Anyone watch Wife Swap tonight?

[Mishetta]

All I can say is that I'm almost embarrassed to admit that I'm Catholic! Trust me, I've never met a Catholic that acted like that woman on Wife Swap!

 

[Alicnwondrln]

yes it was a repeat
that lady was CRAZY
people like her give catholics a bad name
funny in the end she took the $$ though
she should have her kids taken away can you imagine the emotional damage on her kids

 

[icebrat001]

oh no! Is it a new episode? I don't remember if I set it to record and I'm not at home .

 

[tiggerlover]

I caught the last 5 minutes as I was changing channels and had to stop and listen to this woman's tirade....I was flabbergasted! I felt so horrible for her family, this to me seemed like a form of abuse (mind you I didn't see the whole program, but I could imagine there was a lot of the same going on).

 

[dixipixi]

I don't think she was a true representation of Catholics.

I KNOW she's not a true representative of Louisiana. I live in the same parish as her and I cringed every time they mentioned Louisiana.

I'm not Catholic, but I grew up around lots of them and went to Mass with my friends. None of them ever acted like that, so it didn't make any sense to me.

The friends were just as bad. What a jolly time they must have when they're all together! I've lived here all my life and thank goodness I've managed to avoid that group! I've never seen people "attack" someone the way they did Jeanne. That was ridiculous. I hate people who are always right and never even give someone else a chance.

 

[Mishetta]

I would have believed she was genuine if she had not accepted the money but then she changed her mind....yeah.....so much for "tainted" money! She was the one who seemed possessed & un-Godly!

I didn't know it was a repeat...this was the first time I saw it.

 

[Deb & Bill]

I'm not so sure she is truly a Roman Catholic. She made the other family purchase King James bibles with their names in gold on them. Catholics don't use the King James bible. We use the Catholic version of the bible.

And, she's not representative (nor are her friends - scary people ) of the people of Louisiana.

I think she was having a nervous breakdown. Did you see the reaction of her family?

Wasn't this Trading Spouses - Meet Your New Mommy?

 

[icebrat001]

I remember this episode. It's a repeat, I thought this was trading spouses.

 

[Mishetta]

Oh my gosh...did I get the name of the show wrong? I guess I was just too in shock to really pay attention!

She did seem like she was having a nervous breakdown! That poor little girl of hers just jumped in her Daddy's arms & clung to him while the Mother was acting like she was possessed! I wonder how she feels after viewing herself on this program ~ whatever the name is!

 

[goofygirl]

Yes, she took the money in the end. Just shows you that the religious fanatics will sell out on their principles no matter how much they rant and rave. Me thinks she protest too much, and that ALL the money should go to therapy for her issues and anger problems, but I'm sure she's consider therapy the "dark side"!

 

[jimmiej]

Compare her behavior to what we read in the gospels about Jesus. Not even close.

 

[TheOtherVillainess]

It was like a trainwreck..I didn't really want to watch, but I'd heard so much about the "God Warrior" that I couldn't really help myself.

TOV

 

[crazee4mickey]

I felt so bad for her daughters....she was scaring the life out of them! The other mom seemed to be so kind and caring I'd be delighted if someone like that came to be with my family.
I loved it when she was trying to throw everyone out of her house at the end and told them something like "Get the he** out of my house--in Jesus' name, amen!"
Real Christian behaviour there....
She was really scary the way she went nuts as soon as she got inside her home, I pity her poor DH and daughters.

 

[Mishetta]

I felt so bad for her daughters....she was scaring the life out of them! The other mom seemed to be so kind and caring I'd be delighted if someone like that came to be with my family.
I loved it when she was trying to throw everyone out of her house at the end and told them something like "Get the he** out of my house--in Jesus' name, amen!"
Real Christian behaviour there....
She was really scary the way she went nuts as soon as she got inside her home, I pity her poor DH and daughters.

I know! Did you see how scared her little one was? Even her husband mouthed something that they bleeped out while he was looking at his wife have her tantrum. Then all the theatrics of ripping up the envelope/money & tossing it outside ~ geez! Why didn't she just donate it to the church? I guess it wasn't too tainted though since she ended up taking the money in the end anyway. What a nut case....she needs some major psychological help! Can you only imagine how embarrassed her family must be after all of America seeing their Mother act like that?

 

[OhMari]

She was on Access Hollywood last nite and she is going to be portraying herself in a movie. Her husband was with her and he told the camera crew that this will only make her more of a DIVA at home. They were putting a wig on her for the movie-but she was portraying her "warrior" self. So she is making money off her character.

She looked like she lost weight too. The program was taped last June, so it has been 8 months-she must of used the money for her surgery.

 

[Chuck S]

They had a short interview with her posted on the Fox website. She said she lost it, but at least made for talk around the water collers across America...and Christians were talking to athiest about the show...blah blah blah. She had her hair died a reddish brown, still big gap in her teeth. You couldn't really tell from the angle of the camera but it looked like she may have lost some weight.

 

[3princesses4us]

Yes, she took the money in the end. Just shows you that the religious fanatics will sell out on their principles no matter how much they rant and rave. Me thinks she protest too much, and that ALL the money should go to therapy for her issues and anger problems, but I'm sure she's consider therapy the "dark side"!

Ouch! I don't think that's fair to say... Who said she "sold out" her principles for the money. Are you saying she's not even a Christian anymore? Maybe her husband finally calmed her down and she realized she earned that money by being on the show and it wasn't actually "tainted". Plus it isn't fair to make a blanket statement implying all "religious fanatics" will do the same.
On a side note though, as a self-described Jesus freak, even my DH and I were laughing at how much she was freaking out. It was unneccessary.

 

[goofygirl]

Ouch! I don't think that's fair to say... Who said she "sold out" her principles for the money. Are you saying she's not even a Christian anymore? Maybe her husband finally calmed her down and she realized she earned that money by being on the show and it wasn't actually "tainted". Plus it isn't fair to make a blanket statement implying all "religious fanatics" will do the same.
On a side note though, as a self-described Jesus freak, even my DH and I were laughing at how much she was freaking out. It was unneccessary.

What she did was not very "Christian" as far as I'm concered. Real Christians are not predjuiced like she is, she was ignorant (as shown by her attitude towards astrology and hypnosis), and she refused to learn about the things the family was into- like the Summer Solstice party. Yet she felt is was okay to spew her agenda by taking them to church and lecturing to them about God. Real Christians don't force their agenda on others- they live and let live and recognize there's different strokes for different folks.
And to top it off, she took the "tainted" money, so she's a hypocrite as far as I'm concerned.

 

[GoofieRuthie]

She has been on Leno and many other shows telling her story. Just google her name and LOTS of sites come up. She even has her own site. My favorite was the bobble head of her. Jay Leno actually bought it from the winning bidder on ebay and gave it to her on his show. Just google Marguerite Perrin. She admitted on Leno that she did the show to get the surgery and that's why she ended up taking it after all. I don't know if she's had it yet though.

 

[3princesses4us]

Real Christians don't force their agenda on others- they live and let live and recognize there's different strokes for different folks.
And to top it off, she took the "tainted" money, so she's a hypocrite as far as I'm concerned.

Actually, you're quite wrong on this. As Christians, it is our job on this earth to spread the gospel of Jesus Christ to as many as we can reach. Not to recognize "there's different strokes for different folks"!
Now forcing the issue is different and I agree that she went completely off the deep end. Maybe she is a hypocrite about the money or maybe she just feels better thinking that the people are "tainted", not the money. I'm not saying I agree with her and I certainly hated the way she handled this whole situation.