Stephen Fowler and his family are probably having a very, very bad day.
It seems that the entire nation hhhhhaaaattttteeeeessssss this dude.
They hate him way more than that douchbag on the BowFlex commercials that says “he gave all his fat clothes to his fat friends”.
I think that they may even hate him more than Barney the annoying as hell dinosaur.
You may not give a flip about “Wife Swap” but the HUGE reaction on the Internet to this person is fascinating to observe, if for nothing else.
I rarely watch “Wife Swap” (and blog about TV even less) but I have no DVR and was flipping through channels and watched the last episode. It angered me more than I have ever been angered watching a television program.
Actually, it angered me in general more than I have been angered in a long time at anything.
The man in question is highly educated, wealthy, fit and the biggest prick ever to walk the earth. (Just my opinion). Some of the more tame things he spewed to his replacement wife from Missouri were to call her fat, stupid, less of a person for living in a podunk town and the only way her children was to see the world was to join the military, stupid hillbilly , redneck and the stupidest person he had ever met on the earth and that he earns more in one week than her husband did in a year.
His wife, A LIFE COACH FOCUSING ON OBESITY, while showing a bit more compassion, tolerates his attitude and did not win a lot of fans by stating that she was not a proud American. The only reason she was an American was a circumstance of birth.
I have a hard time seeing how she is going to retain clients that go to her for help with weight loss after hearing the absolutely repulsive opinions her husband shared about overweight people. I would not trust they would not be regaling stories of her “pathetic clientele” as dinner table fodder, frankly.
The things that he said in front of his children were appalling. Even worse than that is that they mimicked the same statements in the final interview.
It seems like most of the nation was angered and have published every bit of online information about his job, location, business positions, etc. that they can track down. People are boycotting businesses, writing to board members, business partners and I think that every website involving him is probably recieving more traffic in one day than they see in ONE YEAR.
He has threatened to sue if that information is not taken down because his family is receiving death threats. He made the top 50 Google search and there are even facebook groups about how much this man sucks.
So far, I have seen one blog post from a friend of theirs defending them. (Really it is trying to defend the indefensible, if you ask me). She really seemed to miss the point by completely ignoring the true outrage his lack of common decency invoked and resorted to likening the people against the Fowlers to mobs with pitchforks. (I do have to say that it would be pretty hellish right now in the Fowler household, I am sure. I feel for his children. But what did he think would happen when he went on ‘Wife Swap’ throwing around his superiority and putting down EVERYTHING in such a disgusting manner while wearing a t-shirt that said, “Tree Hugger”??)
I have NEVER seen such a heated reaction from the internet against a person and I have seen a lot of shit hit the Internet fan in my time.
I do not agree with threatening a person’s safety, publishing home addresses, etc. However, if you had seen the episode? The man deserves a good deal of the backlash that is hitting him, frankly. He was absolutely the most elitist, arrogant, classless and verbally abusive man I have ever seen. It was horrifying. He said things that made my skin crawl to a woman that in her own way was just trying to help their children and family be closer.
And to me, if he felt she, her family and her entire situation was so beneath his, isn’t that even more reason to use graciousness and decency??
I have thoughts about the other family and do not think they were making the best life choices either, but they were at least willing to look at the things that needed fixing in their family. Quite frankly, what that poor woman endured at the hands of Mr. Fowler were abusive and sickening. His behavior was so odious that it totally overwhelmed anything else in the entire hour segment.
No amount of wealth, education, intelligence or social standing can make up for a profound lack of human decency.
NOTHING.
mouawad – I agree with you, if they are so intelligent then why did they go on this show?? This dumba$$ better be GLAD that it was not me sitting across from him as he completely insulted my wife…….it would have been great for TV though.
vera!!!!!!!NICE TRY. You cannot edit someones actions or words. I would hope that Mrs. Long said some pretty terrible things to this moron, in fact it would be expected. Truely if he reacted in that same manner to my lovely wife, you would be scraping his lips off that fancy persian rug that is in his perfect home. This is why our county is the way it is, because we let oursiders talk complete trash about our country then let them earn a living here……we are all morons!
Chris
Janie,
I wholeheartedly disagree with you,
“[Stephen] just said what most of us were thinking.” One of the reasons this man has hit such a nerve is that he is NOT saying what most of us were thinking.
Unfortunately, your post just serves to perpetuate the belief that Stephen and his “set” are a bunch of googly prosthelytizers with an unjustifiable degree of hubris.
I was raised in the Midwest, and I’ve come across Stephen Fowler types as well. His kind ALWAYS mistakes graciousness for stupidity. He seemed to think Gayla did not understand how ingenious his clever, clever derision was because she did not respond to his goading the way HE would. So he punctuated his insults even MORE clearly to make sure she knew she was the source of all his contempt. The thing is, it’s not that she didn’t understand his words/tone/body language, she just was raised to treat people with respect regardless of how asinine their actions. In the Midwest, you never know when you may have to borrow jumper cables from your neighbor so you damn well better learn to suffer a certain level of foolishness. Even when pushed to the edge, Gayla STILL managed to keep her cool and retort with exasperation rather than true malice. Bravo!
