It's all an act. A successful one too - she made a metric shit-ton of money from that show.akui wrote:[offtopic]Why am i so terrified of the host of the weakest link. She is so mean, is she still on TV?
Also probably because in doctor who you voted out you get killed.[/offtopic]
From an Interview (http://www.theguardian.com/theguardian/ ... interview)
That last paragraph - take note!There's a revealing moment when she appeals to Barbara, her housekeeper of 10 years, with a playful "I'm not horrible, am I?" (All I suggested was that she might be a little controlling). "She's just looking for compliments," Barbara says fondly.
There is a level, of course, on which Robinson is playing up to expectations: the woman who, as a journalist on Fleet Street in the 70s and 80s, was known as Mrs Awkward; who graduated, nearly 12 years ago, to terrorising contestants on Weakest Link, earning herself the sobriquets "rudest woman on television" and "the queen of mean", as well as millions of viewers, a hit show in the US, and many millions of pounds. Who says now, proudly, "I think we've got much more daring. When you look at the very early ones it's incredibly tame. I mean, I never said things like 'Why are you so fat?'"
And "you mustn't think twice. I wouldn't have a job if I thought twice. Woody Allen always says that if it's real wit you hear it at the same time as you say it." It's a comment that betrays a certain hubris – "Why are you so fat?" has shock value, but it isn't wit. On the other hand, she is very quick, and enjoys proper verbal sparring. "What you're always looking for is someone to play with – a witty contestant who is up to you. It's fabulous [when it happens]." And she says she does keep a close eye on how her jibes are taken. "I occasionally come off and say 'Cut that out' – not often, but I did it the other week, actually. I said to a student, 'That dress must have looked nice when it fitted you', and afterwards I said, 'Don't put that in, that hurt her'. So I hope we have a bit of judgment about it."
Her persona on Weakest Link does not appear to be an act, but an exaggerated aspect of herself. In interviews she uses it as a kind of gate-keeping device. Don't want to answer a question? Pour scorn; pounce on any vagueness – then answer rather vaguely yourself. It's not that she isn't OK with information about herself being available – she did, after all, write a very personal, self-critical account of her childhood, disastrous first marriage and alcoholism in Memoirs of an Unfit Mother (2001); she has cheerfully talked about her facelift, her shopping habits, her divorces – it's just that she wants to control exactly how and why that information arrives.
) but cocktails and tentacles by a river? (did i read the tweet right) that's pretty cute.
I need to watch that WL ep soon, I want to see him being sassy.
maybe it's just the screenshot that was shared here earlier?
