Michaele and Tareq Salahi, two aspiring reality TV stars (as if we need any more of those), somehow managed to slip past the Secret Service into President Barack Obama’s state dinner on Tuesday night, which was held to honor the president of India. It turns out that the two of them are under consideration to star in Bravo’s upcoming series, “The Real Housewives of D.C.” and Bravo was filming the Salahi’s that day. Obviously, these two want to land the part so bad, they were ready to impress the network by willing to test the Secret Service by sneaking into the state dinner and risking getting arrested…and probably some much worse scenarios. The sad part is that it probably worked. Hmm…I’m trying to think of some other scandalous reality TV star wannabes who got in a whole heap of trouble for “getting their kid flown away in a homemade balloon” OH WAIT, I remember now, Colorado’s very own, the Heene family. It’s almost pathetic how hard some people will try to land a role in a reality TV show. (The only reality TV show that I will watch is Flavor of Love, because come on, who doesn’t love watching less than classy women hit on a man with a grandfather clock around their neck) Anyways, you gotta give it to the Salahi’s. I mean, if you’re gonna try to land a reality TV show with some outrageous scandal, at least do something impressive like sneak past the Secret Service and hang out with Vice-President Joe Biden. The Heene’s attempt at fame was all but impressive, it was almost shameful. Faking that your kid is soaring hundreds of feet in the air and getting the whole country all worked up with worry is sorta low. I mean sure, the Salahi’s made the Secret Service look like complete idiots, but at least they didn’t make a 10 year old kid look like an idiot on national television. And hey, if you’re telling me you don’t give the Salahi’s credit for getting in and chilling with the Vice-President, then you’re lying. They’ve set the bar extremely high for all crazy reality show wannabes. It’s almost scary what people are going to have to do if they want to beat the Salahi’s stunt. I can tell you one thing though, Bravo would be crazy to not give them a reality show now.
-Tom Moran
Assistant Program/News Director
Definitely a new low. I can only HOPE that they won’t get a show, tho. The networks are going to have to start showing some restraint!