We ALL exhibit degrees of hypocrisy, I don’t advocate vilifying Stephen Fowler just because he’s made himself such an easy target. Clearly, the fallout from this episode has made a tremendous impact in his life. Maybe the message will get through to him, maybe not. It’s not my job to judge him more than I already have in the privacy of my home. So hug your kids, high five your neighbor, and the next time you hear the National Anthem, sing it loud, strong, and true!
Janie,
I agree with Lynne regarding your statement:
“Stephen shouldn’t have said some of the things he said, but admittedly, he just said what most of us were thinking”.
The very reason everyone is so upset, is that they were NOT thinking at all like Stephen. In his deluded superiority, he thought America would agree. We did not. Most Americans are a kinder, gentler breed than Mr. Fowler.
Janie and other Fowler empathizers,
I find it hard to believe that you can simply overlook and defend the behavior of Mr. Fowler. It troubles me that you can justify this behavior. Your ability to rationalize this behavior would suggest, birds of a feather… Even if it is true that humans often discriminate cognitively about the behaviors of others, it shows that he is incapable of controlling the link between his cognitive processes (what he thinks) and his motor functions (what he says). Someone with a “high” IQ and from a distinguished “class” should have known that discriminating against so many types of people on national television would lead to his personal crucifixion. Put another way, it is apparent that Mr. Fowler does not possess the “facilities” to intelligently manage his social etiquette. As his wife’s friend, I hope that upon further inspection you will better understand the difference between cognitive discrimination and mentally abusing another person.
Chris
Tue Feb 10, 2009 9:07 pm
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Hi Wonderful Group,
I have a special request to make. I would rather not ask, but I really do
need your help.
A few nasty reviews have been posted to iTunes that haven nothing to do with
IOWL, and everything to do with the TV show I was on. I am completely open
to reviews that convey an honest opinion about IOWL, but not open to ones
that are not about the podcasts.
As you know, I offer IOWL for free as part of my mission to end the weight
struggle and enable others to develop and share their soul’s gifts. I worry
that these reviews will put people off who would be helped by it.
Could you please flag these reviews as irrelevant, rate them as unhelpful,
and if you are so inclined and haven’t done so already, enter your own 5
star review. That would be a wonderful thing for those that have not yet
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1. Go on to iTunes, put “Inside Out Weight Loss” into the search to pull up
the show page.
2. Scroll down to the reviews
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4. Click on “Report a concern”
5. Flag the review as off topic, or that you disagree with it.
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Janie, I agree we didn’t see the whole thing, they swap for 2 weeks, when you break it down, 20 minutes for commercials, 20 minutes for the other family, and we see 2 weeks broken down into 20 minutes of him.
I think if it was just edited for him to look bad he wouldn’t have apologized on his wifes blog, nor would his wife had to apologize for him. He didn’t say it was edited to make him look bad or was taken out of context… He was a nasty person and his wife was complicit.
How can someone so wholly unattractive and with such bad teeth abuse someone else regarding their appearance?
These children are being taught everything that is wrong about how to behave and treat your fellow man/woman regardless of his/her education, appearance, or wealth and absolutely nothing about good character and virtue.
I shudder to think that there are going to be more people in world like these two wastes of humanity.
BTW to Janie.
I posted 2 above, but had to add another .02 cents. If the show made him look bad, it is ruining his wife’s business, the google reviews, which I will not post since it has his home address have 1 of 5 stars. I find it hard to accept that he was just made out to be nasty due to editing. Slander in media terms has alot of legal weight. I do not think that is what happened, I think he is a horrible person, if you know him and met him, you are probably similar to him, IE education/finances, I am not sure what legal papers he signed to be on that show, but to have to hire 24 hour security (which I think death threads, same with the Angelena wannabe go too far) I think he did what he did, and he seems to admit it. I would like to know why did the wife tell the other spouse, what are you gonna do hit me? You and I do not know what goes on behind closed doors, but him and the wife are not shouting out that they were screwed by the show. His and wifes apology tells us he was wrong. Please Janie, tell us about yourself.
I think we should take bets on when they divorce. There are many things in the show now that it has been pointed out, the way the children behave, covering their heads, comments they make that Stephen has some serious issues that the family fear him. I bet they will divorce very soon.
For those of you who care to know:
Jackass’ address: (DELETED BY BLOG ADMIN)
Home Phone Number: (DELETED BY BOG ADMIN)
Email Addresses: sfowler@terranovabio.com and stephenfowler@yahoo.com
Cars: (DELETED BY BLOG ADMIN) Calif. License plate number (DELETED BY BLOG ADMIN) (For a tree hugging, save the earth San Francisco fool, evidently saving fuel doesn’t apply to him and his gas gussling modes of transportation)
Provided by a very angry (former) United States Marine.
Call or drop him a line to say hello; I did.
John (And everyone else)
I do not allow the Fowler’s personal information to be posted on this site. It does not sit well with me.
I allow opinions here (no death threats or highly obscene comment, those are deleted) but I cannot cross my conscience in this area and allow the information to be posted on my blog. Especially when there are children that reside in the home and the issue is so heated. I would not feel good about it.
Thanks for the understanding.
