stranger in moscow ([info]rescueme_fromme) wrote in [info]ohnotheydidnt,
@ 2008-03-21 09:11:00
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Man vs. Wild Star Apologizes for Staged Show
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From wild to mild!

Man vs. Wild star Bear Grylls has apologized for staging aspects of his hit survivalist show. For the series, the British-born Grylls was supposedly abandoned in the wild and left to fend for himself. But a program consultant revealed last year that, during one Hawaii shoot, he stayed in a motel.

“If people felt misled on how the first series was represented, I’m really sorry for that,” Grylls, 33, told the BBC. “I’m the one who takes the rap for these things, even though I’m not always involved in the editing side of it.”

Reality is “much less exciting” than the version presented on screen, Grylls, whose show is known as Born Survivor in the U.K., admitted.

And the hotels? Grylls insisted he was still roughing it. “The hotel [can be] four walls but not a roof, or a roof with no walls,” he maintained.

The Discovery Channel admitted “isolated elements” were not “natural to the environment,” and promised greater clarity in future.

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[info]orngepeel
2008-03-21 01:45 pm UTC (link)
I love this show. He's such a cutie!

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[info]summercamp
2008-03-21 01:45 pm UTC (link)
He's still apologizing for this? There's been new shows on since the channel put him on hiatus, and i thought this blew over long ago...

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[info]pink__sparklies
2008-03-21 01:51 pm UTC (link)
I don't care. Staged or not..he's showing you what you should do if you were ever in the situation.

Not that my ass would EVER been in any of the situations he puts himself in. Ever.

I'm not drinking pee tyvm.

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[info]orcasandowls
2008-03-21 06:32 pm UTC (link)
Haha. Same.

And he's just plain hot, to be honest.

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[info]iwanthaylienose
2008-03-21 01:55 pm UTC (link)
i love his voice

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[info]hotcement
2008-03-21 02:00 pm UTC (link)
a roof and no walls? so basically, being crushed by a roof. okay, cool.

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[info]oursouls
2008-03-21 03:18 pm UTC (link)
really?

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(no subject) - [info]emotionally, 2008-03-21 06:10 pm UTC (Expand)

[info]love_alice
2008-03-21 02:00 pm UTC (link)
whatever, i'd still fuck him

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[info]___joyride
2008-03-21 03:21 pm UTC (link)
agreed. remember when he cliff dived in those British flag speedos? mmm.

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[info]xx2bubblez2xx
2008-03-21 02:06 pm UTC (link)
he's fucking yummy

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[info]tokincarebear
2008-03-21 02:07 pm UTC (link)
pose naked and i'll forgive/forget

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[info]ashminda
2008-03-21 02:09 pm UTC (link)
lol at this video showing a fake scene. but i still love him and the show, haha

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[info]basketballgrlx0
2008-03-21 02:27 pm UTC (link)
doesn't the show have a disclaimer?
i don't care, i love the show, and i still learn from it.

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[info]venus_ice
2008-03-21 02:28 pm UTC (link)
Survivorman ftw

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[info]bone_dust
2008-03-21 02:32 pm UTC (link)
les stroud owns him.

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(no subject) - [info]cs_luis, 2008-03-21 05:29 pm UTC (Expand)

[info]littleeva
2008-03-21 02:39 pm UTC (link)
Who the fuck cares? He's hot, I'd hit that several times.

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[info]lil_creamsoda
2008-03-21 02:41 pm UTC (link)
you'd have to be a complete dumbass to think this show WASN'T staged.

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[info]ninjasuperhero
2008-03-21 03:01 pm UTC (link)
IT'S OK, BEAR. <3

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[info]zombiebunney
2008-03-21 03:05 pm UTC (link)
And the hotels? Grylls insisted he was still roughing it. “The hotel [can be] four walls but not a roof, or a roof with no walls,” he maintained.

stfu!

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[info]rainforestelf21
2008-03-21 03:07 pm UTC (link)
Bear BB, we love you. We're over it. Now let's get you making some more shows. I particularly enjoy the ones where you jump into freezing lakes and show us how to get out. Most entertaining segment ever.

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[info]peopleareshapes
2008-03-21 03:15 pm UTC (link)
They need to put this show back on the air, it is vitally important that I learn how to make it through the Congo with a match and three Q-Tips and an extremely hot, occasionally half-naked English guy tell me how to do so. I could be in that situation TOMORROW, you just never know.

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[info]hotcement
2008-03-21 03:24 pm UTC (link)
lmao. i have never watched the show but you just made it sound like macguyver and now i kind of want to see an episode

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[info]oursouls
2008-03-21 03:17 pm UTC (link)
It's supposed to be about survival right? I didn't thinkthe reality aspect was sooo important, I thought it was teaching the viewers what to do if they ever found themselves in a similar situation so IDC if locations were setup etc. etc. BUT that youtube video was hilarious.

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[info]chemicalxeyes
2008-03-21 03:29 pm UTC (link)
my bf loves this show...last time there was a clip of like a highway or something in the background i sent it to him and he got so mad at me lol so ill keep this little tid bit to myself this time...but yeah bear grylls is fucking hot...but i dont tihnk i could kiss him knowing what he has put in his mouth bleh

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[info]tr3ndyy
2008-03-21 03:40 pm UTC (link)
i still love him.
and still think hes a bad ass.

his book was intenseeee

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[info]sea_rhythm
2008-03-24 02:09 am UTC (link)
lol i got it for my dad when he broke his leg and now he thinks he's the second coming of bear. its quite hilarious as he is still laid up in bed with a cast.

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[info]jeisenne
2008-03-21 03:51 pm UTC (link)
Eh, who cares... get naked Bear, and start doing push ups bb~

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[info]complicated_me
2008-03-21 04:22 pm UTC (link)
DUH, he SAYS "my crew here" ya know? obviously there's a camera crew there to help him if he needs it, ya know like TAPING the show.

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[info]koalafrog
2008-03-21 04:33 pm UTC (link)
I just can't find a man who drinks elephant poo juice hot. :[

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[info]harrys_harlot
2008-03-21 04:59 pm UTC (link)
especially a man who tries to convince the viewer it's sterile...cuz, you know, getting e. coli in the sahara would be no big deal.

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(no subject) - [info]orcasandowls, 2008-03-21 06:33 pm UTC (Expand)
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[info]harrys_harlot
2008-03-21 05:03 pm UTC (link)
it's not so much the staying in a hotel stuff that bothers me....it's when he gives terrible, terrible advice to viewers who think that information could save their lives. he'll instruct them to jump down a waterfall for no reason when even HE won't do it without a harness, and he's an extremely good climber. or drink the water squeezed from elephant dung...claiming that it's "sterile". just like urine. field guides for the army and such always say NEVER to drink your own urine, the salt content dehydrates you faster.

http://www.daughtersoftiresias.org/bearwiki/Main_Page

^comprehensive list of his bad advice, parts of the show that were faked, etc.

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[info]treesuh11
2008-03-21 05:03 pm UTC (link)
yep, i'd still tap that.

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