There are no statistics done to calculate what percentage of gossip is true or false, such a thing does not exist. I don't have to sit here and list every single gossip story that has been right in the last 50 years, that's your job by reading gossip sites which you obviously don't do. I can invent my own statistics: 99 percent of the people who say that most gossip is false don't actually read any gossip, so how would they know anything about the subject?
Yeah, you're right. Emma Watson IS secretly married to Kim Jong Un.
Why would you assume I don't read gossip?? It's not like gossip is hard to find or anything. I love reading gossip, just like I love "documentary" shows like Ancient Aliens and Celebrity Ghost Stories, with a similar ratio of fiction to fact. This kind of stuff is loads of fun to hear about. But you have to come into it with an ounce of logic and a critical mind, or else you're going to be taken for a complete fool more often than not.
Some gossip
is true. But when stories follow certain traditional patterns and lack any kind of corroborating evidence we can pretty safely assume it's *beep* One of the most common examples is: take something innocent and pretend it's as perverse as possible. This is the same "story" you, as a self-described gossip expert, must have seen a million times. Most of these stories are obviously fake and exist only because it's A) very salacious to hear about and B) really really easy to invent. Hey did you hear about the orgies on the Power Rangers set? Oh yeah it happens all the time. There are gossip stories that are more, and less likely to be real. This particular story is much, much further down the 'less likely' side.
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jimsummers87-131-771706
10 years ago
How many things are really innocent though? I've seen a lot of "innocent" types crumble right before our eyes. The actress Kirsten Dunst went to rehab a few years ago, everyone had thought she was so nice and clean. Disney encouraged the Jonas Brothers with their purity ring gimmick but do you seriously think that none of the Jonas Brothers were having sex back then? I mean we know now that Miley Cyrus was smoking pot in the last few seasons of Hannah Montana. And we can see how she's turned out in just the last year with those raunchy concert performances.
Give me an example of a celebrity who was wrongly rumored to be not innocent who truly was? I don't have a problem with dealing with that side of the argument. The ones who are innocent usually don't get any press such as Debby Ryan who I've never heard a single rumor about...not one...
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DeusExKatrina
10 years ago
Not everybody's innocent, that's true. But when a rumor comes out making a blanket statement that everyone on a particular kids show is having a wild sex & drugs party every day, that's much too far-fetched to be true. Add to that the fact that the article includes no identifying factors or details and there's zero chance it's true. If a rumor came out that identified one specific actor and had some detail to it, that'd be much more reliable.
And I wouldn't say there are NO rumors about Debby. There aren't a whole lot of rumors about her but anybody who is innocent, whether legitimately or only for show, is going to get at least some rumors thrown at them. I googled "Debby Ryan Sex Rumor" and got a lot of hits about a potential sex tape and rumored activities with Dylan Sprouse.
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jimsummers87-131-771706
10 years ago
Okay, I will admit the rampant drugs and sex for the "whole cast" is a bit over the top, I can't see Victoria Justice being like that. There was a photo of Victoria grabbing Avan's groin area that ended up being posted on a Victoria Justice fan page and it took a while before people noticed what she was touching, she was tugging right on "it" if you know what I mean. However, even if Victoria and Avan had sex once or for a few months I can't see Victoria being promiscuous on the set with many different guys. On the other hand, I don't know a lot about the guys who played Robbie and Andre, we only know their on screen characters, they might have been major players in real life and even though Robbie was a dorky character that doesn't stop the girl extras from throwing themselves at the actor because he's got high status from being one of the stars of the show. And if you want to research this at all and you've got the DVDs to the show, study the episodes, how many background extras are there in any given episode? And if the actors who played Robbie and Andre were over 18 at the time were the extras underaged girls? Because the one clue suggested that there were complaints from the parents about underage sex with cast members and 95 percent of the time this means complaints from the parents over their underage daughter getting banged by one of the adult male stars. Rarely will you see parents of an underage boy complain that their son was nailed by an adult actress like Daniella Monet (Trina)
And when you say the Blind Item doesn't give any exact names, they can't, the gossip industry has changed in the last 10 years, they have to protect themselves more now from lawsuits. Look what happened recently when Perez Hilton did post a story about his friend seeing Ariana Grande snorting cocaine at a party. Grande's legal team immediately demanded removal of the story and have threatened a lawsuit. This is the reason why the Blind Items can't give exact names although sometimes if you follow it long enough they will invent nicknames for stars and this is the legal way they sneak by and out the celebrities for their behavior and don't get in trouble for doing so.