Loralee
Good for you Lora Lee. I honestly do not know why I am still following this story much less commenting on it, but then we get posters like Jane who says *he only said what everyone else was thinking*. They both have hateful thoughts!
So..I tried to put myself back in time before the swap when the families where describing themselves and what I was thinking about them. And I’m really trying to be honest here:
$15K is a lot to spend on paintball equipment but it does promote family togetherness and a good deal of exercise too.
I’m not sure if there are paintball scholarships but hey my niece got a cheerleading scholarship so maybe there are.
I wish Mr. Long would wear a shirt with sleeves.
The older kid is overweight and the parents are not thin so … work is needed there.
Loved Mr. Long’s self-deprecating sense of humor that as mayor of his town he is mowing the grass.
Certified Looney Tunes is not education.
Fowler kids are attending a good school.
James Fowler is pissed at life because he hates fencing and piano and would like a french fry
Juliette Fowler has no idea what the Thai dish her mother says is her favorite is .
Oh cute, they have a bidet. Well I’m from Kansas and I saw my first bidet in 1969 (and I’m of the middle of the middle classes) so you don’t have to tell me its to wash a butt. And what kind of person takes pride in a plumbing device that cleans his butt?
Stephen and Renee’s set has cleaning women. My family has had one since I was 4 (and she was wiith me until I was 44) and I’m not that cool so why do you think you are?
So then the show begins.
And we learn that Gayla is far more astute than Stephen. Because she pretty much keeps her cool. (Lost it a bit at the rule changes). Her husband seemed to know how to do skirt work pretty well which leads me to believe he did more than he let the wifeswap people know.
The Long kids seem genuinely polite and while they would rather be riding atvs than hiking through the woods, I suspect that they spend more time in the fresh air than poor pale james and juliette.
So no, Jane (as they used to say on Saturday Night Live) *you ignorant slut*. America does not agree with Stephen Fowler.
In fact we see a recovered bulimic who can only maintain her weight by making it her life’s work and jumping up and down to burn her own snickers bar off. And a woman who chose a man who enjoys being cruel. Perhaps that is how Renee stays thin. If she keeps throwing up her food, then Stephen will not abuse her.
Ack.. these people make me want to vomit and the people that excuse them are just as sad.
Rene,
Place the HOLISTIC crap on the back burner, deal with your family issues, find out why, if you spend to much time with your children you get stressed out, your husband has major problems that need to be addressed, get rid of the maid and learn how to use the washing machine and clean the house yourself.
Now is not the time or the place to be trying to help other people, help your self and your family first, and when you have done all of the above, then and only then, return and help those who cannot help themselves, the overweight community will more than understand your need to address family problems as your first priority.
Just some friendly advice in response to your request below:
1. Hi Wonderful Group,
I have a special request to make. I would rather not ask, but I really do
need your help.
A few nasty reviews have been posted to iTunes that haven nothing to do with
IOWL, and everything to do with the TV show I was on. I am completely open
to reviews that convey an honest opinion about IOWL, but not open to ones
that are not about the podcasts.
As you know, I offer IOWL for free as part of my mission to end the weight
struggle and enable others to develop and share their soul’s gifts. I worry
that these reviews will put people off who would be helped by it.
Could you please flag these reviews as irrelevant, rate them as unhelpful,
and if you are so inclined and haven’t done so already, enter your own 5
star review. That would be a wonderful thing for those that have not yet
found this free resource, and for me. Here’s what to do:
1. Go on to iTunes, put “Inside Out Weight Loss” into the search to pull up
the show page.
2. Scroll down to the reviews
3. Click on “See all 186 reviews”
4. Click on “Report a concern”
5. Flag the review as off topic, or that you disagree with it.
No worries if you prefer not, and sincere and deep gratitude if you do.
Blessings and Thanks!
Renee
@vera
uhh ill keep this short so that your friends might not argue about this so here it is:
if he DID apologize then why the hell is their final meeting that appalling? I mean he says that he had the worst week of his life then walks off saying she was the stupidest women he ever met? Come on? if thats apologizing then Andy Dick is a saint.
John (Ex-Marine with no life apparently).
Inciting violence, spreading hatred and publishing personal details for malicious reasons is childish, unproductive, immature and ignorant.
You reduce yourself to these buffoon.s level with your idiocy. Thank goodness you are EX military – you are exactly the type we don’t need representing our great country.
Semper Fi
I thought the show was funny. In a tragic way. It was the classic city mouse farm mouse story. A really good shoot off would be a new reality show. Life with the Fowlers. Or maybe on HBO it be life with the Fuckers… I think their current situation is way more intriguing. It is not hard to find a prick these days but to find someone willing to do it on national TV is another thing right? Wrong? The world is is inundated with pricks… Like the guy posting addreses. Or the other Self riteous folks like my self who think they are better than Stephen. If you look hard enough in your self you will find something hateful. Judge not least ye’ be judged.
Wow. I knew this wouldn’t blow over, but I really hope that Stephen Fowler is given the opportunity to repent and learn from his colossal mistake.
He’s a scrawny little prick that deserves a good butt kicking! Gandhi would want to kick his ass, he’s so infuriating! I feel sorry for his kids but he deserves everything that comes his way.
