Karen vs Katarina
Sandra Bee
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Did anyone else feel that Karen had a problem with Katarina last night?
Her sour puss was even sourer and there were a few dagger looks aimed at the amiable Katarina. Of course it's the first time that a female judge has been..........
more attractive
more talented
more experienced
more relevant
......than her. That might be it. In fact, what is the point of Karen. She might have a lot to do behind the scenes but why doesn't she stay there.
She hated it last year when Jason questioned her judgement so she should refrain from questioning Katarina's.
Her sour puss was even sourer and there were a few dagger looks aimed at the amiable Katarina. Of course it's the first time that a female judge has been..........
more attractive
more talented
more experienced
more relevant
......than her. That might be it. In fact, what is the point of Karen. She might have a lot to do behind the scenes but why doesn't she stay there.
She hated it last year when Jason questioned her judgement so she should refrain from questioning Katarina's.
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The way i saw it was that Katarina was being decidedly mean with her scoring and that Karen didn't entirely agree with the marks she was giving out.
IRL Karen is not the lovely sweet person everyone seems to think she is believe me .
I'll now wait to be attacked.
Katarina's scores were lower than the other judges, but they weren't horribly low, and it's all relative and the contestants seem to get that. Katarina even commented on how she was the low scoring judge long before Karen jumped in on the subject. It proved why Karen doesn't belong on the judging panel by saying that she should have taken account of the injuries in the scores.
Not attacking at all....but you know this how? Do you know in real life? Have real life experiences of her? We cannot really say people on TV are this or that if we do not know them personally can we??
As for those who say she is not a nice human being, let's see the evidence. She is, undoubtedly one of the greatest athletes ever to pull on a pair of ice skates, so I think we can take it as read that she knows what she is talking about.
To be fair, although her English is quite fluent, it isn't perfect and she does occasionally struggle to find precisely the right word to convey her meaning, which could give rise to misunderstandings. The obvious example of that was when she described Chemmy as a 'big woman', which is technically correct because that is exactly what she is. Whether Katarina knew that 'big' is an English euphemism for 'fat' when referring to a woman, is another matter. The classic example of that sort of thing was John F. Kennedy announcing, "Ich bin ein Berliner" at the Berlin Wall. He thought he was saying, "I am a Berliner" (a citizen of Berlin). What he actually said was, "I am a sausage."
Yes .
Yes to which part?:)
The IRL part:)
Meaning what, exactly?
David , I would prefer not to go into detail on a public forum , if thats ok.
I was just giving my opinion thats all. I don't have to justify it . No one else seems to offer evidence for their opinions. An opinion is just that , someone else may find her charming.
I was also questioning Karen's function on the show last ight. She is a coach for the practices, ok, nut why is she on the show?
She is Chris Dean's squeeze so that presumably gives her a right to be there? The camera kept going to her to see her wiping the tears:rolleyes:. I guess that is her function - to cry for the ones who dont make the grade.
I know all of them, Chris, Jane, Karen, Nicky.from the 80's. Never really took to Karen, or Nicky for that matter.If she cant behave in a professional manner she should not be there,
Wrong. I always justify mine and I am not the only one. I am careful never to make unjustified disparaging comments about anybody.
I get the impression from your remarks that you have a low opinion of Katarina Witt's character. Am I mistaken? You seem happy enough to let us know that you don't like her, but rather coy about telling us why?
I like Katarina , my opinion was about Karen. Katatrina seems a nice lady although I don't know her personally . However I did know Karen in real life.
Ah, my apologies. I misunderstood you.
Thats ok:)
I do hope the stupid booing of the audience and Karen's death stares will not put her off giving a candid opinion.
Anyone who knows Karen knows that look , if DOI is back next year I doubt if Katarina will be .
I agree with all your post, but I have to be picky. John Kennedy said "I am a doughnut" not "I am a sausage"