This gossip story does offer an important detail: the spinoff show with an actor who came from the original show...that should narrow it down.
There are a few Disney shows that I've seen but I don't know a lot about. For example, Good Luck Charlie, are any of those kids moving on to a spinoff?
But more importantly, gossip is part of the fan experience, I have an older sister who grew up in the 1980's. People in that generation before the internet would have KILLED to be exposed to wild rumors about their favorite TV shows. I find it kind of sad to see posters who are so serious and defensive when it comes to what is meant to be something enjoyable for the fan.
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sockstar1
10 years ago
Wrote this in the icarly forum:
Summary:
Show at peak. Rules out any 1 season show and perhaps any 2 season show.
Viewership high.
Cast wanted to keep going.
Network cancelled show.
Drugs, Sex between an underage cast.
Not sure exactly what the 'two cast member' thing means...
Cast around 18, but included both sides.
One cast member given 'close to her own show.'
Something about that cast member paired up with church.
Note it doesn't say which network.
I'd suggest the biggest clues would be to look at shows cancelled after 2 or more series (but probably not more than 5) and then see who got their own show or something like a co-star role on that next show.
It wouldn't be iCarly. Too small a cast, show ended well below peak, I don't think any of the cast would fit the 'sex & drugs' profile anyway.
Victorious would fit:
*Show at peak? Sure. Didn't need to get cancelled so soon.
*Cast wanted to keep going. Not totally sure, but no-one really ever came out saying they wanted to end the show.
* Network cancelled Victorious.
* Drugs & Sex.. the show had a huge cast, I could see the entire cast banging the *beep* out of each other, they were all massively hot, and seemingly quite liberal.
* Cast members under and over 18, yeah, I think that'd be right.
* Ariana would count as getting 'close' to her own show. Sam & Cat
* Ariana has a clear public 'innocent girl' persona, I'm sure she could fool the producers.
* Were any of the Victorious cast openly religious?
Come out with your hands up, we have you partially surrounded!
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sockstar1
10 years ago
Okay, I will admit the rampant drugs and sex for the "whole cast" is a bit over the top, I can't see Victoria Justice being like that
Why not?
Drugs.. probably not (but no-one ever really knows unless something goes wrong, especially if someone sticks to softer drugs like weed and pills, not doing loads of coke or heroin), but she's super hot and she was dating some guy who was like 29 years old. There's no way a 29 year old isn't dating a teenager unless she's putting out.
Matt Bennett was 19, Avan was 18 & Leon Thomas was 17 when the show started in 2010. Liz, Ariana & Victoria were all around 17.
many background extras
There were
loads of extras on Victorious.
Come out with your hands up, we have you partially surrounded!
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DeusExKatrina
10 years ago
I find it kind of sad to see posters who are so serious and defensive when it comes to what is meant to be something enjoyable for the fan.
I can definitely respect that.
I enjoy gossip. It's just the blind item aspect that gets my goard. But that's just me.
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iamcage187
10 years ago
Lol at Pot being what made Miley wild. Nothing made Miley wild, she was never miss sweet and pure Hannah Montana, it was all a act. Just like this Miley is a act. Everything Miley has done is a calculated decision.
Hannah Montana was a act to get the Disney market and Molly Miley is a attempt to get rid of those younger fans and gain older fans.
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