Youtube has some really good clips. I didn’t get to see the episode but these clips are good enough. http://www.youtube.com
Ok..I’m completely over Stephen Fowler. But I am thrilled to have discovered this blog. i loved the Redneck Mama link as well as your description of going to WalMart in your pajama bottoms. I have not yet gone to Quick Trip in my pajama bottoms but that is because I don’t have pajamas per se. I just wear comfy clothes and sweats all the time and when I have to wear a bra it gives me cramps in my back. And believe me, at my size I need to wear a bra in public…which is why I do not venture out much.
I see absolutely nothing wrong with wearing your clothes to bed if they are comfortable enough. Every other day or so I switch outfits.
And, I’m not a redneck mama because I don’t have kids (not by choice) but I think I would fit in quite well. For example, my cat Monica throws up a lot. I have learned that if I let the throw up dry on the carpet for a day or two, I can pick it up and it won’t leave a stain! If I clean it while wet it leaves red dye plutonium on my carpet.
So…make Stephen Fowler your side blog and get on with the rest of life Lora Lei !
Very, very late to this party — I didn’t know anything about Stephen Fowler until tonight when I read an article about him on the San Francisco Chronicle website. Guess I’ve been too preoccupied with the Octomom! I found your blog after googling “wife swap” +marriage +abusive. It was immediately obvious to me when I watched the first part of the episode on youtube that Fowler is abusive to his wife and his children, and I had to know what other people thought.
Background on me: I’m pretty much a kneejerk liberal, lived in San Francisco and Berkeley for 20 years, but got sick of the politics and the elitist attitudes of the other kneejerk liberals, so moved to the ‘burbs. Oh yeah, and I thought the move to the ‘burbs would somehow fix my abusive marriage, which it didn’t, and then my husband moved us out to the country to get me away from my support system and everything really hit the fan. So count me in with those who felt physically ill watching Fowler. Those words were not the result of “role-playing” or “nervousness” or editing, for God’s sake. We’ve all seen some pretty upset and angry people on Wife Swap, but nobody as consistently and intentionally cruel as this guy.
I’ve watched Wife Swap on and off since the beginning. I would watch the bitchy mom, or the sloppy mom, or the lazy mom, and see how almost all of them, no matter how bitchy/sloppy/lazy they are, had something to offer the other family. Then I would tell myself that no matter how STOOOOPID and CRAZY and LAZY and WORTHLESS I was, or what kind of MENTAL DISORDER I had, or what a C-WORD or WHORE or WITCH every woman in my family was, or what a DRUNK my father was, I still had something to offer. In a lot of ways, that show got me through some pretty dark times. I’d even watch Wife Swap with my sons (who are still pre-teens) when my husband was out spending our savings on drugs and strippers and talk to the kids about what we saw on the show, about how even the people who seemed like they had the least to give, or who were really resistant to the new rules, would benefit from the other person. Fowler, not so much.
And my husband? Very intelligent, has a BA and MBA from prestigious universities, appears charming to most except when he explodes and shows his true colors. Oh — and when we lived in SF he wanted to send our kids to the French American school, which we would pay for by my going back to work. Thank GOD we are separated now — I could never get away from him but he moved out when he realized that either he was going to kill me or I was going to kill myself. I consider myself to be very, very lucky for that.
Anyway, I am grateful to have found your blog and the comments. I still need the reminders that I am not the only one, and that what I see and think isn’t wrong just because I’m the one seeing or thinking it, if that makes any sense.
And did anyone besides me think that Gayla most likely has a learning disability or dyslexia?
It didn’t occur to me that Gayla might have a learning disability but I did notice that she had a wonderful knack for self-acceptance. I also think she has discovered the secret for finding happiness in simple pleasures. Despite any of her shortcomings, I think she had a lot to share. So even if the Fowlers totally blew their chances to learn from her, at least the rest of us got the opportunity to benefit from her example.
I agree that the nicest part of Wife Swap is watching the exchange and how (hopefully) both families emerge from the experience with positive changes.
I grew up in the S.F. bay area and am all too familiar with intellectual snobbery. I can’t stand those attitudes and find them extremely hurtful. I would never want to move back even though I have family there.
Steph, your story touched me when I read it. I am sorry for all you have gone through. I am glad you are out of that abusive situation and I wish you and children much peace and happiness in your future.
And I though I did some dumb things in life. They didn’t teach you this one in school.
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Alan, I like Brits. Verry funny post. I also detest the Foul-ers. Lets see how much they like being looked down on. THEY are “Euro Trash”
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Gayla does not have a learning disability or dyslexia.
She is a dumb, ignorant redneck.
I really thought I’d made that clear during the show – how many times must I tell you people?
oh it would be so much fun if you were the real stephen fowler! but he has his tail between his legs right now trying to get his social status back with the san fran society who really does think exactly like him (witness his friend janie) but knows they ought not to say so. Yep, Gayla was so dumb she saw exactly what sort of poop was going to fall on the Fowler’s lives as a result of this. As I have said before… fat can be made thinner, people can be educated but you just cannot fix ugly.
