Runaway Bride to get $500K

[maxwidmer]

for Book & Movie deal?!?!?

Talking about being naive and not having focus in one' life, hhmmmm.....

Maybe this will help:

Use this dough to pay for all "expenses" (incl taxpayer's money) incurred during this little adventure, and donate the remaining cash to charity.

[simonc]

Pots for some reason....silly me.

that is incredible though.

[Oskar]

and given some slack. Obviously this is someone who has some emotional problems, needs help and is getting it. And she has said she will reimburse the money that was spent searching for her.
I never got the sense that she is nasty, mean, vindictive, manipulative, violent, etc. Just a scared human being who made some bad decisions and regrets it. Hey, I think I would have gotten cold feet as well. Sheesh, when you get married and have a guest list of 600 people to "impress", that's pressure.
Plus, if someone waves a half a million dollars in my face I'd be stupid not to at least consider taking it.

[robb3566]

It's only just that she's going to reimburse everyone, but if she wants to be left alone, signing a book and movie deal probably isn't the best way to do that. My guess is that she doesn't want to be left alone, she wants to appear on talk shows and make a great deal of money.

How about this...next time a wealthy bride runs away, we let her.

[maxwidmer]

stories to tell about getting cold feet when confronting situations.

But capitalizing on it, specially since this episode caused greive (and expenses)? It does not necessarely inspire "regret".

[Fret Wilkes]

Originally Posted by robb3566

It's only just that she's going to reimburse everyone, but if she wants to be left alone, signing a book and movie deal probably isn't the best way to do that. My guess is that she doesn't want to be left alone, she wants to appear on talk shows and make a great deal of money.

How about this...next time a wealthy bride runs away, we let her.

Yeah, how 'bout "The GO AWAY Bride" (and take katie Couric with you).

Nice avatar by the way.

Fret

[robb3566]

Yeah, how 'bout "The GO AWAY Bride" (and take katie Couric with you).

Nice avatar by the way.

Fret

Sounds like a plan...

And thank you!

[Billy Claire]

Yeah, she's a whole lotta "not right." And he's more of an idiot than she is.

[chipl]

reasons to still want to marry her, I guess.

I can see two reasons I wouldn't want to seal a deal for life with her, though...both of them are her eyes.

[mark norwine]

By & large, I'm not a judgmental person.....and I make it my goal to "not judge a book by it's cover".

But somehow, I just can't shake the belief that "this picnic basket is missing sandwich or two..."

[Twangmeister]

I'd be willing to disappear for 10% of that! My wife would probably consider it a bargain!

[ye olde fretmonkey]

The look in her eyes just flat scares the holy ever-lovin' bejesus outta me.


NO, THANKS.

[timgreene]

That groom is a fool, if he does not run himself. I read this mornig she called of a previous wedding two years ago with another fiance. Still has phone messages from that fiance, saying I love you.

She is really a spoilt peice of work. How many of us can, or could afford to act like her, and have a family rescue us, when we were 32 years old.

[Oskar]

Sheesh, why don't we just pummel her into the ground and leave her there writhing. And then pummel her some more every time she's on a talk show.
Really, is this person worth beating on? Talk about beating someone when they'd down, and pretty defenseless to begin with. She was doomed no matter what she did. If she did nothing people would be all over her, if she came out talking and selling her life story, people would be all over her. It was a no-win situation.
I'm not so sure than any one of us here are so perfect in our lives that we would have done the exact, right thing, or stand up to the moral scrutiny being thrown about here. And isn't it a bit juvenile to make fun of the way someone looks?
Personally I can relate to some of what she is going through and perhaps I'm a fool to try and give her some slack and a bit of compassion, but I'm not going to join the pig-pile.
Bash away if it feels good.

[Joe-Bob]

I think it's inexcuseable that she is being rewarded for her bad behavior. :evil:

[nasonm]

Originally Posted by Joe-Bob

I think it's inexcuseable that she is being rewarded for her bad behavior. :evil:

Plain and simple...that's how I feel.

