I'll never understand the concept of finding out you're going to be a father on Daytime TV talk shows like Jerry Springer or Maury. How'd you like to be the kid who tells his friends his deadbeat Dad who doesn't give a crap about you was on one of these talk shows like 11 years ago, and you haven't seen him since, except when he includes letters in his child support payments. Pisses me off.
Shouldn't some things in life be private? Settle your differences in the home. Don't bring your dirty laundry to the television. You can get paternity tests without going before a studio audience.
Talonluck
What gets me is why these people would agree to go on Springer. If you're on Springer, its BAD NEWS. Why stick around and suffer on NATIONAL TV.
John Gibson
I've seen Springer in passing, like I'll be flipping through the dials, and I'll see some messed up topics.
"I'm leaving you for a 76 year old circus midget with a wooden leg"
"I strip, and I'm only in 3rd grade"
"I've been cheating on you. You're dead now, and I want to confess to your spirit"
"My fetish is killing members of a studio audience" (that I'll tune into, just for laughs)
I think these shows were created to make us feel better about our own lives. They give us someone to laugh at.
Look at me, I'm divorced, had 2 kids. Not funny. Put me on Springer, then I'm funny.
Black Flag NC
Well, Springer and Maury have both admited that these shows are staged and that these folks are told more or less what to say. My problem is that most of these rejects are from the South. I've spent my entire life trying to shake the stereotype of the inbred, illiterate Southerner and here are these folks who for 50 bucks and some TV time will proudly yell "My mamma's my sister!" Ughh...