Best Stephen Fowler letter I have read so far
I found this letter on facebook, this letter was NOT written by The Average American but by an average american:
Dear Mr. Fowler (as well as any ancillary persons reading this e-mail at your place of employment),
I recently viewed an episode of ABC’s ‘Wife Swap’, a show with which I am none too familiar. My wife stole my attention and implored me to watch the show with her. She said that I would find you amazing, and she was entirely correct.
Let me tell you about myself rather quickly. I am an educated man myself, and my IQ has been tested in the same range as yours (if I’m being entirely honest, I’ve only tested around 145… not quite the impressive 158 that you boast. Kudos sir.) Professionally, I am quite successful. I am the Director of Marketing for a large real estate firm in New York. Also like you, I consider myself to be well traveled and worldly, having spent much time abroad and having had the opportunity to visit most of Europe. Living in New York I am proud to call myself a progressive liberal, and believe that my political leanings stand as a testament to the nature of my Renaissance spirit. I tell you these things about myself lest you mistake me for a “po-dunk redneck”, because God forbid that you classify me among “those people.”
Having recently finished a viewing of the program I must applaud you sir for your bravery. It must not have been easy for you to take such a righteous stance. You have demonstrated a high level of courage. You dispensed with any good will that could have been shown to you had you made your views known with poise and dignity. Rather, you decided to walk to road less traveled and demonstrated your views through naked aggression and ruthless verbal battery. Well done. You took someone who you found to be a lesser human being than you and methodically and cunningly destroyed her entire value system. Incredible job. It is readily apparent that you had full understanding that doing so would alienate your entire family (including your small children) and possibly put your career and reputation at risk… but you paid no mind to these meaningless detours. You walked a hard line because you believed in it. Outstanding. You recognized that this woman was part of the uneducated masses that make up the entire middle part of this horrible disgusting country that we call America. Some may say that this is an unfair and ignorant categorization of a entire geographically located and socio-economic grouping of people… perhaps even citing that over 1.4 million people from this woman’s home state recently voted for Barack Obama. Some might equate this to an American who classifies most Brits as obnoxious alcoholic football hooligans with obvious traces of centuries of inbreeding and a tradition of substandard hygiene. But not me sir, no.
I also watched and applauded as you demonstrated what can only be described as a coldly scientific approach to parenting. You value education above all other things, and when you recognized that this value was not shared by this woman, you attacked her for cerebral shortcomings. You even went so far as to whisper into the ears of your children how awful and stupid this woman would be, and your daughter (being the perfect little mime) replicated these thoughts. It is apparent that she will grow to be just like her parents… extremely well educated and devoid of any compassion or modesty. You can surely be proud of this as compassion and modesty are over rated and traits that only the weak applaud… even if they are principle tenants shared by nearly every major religion in the world. I say how dare this woman not value education above all else, including familial love and childhood joy. Take your son for instance. You have obviously showed him the true meaning of education by forcing him to engage in activities that he obviously has zero interest in and at times removing any feelings of paternal love and support. It would appear that, like your daughter, he will grow to be an intelligent and successful adult… even if it comes at the cost of normal socialization skills and basic human decency. Bravo!
I worry for you sir. Not from physical harm mind you, but simply from the public relations backlash and community ostracizing that will surely be coming your way. I wonder if some of your comments, the ones in which you seemed to paint American and Americans with a broad brush, will come back to haunt you. I should surely hope not. Take for instance your obvious and unabashed dislike for America. I wonder if an injured veteran who had once assisted your British brethren in wartime in say Germany, or Iraq might take these comments. But if you think about it this injured Soldier or Sailor is most likely uneducated and likely had no other options available but military service, so what difference would their opinions be? I suppose though that there are individuals such as Academy Graduates and ROTC students who excelled in school who could have voluntarily chose to serve America… but they probably wouldn’t have a problem with you, and if they did who would care again… they’re “less than you” for having decided to serve such a wretched country.
You are obviously a very wealthy man, and you are not very modest about your riches, and why should you be? You come across as patently elitist and snobbish, and there is nary a moment that goes by in your life where you are not sizing up and categorizing what class a person belongs in. I say good on you for that… you’ve earned that right haven’t you? To the victor goes the spoils as they say. You laugh in the face of a deep recession because you are smarter than everyone else. I fear though, that your wife might receive some of the backlash though. She is what again? Oh, I recall. She is a “Certified Life Coach” and “Weight Loss Counselor”. In such an economy where trivial endeavors and purchases are the first thing that people dispense with, this career path will surely be steady. But wait… wouldn’t that make most of her clients the obese and those who need someone to guide their lives? Yes, I suppose. And are not these the same people that she has alienated by her obvious agreement to your methods and policies? I can only hope that her client base does not fade into oblivion.
On a much smaller note, I’d like to applaud you on your smashing wardrobe. I myself am what you would call an active environmentalist. I drive a hybrid, I lobby for the use of sustainable energy sources and I work tirelessly to reduce by carbon footprint each and every day. That being said, I’ve never thought to tailor my entire wardrobe around pithy t-shirts that send this message out loudly and obnoxiously. I think that its great that you do though. Some would say that this is simply another way of making those around you feel less than, and advertising your superiority. But I again disagree. I think that its just fantastic that you make your policies part of your daily look. I don’t care if people call you a complete and total douchebag… you’re aces in my book.
