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Old 07-06-2007, 18:54
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I think it was pre-planned, well not intentionally, I just think they may have re-shot Katie declining the offer. Think about it, after offering her a place in the final - how did Sir Alan know to turn to her again and ask if her if this is what she wanted, kind of asking her if she would give up her spot for the other two. I can imagine Sir Alan fuming, shouting etc. and berating her for wasting his time because she didn't actually want the job, so they may have 'acted' part of it to make it less controversial?
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Old 07-06-2007, 19:26
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That was awful - totally planned by her

can any of you see the smug, odious and snobby Katy working for Sir Alan in Brentwood or Radlett? of course not, and she's known it all along

now she can safely say she wasn't fired and boast about how she would have won the final and we'll never know!

personally I was very surprised she got through the interviews - she totally ran rings around the the chunky one, had him believing all her crap

glad the other two saw through her though

and what gave the impression she was capable - I've not seen her perform really well in a single task, it's all about how much money she was earning in the outside world

pah - what a cop out by Sir Al, he should have said 'Katie, you're not committed YOU'RE FIRED'
The two more genteel intervewers were impressed by Simon's style and homework. Though even they caught on he was an aimless drifter. The point was that its the tough, man of the world, interviewer who concludes she is tough enough to get the job done and tougher than the competition. He's the one Katie shouldn't have been able to fool. Another is that one of the first two reached the opposite conclusion - that she was too good for the job

Something funny is going on too because the less robust interviewers wonder why she is going for the job and push the family argument- to which the answer is she 's no different on what they should know than Ruth or Michelle. They may be pushing it because they got a telling off after their interviews of Michelle,. The questions are rather too related to the issue of whether Katie wants the job though which they shouldn't know about and it looks like its informed by the ending.
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Old 07-06-2007, 20:20
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Thinking about it, pre-planning is the only thing that makes sense as it did come across as very staged.
I wish they had just chucked her out ignominiously via the back door when they found out, instead of pandering to her obvious desire for a media career.
If only.
It completely undermined the other two's moment of victory and I thought it was the low point of the whole series so far.
Yep, I said the same thing myself last night. She obviously felt much the same from the comment she made on You're Fired about handing them a get out of jail free card.
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Old 07-06-2007, 20:34
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now she can safely say she wasn't fired and boast about how she would have won the final and we'll never know!
Not to mention she's now managed to redirect all the attention that should be on the final 2 on to herself and completely overshadow the fact that the winner is revealed next week.
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Old 07-06-2007, 20:35
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I did think so at the time. Katie isn't really the sort of person to back down in public. I think that a deal had been made well before that show.
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Old 07-06-2007, 20:45
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There's a thread on the BB forum saying that she applied for that and was turned down

Didn't read it all though.
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Old 07-06-2007, 21:44
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the other thing that really got me was what she put on her CV about 'stealing someone else's husband because I wanted him' I really have a problem with that - why would you be proud of it ever? It says everything about her that she would even think to boast about it
That is so odd it would also stand out when all the CVs were first sent to the programme makers and make them interested in her. Using it in bad taste but it got her noticed and onto the programme.
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Old 07-06-2007, 23:14
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That is so odd it would also stand out when all the CVs were first sent to the programme makers and make them interested in her. Using it in bad taste but it got her noticed and onto the programme.
On Breakfast this morning Katie said she would not have put that on a CV but this was an application for a television reality programme.

It appears the reason she put it is as you indicate. Even so, not a nice thing to include.

Is it known for sure she earns £90,000 a year, would she give that up for fame?
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Old 08-06-2007, 09:28
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Maybe she got her BB and Apprentice CVs/applications mixed up
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Old 08-06-2007, 15:28
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Is it known for sure she earns £90,000 a year, would she give that up for fame?
No, and that's the whole point. She didn't have to. She got the 'fame' such as it is, and kept the £90K job.
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Old 08-06-2007, 15:33
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There's a thread on the BB forum saying that she applied for that and was turned down

Didn't read it all though.
She's a cert for next year's Celebrity Big Brother then.
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Old 08-06-2007, 16:25
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Was listening to James Max on Talksport early this morning. He said that Katie actually did go off and make a few phone calls after she got the final place from Ralan.

It was actually quite some time later that she then decided to "resign". Why did they edit it to look as though her decision was instantaneous? For dramatic effect? Hmm
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Old 08-06-2007, 17:11
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If she had time to go and make phone calls that implies that the session had ended and one of the others had already been fired, and the two of them were then called back to hear her speech. I haven't heard that said anywhere else. If that's the case it's even worse, allowing one of them to actually be fired before resigning.

I have no doubt it was edited - to make SAS look like a smart cookie who is fooled by noone.
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Old 08-06-2007, 17:51
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I work in recruitment myself and if I came across a form where someone was boasting of their ability to steal husbands, i'd have a good laugh and then throw it in the bin.

