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Sober House: Vegas Odds

By Jennifer Mathieu, Tuesday, Feb. 10 2009 @ 7:40AM
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Categories: TGITiVo


Okay, so I don't actually understand betting odds. (Like, if it's five to one are those bad odds or good odds? Or what?)

Regardless, I can tell you I've been making my own little guesstimates on who is going to survive VH1's "Sober House" (which is the more measured, more intimate "Celebrity Rehab" - this time with Andy Dick!).

Watching "Sober House" is like watching "Intervention" and not feeling bad about laughing. In between the laughing, I've created my own predictions on who comes out clean on the other end.

Steven Adler: Actually already dead, but they have propped him up and planted heroin on him to make the first episode more interesting. Of all the contestants, he is the one most likely to be offered his own series after this is all over.

Seth "Shifty" Binzer: Who can tell me who this guy is? Anyway, previews for the next episode hint at a possible relapse, although he did break curfew and come home clean in the second episode, so I could be wrong. The nickname "Shifty" doesn't seem to suggest being successful at sobriety, however.

Andy Dick: Will get sober and then get fucked up again as soon as his career needs a boost.

Mary Carey: I kinda like her and her ginormous breasts. Could potentially succeed, but the party girl in her is not totally asleep yet, I fear. Come on, Mary!

Rodney King: I think celebrity is a weird word to use to describe someone who got beaten up by the police, but Rodney has the best chance. He chose not to party during the episode where everyone went out, and he seems to have the most supportive family. Go Rodney, go!

Nikki McKibbin: If I'd come in third after Justin Guarini, I'd drink heavily, too. Give the gal a break.

Amber Smith: Already relapsed at a party, so she's a no go. Please, God, don't let her get drunk and hook up with Andy Dick.

So it seems like Mary and Rodney are neck and neck for first place. Although Mary's breasts could come in handy for the photo finish. We'll just have to watch and wait.

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Comments (8)

Vernon Guy says:

Mary Carey or MPR?

Posted On: Tuesday, Feb. 10 2009 @ 12:26PM
Anonymous says:

this is completely outrageous. Ms Mathieu, you are a pathetic excuse for a person. These people are recovering addicts, and while i don't think that they have been put in a good situation to succeed (with the cameras and all), you have no right to write an article like this. You should be ashamed of yourself.

Posted On: Thursday, Feb. 12 2009 @ 10:04PM
Anonymous says:

This is definitely ridiculous and a blatant display of your ignorance.

Stop writing.

Posted On: Thursday, Feb. 12 2009 @ 10:16PM
Miss Pop Rocks says:

What a sad and dank existence Anonymous's world must be...living in the land of No-Fun-Ville, on the planet of Take-Myself-Too-Seriously.

Boo hoo.

Posted On: Thursday, Feb. 12 2009 @ 10:38PM
Sosweeet says:

Seriously, it's reality TV. I think we are all allowed to have an opinion about who makes it.
and I'm saying Rodney, and Andy. I really think Andy is "in it to win it"

Posted On: Friday, Feb. 13 2009 @ 3:12PM
Jessica Zucco says:

No no no this can be some form of comic relief in sorts because recovering addicts need a break. But wow, if you want to treat people like horses and talk about them in odds you should be licking your own taint before you do so because when you are that prissy you need bits of sh*t in your mouth. So much for not saying names... choke on it.

Posted On: Monday, Feb. 16 2009 @ 6:06PM
Miss Pop Rocks says:

Mmm...taint tastes goooood.

Posted On: Tuesday, Feb. 17 2009 @ 11:00PM
Craven Moorhead III says:

I will take $1000 on Shifty to die, give me 5 to 1 odds please. Amber Smith - super whore, I can only recognize her from the back of her head.

Posted On: Tuesday, Feb. 24 2009 @ 8:27PM

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