 Newly-”wed”s Heidi Montag and Spencer Pratt caused a stir among NBC execs over last weekend when they took the title of I’m A Celebrity…Get Me Out of Here literally — before their season of the show even started. The couple arrived at the Costa Rican base camp for the jungle survival show and immediately decided they wanted out, forcing TV bosses to head to the set in an attempt to convince the pair to stay on the show, which debuted Monday night. Reality-TV executive Paul Telegdy was among those who flew to Costa Rica to talk Speidi into staying, and he told American Idol host and radio presenter Ryan Seacrest that he first heard about a possible problem late on Saturday — and was told to “get down to the jungle” because “Heidi and Spencer have walked.” Pratt’s expensive meal habits, after the jump. Telegdy added, “They are back in, they’ve calmed down but all I can say is what’s unfolding here is some of the most extraordinary TV that I’ve ever witnessed in 20 year as a producer. “I think Spencer thought he was about to arrive in some jungle-top Four Seasons, not a camp in the middle of the jungle… He does make much of the fact that he’s very pampered. He said to me, ‘I can’t do this; I eat five times a day and every one of those meals costs at least $40.’ I said, ‘Well Spencer, everybody else is doing fine on rice and beans.’ “He’s calmed down and he has slept and he has eaten but we had some tempers thrown yesterday. He can be quite a frightening young man… Heidi’s being a trouper. She had a truly devastating day… but she wolfed down a rat’s tail like she was quite used to having a small piece of cartilage put in her mouth.” Do we need to comment on that last bit? In fact, do we really need to comment on any of it? [Update, 1:30 PM EDT: TMZ reports that Montag and Pratt have indeed quit the show.] |
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