http://www.dailymail.co.uk/tvshowbiz...-Rihanoff.html

Trying to drum up publicity so people vote for him

Great, just when people will start to say John who, he has to dredge it up again.

To bash the man who garnered a huge public vote, its a risky strategy to get votes.

God, their showbiz reporter must be bored if all they can think to do is go to the Hard Rock Cafe for the turning-on of their Xmas lights and plead with Brendan for quotes about stuff that's ded and buried.

I actually think that shows Brendan in a pretty good light - he says he can see John's point of view, is sympathetic to Kristina, and he's saying point-blank that all the pros know what they're getting into when they sign up and thus can't complain if one or the other set of votes doesn't go their way.

PS End-Em-All, if you're going to quote from articles, don't pick and choose parts that don't reflect the whole tone.

Hmmm...not sure it's a strategy to gain more votes. It'll probably lose him some though. He was probably asked about it and gave his honest opinion...to his detriment I think.

Brendan should have stayed out of it.........

If Kristina can respect John's decision, why can't Brendan? Nothing to do with him.

Apologies but I only quoted the bit relevant to the thread title! I cannot quote the whole article because of copyright issues

I included the link to the article so people can read the whole article in context :yawn:

Cole'd turn up to the opening of an envelope, wouldn't he ?

Well, there wasn't anything to stop you posting the link and letting people make up their own minds.

I'm not sure how it violates copyright to quote an article already on the web anyway. If you were a major national publisher and not a FM, it might be different.

Oh, the Mr Mods take that sort of thing very seriously. As evidenced by the time, only last week, they removed a spoof news article thread for breach of copyright potential

I suggest you direct your queries to forum admin :sleep:

The OP hasn't made up anyone's mind for them by some subtle act of brain-washing by omission. The link is there ~ there's nothing whatsoever to stop anyone reading the entire thing & drawing their own conclusions.


There are issues regarding copyright & quoting a complete article ~ I got a ticking off from the mods a few years ago for doing that very thing.

I don't get the bit about Kristina giving up time to work with John - isn't that like, um, her job?! I like her and although obviously I don't know her personally, I can't imagine she would ever say anything like that herself, but it makes me wonder if Brendan is starting to forget the salary and think that he trains these 'numpties' out of the goodness of his heart?

There used to be instructions on DS that said - do not quote the whole article, make a quote and link your source instead. That's what OP did.

Thank you

Poor Brendan isn't getting the amount of publicity he craves and thrives on.

Old news as is his 'engagement'.

I don't think anybody expected Kristina & John to last more than a couple of weeks really, so she ought to be delighted that John's popularity kept them in as long as it did.

I think she has gained unexpected popularity from being partnered with him and will be grateful for that, rather than cross at his decision.

I wonder if he's going to get blasted the way James did.

I agree...Kristina obviously knows a lot more about his reasons for leaving than everyone else as well. Why must it be spun negatively? It can just as easily be her being selfless and understanding rather than John being selfish?

Anyway...its all so boring now.

It can be both.

I'm sure she's utterly delighted. Apart from the sheer volume of the publicity, I don't recall reading any of it specific to Kristina that had a bad word to say about her!

For me personally, I won't be blasting him as he makes his point clear and without spite! James did have a point but it was the way he came out with it that made him the target of much criticism! Don't forget Anton also made pretty much the same point as James but didn't get slated!