The one-time BET video jock has reportedly been in a pickle with WPGC management. According to RadioFacts, higher-ups attempted to boost sagging ratings of Simpson’s morning show by playing more current music and requesting that he override his “creative control” contract clause.
“It was perceived that Simpson and his son programming the music for the show was doing more harm than good,” the Web site reported. “As a result, Simpson has decided to walk this week, ending a 32-year career and a long affiliation with WPGC.”
In addition, CBS will invoke the “non-compete” provision of Simpson’s contract, which bars him from working for another Washington-area station for the next 13 1/2 months.
The 55-year-old has hosted mornings at WPGC since 1993. Radio Facts reported that Simpson refused the station’s offer of having a big send-off party. BYE DONNIE!!
*Tiger Woods got a visit from his wife Elin last week as he continues to undergo sexual addiction treatment at a facility in Hattiesburg, Miss.
A Web site quotes “sources close to the situation” who say she spent the past several days participating with Tiger in his treatment program before returning home to Orlando by private jet late Sunday.
“Elin has been with Tiger in Mississippi for approximately five days and private security was hired to keep her out of sight,” RadarOnline.com reports. “She is participating in his recovery therapy.”
“The marriage is not over. They both want to save it,” a source familiar with the situation said.” BAAAABY, MISS ELIN WENT TO CLAIM HER PIECE!! SNAP SNAP!
*BET’s new docu-series “The Michael Vick Project” will premiere on Tuesday, Feb. 2, at 10 p.m. — but not without its critics.
Producers DuBose Entertainment says the series “will not only capture the NFL star’s return to football after a two-year prison sentence stemming from his association with a dog fighting ring, but will also focus on much of his life prior to that turning point.
“Viewers will be given an unfiltered and personal experience of Vick as he restores his past and starts fresh for the future — not only for himself, but for his family and fiancee, Kijafa.”
After showing an extended clip from the series at the Television Critics Association’s Winter Press Tour this month, the network was asked whether Vick was the kind of person who deserved to have his own show.
“I would imagine there are going to be some people who feel that [he does not],” said BET’s president of original programming, Loretha Jones.
“There is absolutely no excuse for the crime that he committed. We make none. Michael makes none,” Jones explained. “He served his time. And if we were to say, after having served his time and now desiring to be a responsible individual, he does not deserve a second chance, it really makes us wonder about what we’re saying to other African-American men.
“When I look at statistics that tell us that a young African-American man has a greater chance of going to jail than going college, are we saying to those families — not just those guys, but their families — that they’re going to be written off after they serve their time after making a mistake? We don’t believe that as a network. We don’t think society believes that. So consequently, we think this show is very important to show how someone gets a chance to rebuild.”
“I am not doing this documentary to show people that I’m back and unchanged by the experiences of the last few years,” Vick says in the show’s official press release. “I’m allowing the cameras to see the truth – the good, the bad and the ugly results of my decisions — with the sincere hope that it will positively affect others’ lives and prevent someone out there from making the same mistakes I did.”OK, LEAVE MICHAEL ALONE, D*MNIT AS LONG AS HIS GURLFRIEND IS BLACK, HE’S ALRIGHT WIT ME”!!
*VH1 premieres its new season of “Celebrity Fit Club: Boot Camp” on Feb. 8 at 9 p.m. with Bobby Brown, Kevin Federline and his ex Shar Jackson among the cast of pop culture personalities trying to shed pounds.
Also battling the bulge this season are Jay McCarroll (winner of “Project Runway”, Season 1), KayCee Stroh (“High School Musical”), former “Baywatch” star Nicole Eggert, Sebastian Bach (former lead singer of Skid Row) and infamous “Bad Girl” Tanisha Thomas (“Bad Girls Club,” season two).
The cast will be broken into two teams, competing for $200,000 in cash and prizes and the individual celeb who drops the most weight will win $50,000 in prizes.
U.S. Marine Corps Drill Instructor Harvey Walden IV returns as the physical trainer, and Dr. Ian Smith is back to change the way the celebs look at food and their eating habits.
New to the show this season is life coach Rhonda Britten, who will spend one-on-one time with the celebs and help mentor them through the journey of shedding excess weight.
Viewers can catch a sneak peek of the season’s first episode on VH1.com on Monday, February 1, one week before the on-air premiere. Subsequent episodes will be available on VH1.com the morning after they air. Additional video content from “Celebrity Fit Club: Boot Camp” including extras from each episode will be available on VH1.com and on VH1 Mobile throughout the season. “Please pray that Bobby wins this contest so he can help Whitney with child support!”
Proud papa!!! NBA baller Jason Kidd just had a new baby . . . And you’ll never guess which gold digger just popped out his seed!!! Go Porshla Coleman, baby this gurl screwed Russell Simmons and had a baby for Jason! Alllllright baby!!!
Today is tease me, treat me Tuesday. Have you been teased lately or treated lately? Let me know @[email protected]. –garywithdatea
