The CW has canceled “H8R,” the Mario Lopez-hosted confrontation show that put down “haters” — average, non-famous people — in order to defend human garbage like Kim Kardashian, Scott Disick (pictured), Girls Gone Wild founder Joe Francis, and “Bachelor” star Jake Pavelka.
Perhaps if “H8R” had forced its celebrities to confront and acknowledge WHY people hate them, if it had brought wealthy fame whores like Snooki down a peg, it might have been a success. But it didn’t do that. The show existed to fluff the celebrities and put down the little plebes who didn’t achieve fame through a reality show. The message was clear: celebrities should ONLY be adored for the mere fact that they’re FAMOUS, and SCREW YOU if you have the temerity to express a negative opinion of them.
It wasn’t merely a bad show, it was idiotically tone-deaf — a crass, stupid, insulting middle finger at a nation of people already struggling to get by and angry at the wealthy elite. The people responsible for “H8R” should be dragged out onto Wall Street and kicked in the ribs by an angry mob until their bones turn to jelly.
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It would have been tolerable if the ‘ambush’ wasn’t the selling point of the show. It was essentially giving the celebrities weeks to get their publicist twat-weasels to prepare and go get those mean people who for some reason doesn’t think Snooki deserves to be paid more than Nobel-winners.
Perhaps if it was a sit down show, with equal preparation on both sides, where the ‘H8R’ could explain to the ‘celebrity’ why they don’t think they deserve millions of dollars for getting drunk and showing their cooch, both could walk away with a better understanding of each other. Instead, this show just allows these shallow dickbags to jump on some unsuspecting Joe Schmo and feed their already inflated egos.
God this was WAY too much thought for a show on the CW.
That might be the douchiest coat I’ve ever seen.
A show dedicated to sucking off attention whores got canceled? … I hate that I’m actually surprised.
Wait, you’re telling me that guy in the picture KNEW he was going to be filmed confronting an average Joe who dislikes him for being famous just for being rich and vacuous, and thought to himself, “THIS is the jacket and watch combo I’m going to wear today.” Is he being ironic? Please tell me he’s being ironic.
Also, does anyone know where I can buy that jacket? Christmas is coming….
Does anyone know where I can buy that jacket? I want to dress up as someone who gets repeatedly punched in the dick for Halloween and that may be the missing puzzle piece.
I have to say that anyone who is so vocal in their hatred of some douchetard I have never seen before that Mario Lopez tracks them down probably doesn’t deserve our sympathy.
…and the nation breathlessly awaits what’s next for Mario Lopez.
If hating crappy celebrities is wrong, then I don’t want to be right.
Now, if you’ll excuse me, I have to go make some catty comments about Katherine Heigl.
I know some people have said, “Well, they had to sign waivers and such to be on the show.”
So what? Most people don’t read the user agreements that come with their toys or any other contracts. And when the context is being ambushed, harassed by some rich asshole and their rich friend and all of it being caught by a camera crew would you expect any normal person to think that they even had a choice?
This show is evil, and everyone who was involved in it from Slater to the people who watched it should be ashamed of themselves, but these are people who clearly have no shame or even an awareness of anyone beyond themselves.
“The people responsible for “H8R” should be dragged out onto Wall Street and kicked in the ribs by an angry mob until their bones turn to jelly.”
I don’t know, seems like they’re getting off kinda easy, but I guess it’ll do. I’d prefer they be drawn and quartered myself, but I’m a traditionalist.
@Martin: Agreed, and the waiver excuse is even less persuasive when one considers the ambushee/common-person has no control over the editing of the episode, which assuredly is done to make the ambusher/celebritard look better and the ambushee look worse. Now, if they aired it live, and the ambushee took the opportunity to lay into the ambusher without the producers being able to protect the ambusher — THAT could be interesting (and in that circumstance I might volunteer to be ambushed).
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what just happened…CW cancelled a shit pile tv show…the world has turned…also, how on earth could you defend the douchebag king Joe Francis?
Woulda been better if this show was canceled before Playboy Club or Free Agents. Just on general principle…
/fienberg’d
…this may be two late…..but couldn’t the show have been titled “Discerners”…?
Scott Disick (pictured)…….
…is his name pronounced “dick-lick”, “dick-suck”, “corn-holed”…….or “throat warbler mangrove”…?
^^^^^ too late (@ 3:58)
I love the term “Human Garbage”. Very appropriate usage!
@Observer, I don’t think he’s one of the country’s leading skin specialists. Also, I believe it’s pronounced “dis? ick!”