[Raymond]

Originally Posted by Joe-Bob

I think it's inexcuseable that she is being rewarded for her bad behavior. :evil:

... and the kids out there seeing that, not surprisingly, believe that study and working hard is for suckers when they seen Mom and Dad barely go by working 12 hrs a day while some people, not only get away with bad behavior, but also get a pile of dough by acting like that… It's tough to be parent nowadays...

[Twangmeister]

I admire your compassion, buddy. I don't think it's a case of people piling on her, since none of us know her. But I do think that while there are many people with "issues" out there (and who isn't, really), she and the entire family feel some need to play this whole sordid thing out in public on some grand, Jerry Springer level. Not to drag this thread into a political vein, but when you consider the wealth of serious issues that merit public discussion and education, this is the kind of thing that gets front page and prime time positioning. Next thing you know, everybody's out there hustling their "story" to the highest bidder. I'm at the point where I think people have started planning these events ahead of time, like some build-your-own-reality-show.

Besides, there are scores of people out there (just walk along Santa Monica beach, for instance) who have severe mental challenges who could really use the publicity and the money.

Just my .0000002 cents......

[JoeAArthur]

I agree with everything you said Twangmeister... and also the comment about her eyes. They do send shivers up my spine.

Sorry... I got side-tracked with the eyes comment...

It must be in their ratings... the news shows. Why else would they think that anyone would care about this... ahem... type of reporting?

[Fret Wilkes]

Originally Posted by mark norwine

But somehow, I just can't shake the belief that "this picnic basket is missing sandwich or two..."

"Dear" in the headlights...two bits.

Fret

[agent2x4]

Didn't she try to blame some mexicans or blacks in her so-called "abduction"? She deserves every ounce of pummeling she receives. What a (rhymes with itch)!

[jwsamuel]

Originally Posted by agent2x4

Didn't she try to blame some mexicans or blacks in her so-called "abduction"? She deserves every ounce of pummeling she receives. What a (rhymes with itch)!

Not only that, but I just read a story that said that 3 of every 5 people who are missing are black. They receive little media attention and law enforcement spends nowhere near the same amount of money looking for them that they spent trying to find this woman.

So, those people go on missing...meanwhile, this woman who faked her own disappearance cost authorities time and money that could have gone toward looking for other missing people because she can't deal with the stress in her life. And then, she makes $500K for doing so.

The worst part is that the people who paid her the $500K will probably make a fortune off of the deal because so many idiots will pay to read a book or see a movie about her.

Jim

[stevieboy]

If someone gives her 500K or whatever for a book it's because people will buy it.

[0le FUZZY]

<li>Erry time I post on these type of threads they git zapped but here goes.
<li>The liddo lady dent set out tew make a haff million and the media created the forum in which she may collect it.
<li>The inept law enforcement and search folks dent dew nuttin bout findin her. She found her own seff.
<li>They are doin it again with this Natalee/Aruba mess.
<li>If the chick dunn run off with sum body or on her own iss she gonna haff ta pay?
<li>I don't think sew!!
<li>I hope this lady with watt looks lika thigh-roid prollem, gits all the getus she kin.


0le FUZZY

[PraiseCaster]

Originally Posted by stevieboy

If someone gives her 500K or whatever for a book it's because people will buy it.

stevieboy, you nailed it! Sad but true, sad but true.

This lady may have problems. She may not. She may be shrewed enough to manipulate a media news monster that is ever chasing after the ratings prize, or she might be a sad person that got caught up in a media frenzy, and decided to grab the brass ring they were shoving in her hand.

All I gotta say is, she has overstayed her 15 minutes of fame, by about 15 minutes!

[T Prior]

that we really are a society that has flipped over onto our butts...

How is it possible that anyone can defend a situation where someone broke the law..frauded a community, allowed the tax payers of her own town to pay her FINES, lied to the Police, allowed countless civilians who were really concerend to spend endless hours on a useless search...

and end up with the possibility of a move deal and a book...and become wealthy beyond there wildest imagination prior to the event ??