Lastly, please let me clear something up. In the event that this hasn’t already occurred to you and your ultra dry English sense of humor… please know that I have employed the use of sarcasm throughout this e-mail. When I said that I agreed with you, I do not. When I spoke of liking you, I should clarify that instead I find you to be the worst type of elitist scum. You sir are arrogant when you have no currency to spend in that department. How dare you. How dare you attack this woman. I will not stick up for her, because I too find fault with a great many of her choices. But what I will do is admonish you for the wrath that you vomited out of your disgusting crooked mouth. You have no right to cast aspersions on anyone when your world is fraught with failure. You sir, are a failure as a parent, as a husband, as a citizen of this world, and as human being. I am not a “flag waiving” American. I do not have a magnetic sticker on the back of my car, and I have found great fault with this country for the past decade. But I do love this country nonetheless. I care for her and her peoples with all of my heart… warts and all. I would submit that you have heard this argument before, probably formed in cursing colloquialisms, but let me say it again………….. if you have this much fault with a country that has provided you with such great riches, I would ask you that you please book the next possible flight to anywhere but here and leave it immediately. We have no place for you here, nor your wife. If you’d like to leave your children here, we’ll gladly foster them and show them what a well rounded, moderate and loving life could be. If you insist on making them little clones of yourself, then by all means…. take them the fuck with you, you rude disgusting little limey prick.
Warm regards
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You really came off as an elitist, effete, Euro-Trash Prig! Please ! Leave the inferior U.S.A. and go preach your “Wisdom” to someplace advanced and far away like the Antarctic. The Penguins will be thrilled with your talking down to them. You can teach them to “Recycle” snow. And when they get fat Renee can “Life Coach” them. Be sure to propagandize them with your classy T-Shirts and high class British accent. Take your “World Citizen” arrogant wife with you Ship your kids off to someplace advanced and far away from here so when they implode “WE” the poor, ignorant, fat Americans don’t have to listen to their sociopathic, demeaning rants. I suggest Pakistan. Or someone sophisticated like Osama Bin-Laden. I’m sure as Citizen’s of the world he will know just how to channel the anger you and your wife have instilled in them. By the way is it true you failed your PHD in Philosophy ? Anyhow just LEAVE!!!
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Stephen Fowler was the subject of Kelly’s Court on Fox News this morning. It was pretty amusing – usually one of the lawyers DEFENDS the subject, but not this time. LOVED it!!!
Anyone catch the news clip on Yahoo about Stephen Fowler? It just came up this morning. It runs seven minutes long and the newscaster and two lawyers completely skewer the man. According to the lawyers, Stephen Fowler does NOT have a case to sue either ABC or the bloggers that have posted his personal information. I found their remarks interesting. It’s definitely worth seven minutes of your time.
What I liked is that all three people in that clip are obviously successful, well-educated individuals who were outraged by Fowler’s behavior. I found that extremly satisfying.
Sorry! When I first came back on this thread the last couple of posts were not there. After I posted my comments, suddenly the one above it mysteriously appeared. We posted hours apart. I have no idea how that happened?
I agree wholeheartedly with your comments. It urks me so much when I see our fellow Brits acting like smug superiors in this great adopted nation of ours. I too love America for the honesty with which the people live their lives. Expats are like this guy are so pedantic and shallow.
Thanks for your comments.
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I have been watching Wife Swap for a long time and love it because even though the people disagree, they usually end up learning from each other.
It seems as though the men are always more difficult to get along with than the wives – less reluctant to play the game.
But psychos like Stephen Fowler should be screened out. No one should endure abuse like poor Mrs. Long did. Mr. Long learned something in this episode from Mrs. Fowler, but more importantly, I hope he learned to appreciate Mrs. Long and to keep her away from crazies like Mr. Fowler!
Mr. Fowler liked to brag about his success. He has earned every difficulty that his distasteful performance on Wife Swap has earned him – and hopefully a whole lot more. With his superior intellect, I am quite sure that he will be just fine. If not, I am equally sure he will make up for things by beating on Mrs. Fowler, since he is clearly a practiced abuser.
I really hope you sad wretches don’t think I’m hiding in a hole somewhere with my tail between my legs.
Far from it. I said what needed to be said. The fact that you sheep are gleefully piling on, while hiding behind pseudonyms and anonymity is further proof of what a wretched, sad little bunch you are.
I will relax this evening with a fine Pinot Noir – you can guzzle your gassy kegs in the privacy of your foul little trailer homes and keep thinking about your innate superiority.
Janie, what a delightful comment you left there. I wonder if you’re intelligent and highly educated enough to realize how incredibly stupid your last paragraph makes you seem.
When you say “he just said what most of us were thinking”, you mean, of course, most of the elitist trash that lives in the bay area.
To suggest that it’s ok to think such a thing about other human beings as long as you don’t say it to their faces is typical of your type. The rest of the world would call you bigots. What would you call it?
