Work Out Dramarama: Jackie’s “Owning Up” Doesn’t Work
From the archive: published May 9, 2008, 18 years ago. Details may have changed since.
Heads are still rolling from recent episode drama on Bravo’s Work Out with Jackie Warner and her “SkyLab” gym. After a gym manager was caught insulting a client’s “manufactured” breasts, Jackie fires one of her trainers instead. I know, right? (Episode Recap Here)
Jackie issued an apology in which she effectively manages to skirt the issue at hand while simultaneously blaming the network itself. This is probably not a very good idea, but Jackie is so balls-out that none of it really surprises:
Please remember that this is a show and that 90% of the beautiful and inspiring work we did was left on the cutting room floor. The producers decided (regrettably) to create through editing a very different and what I think a very negative show. (BravoTV.com)
If you don’t watch the show, don’t start now! Everything’s downhill after this drama.