Why is the American public outraged at Stephen Fowler?
Well, Mr. Stephen Fowler and his family participated in a reality TV show called "Wife Swap". No, it's not what you think, this is not a show about swingers but simply two wives who spend two weeks in the other family's house. For lots of money of course. Most participants are either narcissistic or just need the money.
So here comes Mr. Stephen Fowler with his wife Renee and they both display an astonishing amount of arrogance on national TV. Here are the worst displays of arrogance:
“I think the worst thing that James (his son) could do is to tell me that he wants to move to Missouri. What is wrong with the United States — people in the middle of the country frankly (laughs) are just like you. It’s amazing - uneducated, simple and without a clue about what’s going on in the world. You’re undereducated; over opinionated and you’re overweight. It’s not a good combination Gayla. (In response to Gayla criticizing Stephen and questioning how much time he actually spends with his children. Gayla was also implying that the they push their children too hard and it’s more about the parents than the kids. Gayla’s direct question was what would Stephen do if James told him he does not want to go to college.)
“Yeah, [tomorrow is] rule change. That means starting tomorrow we have the pleasure of pretending we live in some Podunk town in Missouri. That will be interesting, won’t it?” (At the dinner table in front of the kids, in response to Juliette’s question if Gayla is doing the rule change the next day)
Gayla says, “You keep degrading me in front of your kids.” Stephen laughs and says, “That’s easy.” Gayla says, “You think you’re so much better than me”? Stephen says, “I probably earn more in one week than you do in a year.” He walks upstairs and point his finger at Gayla and says “You’re not invited up to the office.”
“You read that so well. Congratulations. I didn’t know that you could read.” (At the rule change ceremony.)
“Agenda? That’s a big word for you. Clearly your two languages appear to be bad English, and redneck.” (At the rule change ceremony.)
“She’s a very rude lady, isn’t she? But that’s okay, she just doesn’t have an education.” (Stephen says this to the kids during the rules change ceremony after Gayla had told him to “shut the hell up” in response to the quote above.)
“Unlike most Americans, I chose to become a citizen and I did this because I wanted more of a voice on helping influence the direction of this country because I really care about it.” (In response to refusing to follow one of Gayla’s rules - singing the national anthem.Stephen felt that this rule was designed to humiliate.)
“Look you dumb redneck, I’ve already told you once.” (In response to Gayla asking him if he would bring the kids gokarting again. Gayla had already asked Stephen this question several times and Stephen had ignored it – at least that’s what we saw on camera.)
I’ll tell you my net take on this [paintballing] – fascistic, militaristic . . For a lower class family like yourselves that has young boys, perhaps with aspirations to join the army, if that’s the extent of your ambition as a young man in your family I can see how this is a perfect fit. We need folks like your family to feed it, so you’re a perfect fit.”
Stephen Fowler says: I’ve said that you’re underachieving, under educated, over opinionated and overweight.” “Have a nice life. Don’t send any kids after me with a shotgun. Alan asks what Stephen means by his comment and Stephen says, “That’s just a final insult.”
The fact that Mr. Stephen Fowler says words like this to a national TV audience shows me that he is truly above what he thinks is the riff-raff of America. It's the same attitude that all those bankers, investment fonds managers, CEOs, and other wallstreet types have when they first destroyed the nation's economy and then wasted our tax money in the form of bailouts. The difference between those guys and Mr. Stephen Fowler is that he is so aloof that he speaks out what many think.
It is amazing to see how much internet traffic this episode of wife swap generated. Mr. Stephen Fowler made the top 50 google search words on Saturday. Websites affiliated with him had to be shut down or altered. People are emailing and calling companies that have Mr. Stephen Fowler listed in their webpages. And his wife's business (Mind for Body in San Francisco) and one of his employers (pacific environment) is getting rave reviews on google maps from people all over the country.
For your information here are a few other websites where people are venting their anger. ABC is heavily censoring their forum. The following websites are more aligned with the freedom of speech:
http://loraleeslooneytunes.com/2009/01/31/stephen-fowler-from-wife-swap/
http://realityrollcall.com/index.php/2009/01/30/the-long-family-meets-the-stephens-fowler-clan-on-wife-swap/
http://sfist.com/2009/02/08/stephen_fowler_the_worst_husband_in.php
http://blogs.kansascity.com/tvbarn/2009/02/the-paintball-l.html
http://elizabethprata.blogspot.com/2009/01/wife-swap-long-fowler-family.html
http://clayperry.blogspot.com/2009/02/stephen-fowler-on-wife-swap.html
http://valleywag.gawker.com/5148821/wife-swap-star-apologizes-for-having-worst-husband-in-world#viewcomments
http://patriotslament.com/?q=node/2
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2176464/posts
http://flipdingo.com/2009/02/01/stephen-fowler-wife-swap-victim/
http://fxn2.com/post/Stephen-Fowler-is-everything-wrong-with-the-elitist-Eurotrash-Ttransplants.aspx
http://www.topix.com/forum/sf/TS7OFU17KHVASDHJS
http://fav.or.it/post/1064249/p10#lastcomment
http://arcticchicken.wordpress.com/2009/02/01/steven-fowler/
http://www.realitytvmagazine.com/blog/2009/01/30/wife-swap-fat-kids-and-mean-men/#more-25038
http://swapofhorrors.com/wife-swap/stephen-fowler-in-top-50-google-searches
http://digg.com/television/Outrageous_WIFE_SWAP_Episode_Public_Outcry_at_Stephen_Fowler
http://simplymeally.blogspot.com/2009/01/wife-swap-longstephens-fowler.html
http://www.associatedcontent.com/article/1439606/renee_stephens_on_wife_swap.html
http://charlieandsarahblog.blogspot.com/2009/02/british-american-couple-on-wife-swap.html
http://fxn2.com/post/A-Stephen-Fowler-website-has-pop-up-stephenfowlersuckscom.aspx
http://teevho.blogspot.com/2009/02/stephen-fowler-of-wife-swap-nazi-or.html
http://vcsandangels.com/blog/index.php?s=fowler
http://minx.cc/?post=282597
http://www.jamz.net/content/wifeswap-stephen-fowler
http://seattlepi.nwsource.com/business/399231_theinsider09.html
http://glosslip.com/2009/02/10/wife-swaps-stephen-fowler-finds-foul-behavior-not-such-a-great-idea/
http://blogs.sfweekly.com/thesnitch/2009/02/living_embodiment_of_all_horri.php
http://hillbuzz.wordpress.com/2009/02/09/watch-the-san-francisco-obama-crowd-in-action/
http://imseekingbalance.com/the-year-of-the-ass-stephen-fowler/
http://valleywag.gawker.com/5151553/wife-swap-stars-censored-confession
and of course craigslist in San Francisco : http://sfbay.craigslist.org/search/rnr?query=fowler
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