Also, the perceived notion that only “rednecks” use profanity is laughable. Did you know that the cultural disdain for foul language is handed down from a superstition, prevalent in the middle ages, that warned that harsh language could physically harm any person who hears it? I guess that’s not too hard to believe if you’ve already convinced yourself that “new age” bs makes sense.
Some of the most powerful and successful men in history cussed like sailors. Winston Churchill, LBJ, Hillary Clinton………LOL
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commmenting back to Janie’s above ridiculous statement about the reality show editing “the hell” out of stephens comments for ratings:
Are you completely out of your mind??
that would mean they edited just about everything out of that mans mouth for the entire show!! And then at some point colaborated a scheme to ruin the Fowler family for ratings??? WTF?!! He obviously said the things that he did in one way or another.
I don’t think the best editors in the business could do work this good– Just admit it, he dug his own grave with his own “gold shovel”.
He may have degrees from institutions of higher learning and an IQ of 158 and has an awesome yearly salary- blah,blah,blah, but all that in no way makes him a better human being than somebody ese.
All it gives him is a bank account with a larger balance at the end of the day.
He has a very underdeveloped soul and is very uneducated in the ways of how to treat another human being. He is shallow and empty.
He equates his own worth and the worth of others by how much money they have, material possesions, and of course massive educational degrees. So sad, so pathetic.
I realized that for the huge vocabulary that he does have, he was obviously absent when the words humble,compassion,respect,kindness,
undstanding were taught.
He thought he was soooo amusing as he berated that woman. He laughed everytime he had some crappy thing spew from his mouth about her or the midwest, her education etc. NO WAY that show was edited– get a grip lady, that is who he is!!!
Remember, what goes around, comes around sooner or later.
You can have opinions but if you’re on National television you may want to keep them to yourself.
He should have tasted his own words before he spat them out on a person that certainly did not deserve that kind of treatment.
maybe this will get him to go back to England…but I hear that they don’t want him back either!!!! LOL
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Typical Euro Trash talking ass—-.
I am so glad he has a high IQ or Idiot quoter. What a jerk. Go back to the rock you came out from.
The other side of the story?! Are you kidding me?! wow! how could there be another ‘side’ to the story? The words came out of his mouth – period. he should have put that genius i.q. to work to figure out that there would be reactions for his verbal insults of THE ENTIRE MID-WEST! Not to mention pathetic treatment of a guest in his home – he is truly a disgrace to britts and tree huggers EVERYWHERE!
Sorry, Janie – I completely disagree with the statement
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new one
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090221/ap_en_tv/hated_husband
Stephen Fowler Rocks! When I was watching that episode of Wife Swap and saw Stephen Fowler tear into that woman I CHEERED! It was hilarious and a well deserved payback. I said to my wife, “I love Europeans, how they can unapologetically state their opinions honestly without being afraid of the bedwetting sensibilities and political correct controls of the right wing without mincing any words.” These Fowler hating websites just goes to show how out of control the bleeding hearted right has gotten in their efforts to make everyone fall lockstep in their political correctness. For the past two decades liberals have had to suffer under millionaire right wing elitists calling us “bleeding hearts” simply because we believed it was wrong to waste billions of tax payer dollars on murdering innocent children and families in order to steal the oil that lay under their land. We were called anti-American by a president who could barely speak the national language just because we believed spending tax payer hard earned dollars at home instead of on outsourcing jobs and weapons corporations was the right thing to do. We have suffered under years of rightist hypocritical media (like the hysterical drug addict on the radio) that censors everything the voting public needs to know and regurgitates 93% of the same useless nonsense all day long. Media journalism in America is a joke because of conservatives enforcing their political correct views on America. 3 cheers for Stephen Fowler for saying what was on 80% of American’s mind. It’s about time these “we are more American than you” elitist conservatives were put in their place. Thank you Stephen Fowler. You rock!
As I was watching The wife swaps with my husband I was shock I nearly died couldn’t believe my ear just like I saw the air plane on setember 11 I am sad for you and your family . You can never understand what a peacefull life is ? you will have a lot to learn.You are disgrace an Amarican You aught to go back to Wels not England. We live i n the this world, it sad to say that you made it unhealhy. I am uneducate mother that could be your mother . You difintely have attitude problem Ha Ha Ha Are you plan to go back to Welse ? Right now you and your family is down in 0 than Billaden. How is your love life with your family ?You have not got it then how else could you express your self in this manner.
I can’t believe this is generating such a response. I don’t watch reality TV but this episode has made enough news that even I have heard about it. I agree that Fowler is certainly something of an elitist ass who should go back where he came from – we have enough pompous blowhards in this country already – but he was probably told to overplay his ugly tendencies to make good “reality” TV. Really, anyone who is idiotic enough to go on these reality TV shows in the first place pretty much deserves what they get-on both sides. No one ever comes off looking good on them – the point of all of them is to generate controversy. Someday someone is going to really go crazy and hurt someone. Shows like this should be taken off the air. It’s unfortunate that people continue to watch them enough that they are allowed to continue. I understand that it’s a bit like rubbernecking at a car accident – many people just can’t help themselves even if it slows down traffic – but it’s time to get a life and move on. Watch something worthwhile. Better yet, read a book. Even the phone book would have more value than any reality show on TV.