I have no problem leaving her alone and letting sleeping dogs lie..but SHE is the one stepping out into the public eye with the glimmer of CASH...


t

[Oskar]

She has publicy apologized (many, many times), has been indicted by a grand jury, and promised to pay back the money.

I remember when she came back and was lying low, not saying anything. Well, everyone was on her case because they wanted her to go public and show her face, and be humiliated and apologize to millions of people all over the world for her heinous act. Well, she did that and is now being villified for being TOO public. She can't win.

What would you like her to do now, or be done to her? 5 years in jail; be put in the pillory in the center of town and be mocked at and spit at; perhaps make her work in a soup kitchen for 12 hours a day, 7 days a week, for 2 year so she can work off her debt at $5 an hour. Be made to apologize every day, publicly on Fox News. All of the above?

I agree there are more important things in the world, staring with members of the NFL (National Felons League) and other professional athletes who seem to get a slap on the hand for rapes, assualts, and enough drug charges to start a pharmaceutical company. And they are back on the field collecting millions of dollars (and in some cases getting book deals), I don't hear much outrage about these individuals, but then again we've put them on a pedastal., and of course they are much more outstanding then that awful, awful, horrendous Runaway Bride.

[T Prior]

Nobody has an issue with her apology and all that suff..I can certainly overlook and get past what she did..we all do crummy things and move on...


The opportunity for being rewarded for BAD behavior says it all...

oh.., and it is true ..she wanted to hide her face... now I guess she will hide it on a book cover I suppose....

t

[maxwidmer]

Like I mentioned on my "opening statement": after paying for all incurred expenses, donate the dough to charity - now that would be refreshing...

[ye olde fretmonkey]

It's just all part of the media-driven culture of people who are famous for nothing more than being famous (i.e. Paris Hilton). People have always been fascinated to one extent or another by these trainwreck stories...there was a similar buzz when evangelist Aimee Semple McPherson faked her own disappearance back in the 30s. It's the same sort of thing today, the big difference is a matter of degrees since we're so media-saturated compared to back then.

Myself, I'm sick of hearing about the whole thing.

[PraiseCaster]

That they used to sell magazines that covered these kinda stories, and the news media covered more weighty matters.

I guess those days are gone.

Now we are looking at the National Enquirer as a legitimate news source(?), to where even the older established news centers follow their journalistic (!?!) endeavors.

Welcome to the present.

I personally think that none of this syuff about the runaway bride, her fiance, and all the minutia generated from it has a place in the nightly news, and they should just let the thing fade away, and let her, her fiance, the families, and the community return to some form of normalcy.

Now why cant the news media bring up an interesting bit about how cool Telecaster Players are? Now thats somethin I'd watch! Mr Hannity, and Mr Colmes, you can have me and my Number 1 on anytime, and I'm pretty sure I could get 0le Fuzzy and Richard their too!

[robb3566]

Mr Hannity, and Mr Colmes, you can have me and my Number 1 on anytime, and I'm pretty sure I could get 0le Fuzzy and Richard their too!

Ole Fuzzy is way more interesting than Hannity or Colmes. I say they just give him his own show...'HEE! HEE!'

[Oster]

... they used to sell magazines that covered these kinda stories, and the news media covered more weighty matters.

That's a great point. Celebrity culture is way out of hand.

[Geo]

I agree with Fuzzy. This whole thing smelled like
a well orchestrated scam from the get go.
I could be wrong but that's how it hit me after
following the story.

[T Prior]

It does not look good for the girl in Aruba....I think she would give anything to FIND herself...I mean, she has to actually come back to get fame and fortune..

if she does not come back..she gets nothin ..

and..

shes' still GONE....

t

[Colo Springs E]

....the US's obsession with reality TV--something that escapes me--it shouldn't be surprising we'll eat this stuff up. This is REAL reality TV!

We're a twisted society in a lot of ways.

-Eric

[Colo Springs E]

Originally Posted by Oskar

And they [professional athletes] are back on the field collecting millions of dollars (and in some cases getting book deals), I don't hear much outrage about these individuals, but then again we've put them on a pedastal.

.....then you obviously have never listened to sports talk radio. It's a daily topic.

-Eric