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XXXXX DRUDGE RETORT XXXXX 00:16:22 UTC THU FEB 24 2000 XXXXX Fox Slap-Happy Over Tight-Fisted Multi-Millionaire!
By Rogers Cadenhead and Oona J. Thurnbean Despite hard-hitting revelations that a former girlfriend obtained a restraining order against multi-millionaire groom Rick Rockwell for abuse and threats, Fox remains committed to the hit franchise WHO WANTS TO MARRY A MULTI-MILLIONAIRE? Court documents available at THE SMOKING GUN contain claims that Rockwell threatened to find and kill the woman, and not necessarily in that order, when she didn't want to marry a multi-millionaire in 1991. "We're not ashamed of anything we've done so far," a FOX executive told the DRUDGE RETORT. "We had shame surgically removed in 1998 prior to airing the Magic Johnshon show." Eager to recapture the 44 million eyes that were transfixed on last week's show, FOX will run another installment on Friday to air unseen footage of the couple's honeymoon. FOX will make a slight modification to the show's title, calling it WHEN MULTIMILLIONAIRES ATTACK! "The good thing is it required almost no post, just our usual pixelation," said NEXT ENTERTAINMENT vice president of alternative programming Tamar Garabedian. A FOX executive said that after they learned of Rockwell's slap-unhappy past, they were relieved about one thing: The tycoon tyrant chose Darva Conger as his bride. Conger, an emergency room nurse before marrying into a fortune estimated at $1.7 MILLION DOLLARS, would be able to give herself urgent emergency care when necessary during their Caribbean honeymoon. "Shanti wouldn't have stood a chance," said a source close to the program who asked to be identified as Remo DaVinci. "Thank God she's safe here with me." In the critical May sweeps period, FOX also will be airing another history-making TV wedding. The network would not release the name of the multi-millionaire bachelor, but the groom's lawyer Johnnie Cochran said he's "eager to get back in the game." © DRUDGE RETORT 2001 |