I had no idea until today of the reaction to Stephen Fowler’s appearance on “Wife Swap” a couple weeks ago. I followed a link on the MSN homepage and followed it to here.
I must say that I am happy with the reaction against this jerk! I watched the episode when it aired originally and sat in awe of this so called “educated” mans stupidity. I really don’t have any forgiveness in my heart for him and his wife after what he said about America.
I do hope that the two will continue to be vilified and assailed on television, blogs and any other forum until they pack up their bags and move to Europe.
They can take all their New Age ideas back to Old Country!
How does this one guy’s behavior make it acceptable to broadly generalize people from S.F., liberals, democrats etc…Is this not the same ignorance he displayed? If you go to the posts on all of these so-called anti-fowler websites, they are nothing more than liberal witch-hunt crybabies who can dish out the criticism but obviously can’t receive it. I’m not defending fowler, but come on! Another thing, why is there no backlash for the stereotypical womanizers they show every other week?
I live and work in the Bay Area and this guy is real.
The stereotype cliché stuck up Brit’s and imports from South Africa, ( even worse, if you can imagine! then this guy) are real.
This show did not edit or “coax” this out of this nitwit. He spoke how he really thinks.
The idiot, the so called educated guy fell into the oldest trap in the book, he showed his true colors when the camera was on.
I did a few game shows in the 90′s when I lived in L.A, and people become babbling idiots when the cameras are on them.
They talk about embarrassing personal details and all kinds of things you normally would not say. No one made this guy show us who he is.
He made that lady cry. He was relentless. Do you think they put those bigoted snobby horrible words in his mouth?
No way. Those kids looked sad and his wife is just like him. She is a total snob.
A wacky life coach snob. I am sure they speak rudely of her clients.
They both hate fat people. His behavior was very alcoholic.
Britons have such a high rate of alcoholism, I would not be surprised if that comes out at some point.
(High functioning, mean drunk) he would be better off copping to that then just admitting he is a total ass.
I feel the most sorry for those kids. What a sad life they have. Mom doesn’t like to spend time with them and they are gone
the entire day until 5:30! Then their parents are total taskmasters who are completely self centered and live for themselves.
That is really the tragedy. It was sad in the follow up when they both said they changed nothing and learned nothing.
(because don’t ya know , they are so ed-chu-cated, uh huh, yes sir-ree, they don’t need no help from anyone else.)
You can’t manufacture ignorance and snobbery like these two have. That is what people have reacted to, the very realness of them and
their petty snobbish and judgmental attitudes which they are passing on to the children.
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Stephen is outwardly a snob. Inwardly he is probably very insecure, self loathing and disconnected from his heart.It is loving kindness which is a true measure of a person’s worth. His rejection of Gayla is a projection of rejection of self.
There is a possibility that whoever said he is closeted is accurate.Who knows, he could be a ‘tearoom queen’.
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Thank you to the ONE sensible guy who gets it and is a fan of mine! RE. Post headed “Crybaby conservatives”
You get it – apparently these other idiots here don’t…
And “aimon” – Reminded you of September 11th?? PLEASE! Get a grip you idiotic brainless fool – 9/11??!! You need therapy. Oh, and there is a “P” in September you ignorant Redneck.
Well you post reminded me of the holocaust – waaa waaa – maybe it reminded me of Pearl Harbor – geeez, how stupid ARE you pathetic little people, seriously. All of you (except one) need to get lives, grow up and learn to call a spade a spade.
Namby Pampy PC idiots.
Wow – what a lot of hypocritical people there are here….
Blasting this one demented idiot for HIS views, while revealing their own equally ignorant bigoted views – and reveling in them.
“Eurotrash” “San Francisco elitists” “Alcoholic Britain” “Tree Huggers” the list goes on – and on…
It is apparent to anyone with a brain reading these blogs that what most of you REALLY wanted was a safe “PC” opportunity to vent your own prejudices and bigotry while pretending to be outraged about someone else’s.
I hope that giving your small minded hatred and bigotry an outlet – while at the same time feigning outrage and attacking another person – has left you feeling warm and fuzzy. Just know that I (and many others) see you for the sad, disenfranchised, pathetic folks you are… Go on, take another shot at Mr Fowler and “his ilk” it may not help with your financial problems or your shitty lives, but maybe it’ll make you feel better for five minutes.
Ok, blog author breaking in here.
Look, I put up with the moniker “Stephan Fowler-yes, me” even though it is highly obvious from both logic and IP location of 4 trackers that you are obviously, um, not Stephen Fowler.
HOWEVER.
This is not a message board. It is a blog. I run it. And I DO NOT ALLOW MULTIPLE BLOG ENTRIES CREATED TO “SUPPORT” POINTS OF VIEW.
The post from “Mr. Fowler” and “Sad Commentary” are from identical IP addresses and the same author.
I have bent a LOT of my rules to allow free commentary here. Even though half of these comments make my hair curl. However, this is an area I don’t put up with.
Make multiple comments under one moniker, I don’t care, but do not try to bait, lure or fool people by multiple postings under different name.
I’m asking politely. Do not keep it up or your IP will be banned.
Thanks.