving non-advice to the contestants while they're working. Doesn't mean anybody has to film it.
Samantha Harris ("Dancing With the Stars")
Samantha Harris is the kind of person we almost feel bad for -- she seems to be incapable of getting any better at reading cue cards and interviewing people about some simple thing like dancing a dance well or poorly.
Stephanie Pratt ("The Hills")
Her sole function on this show has always been to go back and forth between Spencer and Lauren to fuel drama, but now that LC's left the show, Steph can just hold someone's umbrella or whatnot off-screen.
Ty Pennington ("Extreme Makeover: Home Edition")
He's annoying and he looks more and more like Wile E. Coyote every day. That's all.
Jill Zarin's Mom ("The Real Housewives of New York")
Sorry, but the woman isn't nearly as compelling television as Jill is convinced she is. If she feels the need to have some tear-jerking heart-to-heart with Bethenny again, please do it in private.
Damien and Myleene ("I'm a Celebrity... Get Me Out of Here!")
These two were really bad hosts and harbingers of perpetual filler. How dull do you have to be to be less entertaining than Patti Blagojevich pariah-ing around the jungle? Very, that's how much!
TALK ABOUT IT: Which reality TV star should consider a career away from the camera?
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