Project Runway Season 4: Tim Gunn's scoop on VictorYa

Tim Gunn was interviewed by the Chocago Tribune - here's some gems:

TG: “She was sourpuss, a crabby apple as I keep saying, throughout almost all the show, other than Days 1, 2 and 3. She became this sour pill. Rich Bye, one of the executive producers, and I had two off camera interventions with her. I said to her, ‘You know what makes me beside myself is the fact that there are thousands of designers who would love to be in your place. What’s the matter with you?’

“She said, ‘I never dreamed the experience of being on the show would be like this.’ We said, ‘What do you mean?’ ‘I never dreamed we’d only have a day for challenges, that we wouldn’t have any breaks.’ ‘But you said you saw the show.’ She said, ‘I assumed it was cheated.’ I said, ‘Then you only have your own delusions to blame.’ She was really angry and bitter.

“On one occasion – they edited this out, I knew they would – we were at Mood , and I’m handing out money. They each have $250 dollars. She collects the envelopes from all the designers and hands them back to me. She said, ‘I want you to count it.’ I just stared at her. ‘You want me to do what?’

“She wanted me to count the money in each envelope. I looked to the producer on site with us, and I said, ‘I’m not doing this, am I?’ and he said, ‘The rules say that if a designer asks for the money to be counted, we have to count it.’ I said, ‘Fine,’ and asked why she wanted it counted. And she had pulled out this sheaf of papers – she had the rules with her – and she said, ‘I don’t believe that we all have the same amount of money.’ Why would we do that? If someone didn’t have the right amount, wouldn’t they come to me? So I counted the money.

“But that’s what it was like dealing with her. She actually said about Jack’s departure that we had engineered him leaving because he wasn’t a pretty face anymore. I just said to her, ‘I fundamentally don’t understand why you can’t understand that he is seriously ill. Furthermore, it’s a MRSA . We are all at risk.’ But she said we were forcing him out and that shouldn’t happen and we should have a hearing or something.”


Full interview at: http://featuresblogs.chicagotribune.com/entertainment_tv/2008/03/project-runways.html

publically diss her. Now I know. :-)

He's right, Christian is an old soul.

That was a great interview, and yeah, it's plain now why the tension at the reunion.

is so refreshing for a TV show.

His concern about Christian being used by sharks was very cool.

I forget.

was evil from almost the very beginning.

I didn't exactly like her, but I didn't have an inkling as to how evil she really is. In her case, editing made her look much better.

She was unpleasant.

and Victorya ened up with a show at fashion week anyway.

Just saying.

I just love him so much!