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Post by missteetheironchef on Mar 5, 2008 13:57:58 GMT -5
You would not believe this..... www.realitytvmagazine.com/blog/2008/03/04/dinner-impossible-star-sacked-over-lies/Dinner: Impossible Star Sacked Over Lies Writing by Jennifer_Brown on Tuesday, 4 March, 2008 at 9:36 am “I met people with all this money, it was like trying to keep up with the Joneses. I was sitting in a bar one night and that came out. It was stupid,” said Robert Irvine in a recent interview. The Food Network star was referring to lies that he’d told regarding the resume that landed him the job on Dinner: Impossible. Lies that ultimately have cost him his job as star of Dinner: Impossible. Irvine has now admitted to lying about his claims that he was a knight who’d cooked for the Royal Family, including making Charles and Diana’s wedding cake. His claims of grandeur have stretched to this side of the pond as well, as he’d also lied that he’d cooked for four U.S. presidents, including George Bush, Sr., George W. Bush, Bill Clinton, and Ronald Reagan. After Buckingham Palace denied his claims, Irvine was forced to cop to the lies. As a result, the Food Network has given him the boot, agreeing to complete production of the current season, but not renewing his contract when it’s over. Irvine insists that he’s proud of his accomplishments, but agrees that he should not have embellished on those and says he’s “truly sorry.” Photo Courtesy: Food Network
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Post by Man Alive! on Mar 5, 2008 17:21:06 GMT -5
Wow, that's weird.
What's weirder is that Food Network is actually ending production on his show after he's already become a household name. He's even been on Iron Chef America, for goodness sake.
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Post by eiko on Mar 5, 2008 18:57:08 GMT -5
Don't forget his cookbook too.
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Post by ironchefcanadian on Mar 5, 2008 18:58:33 GMT -5
It's not completely weird. Irvine did demonstrate that he's a compelling enough personality to sustain a TV show, which is why FN hasn't yanked Dinner: Impossible completely off the schedule.
What I find really disturbing is that nobody at FN fact-checked his initial resume before launching and billing DI. It was, after all, something that could easily be checked.
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Post by herringchoker on Mar 6, 2008 14:10:05 GMT -5
I agree with ICC - FN should have been more conscientious about checking the resume before hiring him. I'm afraid I don't have any sympathy for Mr. Irvine.
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