Survivor villainess Jerri Manthey has taken lots of heat for her witchy behavior on TV. Most recently, the live audience booed her off the stage at the All-Stars reunion. Tired of her self-styled bad-girl image, she's showing her softer side as co-host of Extreme Dodgeball (Tuesdays at 10 pm/ET). The series airs on GSN (formerly known as Game Show Network), where many ex-reality contestants — including Evan Marriott — have found gigs. Before Manthey gets too comfy watching from the sidelines, though, TV Guide Online tosses a few hardballs her way!
TVGO: Have you spoken to Jeff Probst since the All-Stars finale? Jerri Manthey: No, I haven't. Since the whole fiasco, I haven't spoken to anybody from the production side of Survivor. Jeff came up and gave me a hug at the end of "The Let's Give Rupert $1 Million Show." He said, "Jerri, don't hate me. I'm just doing my job." I said, "So am I."
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Survivor's Most Valuable Villainess, Jerri Manthey, entered All-Stars a changed woman — and it showed. Save for a few anti-Colby outbursts, the 33-year-old Surreal Life grad was a shockingly low-key version of the cunning predator she "played" on Australian Outback. But in the end, the good-girl routine brought her no closer to landing the $1-million grand prize. (There's a lesson in there somewhere... ) Anyway, TV Guide Online caught up with Jerri following her ouster Thursday night and grilled her about Colby, that startling 'tude makeover and her new role as musician.
TV Guide Online: Was the softer Jerri just a game plan?Jerri Manthey: It definitely was part of my strategy to keep my mouth shut. Basically, it was coming from the way I was perceived [on Outback] and the harsh feedback I got from the public. But because of that experience, a lot of things in my life changed. I was kind of a controlling person an
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Just call us reality rabble rousers. Survivor's Jerri Manthey recently has been talkin' trash about Corey Feldman, her celebrity housemate on The Surreal Life (airing tonight at 9 pm/ET on the WB). She even dissed his soon-to-be-televised wedding! Now, TV Guide Online is giving the Stand by Me and License to Drive star equal time. Listen up!
First off, Jerri accuses "child actor" Corey of playing to the camera too much. "Reality TV is not reality," he responds. "It's not real when they mess up a camera setup and ask you for a second take! You have producers whispering in your ear and suggesting things; it's not as organic as they want you to believe. I think somebody who's as inexperienced
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