Let's face it folks, we just see what they want us to see and we have to keep in mind that it is an entertainment programme first and foremost.
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Old 08-06-2007, 20:41
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Tre's take on what actually happened,

'No, it wasn’t anywhere near as it was shown to be really honest. I don’t know how honest I’m allowed to be with you, but the edit made it look as though Alan Sugar clocked on to what Katie was doing and forced her out. That’s absolutely ridiculous because, had she not bowed out, wouldn’t he have looked a right pillock? He wasn’t shrewd, he was made a right mug by Katie and it was actually the production team who pulled him out and said you’re about to make a very big mistake, make her quit, make her quit now. That’s what I was told.'
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Old 08-06-2007, 21:14
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She's a cert for next year's Celebrity Big Brother then.
Why? She's not a celebrity


Oh, I don't suppose that matters.
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Old 09-06-2007, 03:04
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Tre's take on what actually happened,

'No, it wasn’t anywhere near as it was shown to be really honest. I don’t know how honest I’m allowed to be with you, but the edit made it look as though Alan Sugar clocked on to what Katie was doing and forced her out. That’s absolutely ridiculous because, had she not bowed out, wouldn’t he have looked a right pillock? He wasn’t shrewd, he was made a right mug by Katie and it was actually the production team who pulled him out and said you’re about to make a very big mistake, make her quit, make her quit now. That’s what I was told.'
Oh dear.If they knew she didn't want the job what on earth right have they to tell SAS . They don't work for him - they are observers. On the other hand if Katie had not wanted to wotk for SAS for the 6 months trial they could have been left with no final. Looks like making a TV programme triumphs over making reality TV.
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Old 09-06-2007, 03:07
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She's a cert for next year's Celebrity Big Brother then.

Or I 'm a celebrity get me out of here......ideal for that. She could do Cirque de Celebrite too with that sort of upperbody strength.
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Old 09-06-2007, 12:52
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Or I 'm a celebrity get me out of here......ideal for that. She could do Cirque de Celebrite too with that sort of upperbody strength.
She could also feature in a CS Lewis adaptation for TV as a strange creature with the body of a whippet and the head of a camel.
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Old 09-06-2007, 13:12
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If she had time to go and make phone calls that implies that the session had ended and one of the others had already been fired, and the two of them were then called back to hear her speech. I haven't heard that said anywhere else. If that's the case it's even worse, allowing one of them to actually be fired before resigning.

I have no doubt it was edited - to make SAS look like a smart cookie who is fooled by noone.
the impression I got from what James Max was saying was that the filming was stalled whilst she went off to "make phone calls". I'd hate to think that he fired (and then rehired) either Kristina or Simon...
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Old 10-06-2007, 09:34
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Oh dear..... Looks like making a TV programme triumphs over making reality TV.
I think you are probably wrong to make a distinction between the two.
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Old 10-06-2007, 11:05
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Re Tre comments: Can Tre's interpretation of events he did not witness be trusted?

If Katie had made phone calls and there had been a re-shoot would she not have said so in the News of the World or other interviews?

Again if she had resigned after one of the other two had been fired Katie would have definately said so, that would be a massive story and she has nothing to lose.

Whatever the case, the production team would only be able to keep the details under wraps for 6 months till Simon or Kristina are not picked...what a story one of them would have "I was fired twice."
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Old 10-06-2007, 11:57
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Well, for someone who talks about themself in the third person, and rates their own sexual performance as 10/10, and is quoted in the NotW piece saying

...So what's next for Katie?
"I always expected I'd do well on the Apprentice," she said. "It's just a shame that the true winner won't be crowned the winner.
I would say that Katie did everything she could to get to the final and always intended to pull out just so she could for ever assert that had she stayed, she would have won - and no one can prove or disprove that idea.
If she had stayed, of course, she might have been runner up, and that would never do.

I also think a lot of her programme personality and her extra curricular activities are planned solely in order to develop a media career.
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Old 10-06-2007, 12:02
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She could also feature in a CS Lewis adaptation for TV as a strange creature with the body of a whippet and the head of a camel.
That's insulting to a camel!
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Old 10-06-2007, 15:32
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I agree completely, Solar Sail. So do people think that she will get a media career? I don't mean do we want her to, I mean, do you think it will work?

I thought her NotW interview was pretty tame (except I really hated her 'the true winner' line - I really think less of the programme for playing into her hands on that). I can't really see her as a Jordan/Jade Goody tabloids and Heat celebrity, though I may be wrong. I can imagine her as one of those rent a quote people who turn up on Richard and Judy and Loose Women with an opinion on anything - like Vanessa Feltz or Amanda Platell. I also can't see her turning up on children's TV like Saira and I struggle to believe she'll get her own show, but I never understand why certain people are celebrities and not others - I'd be really interested in what other people think.
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