Who 'Blew It' During Jake and Vienna's Battle Royale?

By Rob Shuter Posted Jul 6th 2010 04:00PM

Jake Pavelka and Vienna Girardi slung insult after brutal insult last night during their first televised chitchat together since their relationship went kaboom. (He said: "I'm disgusted with you." She said: "You are a fame whore.") Although it may have made for great reality TV, industry insiders tell me their performance has killed both of their aspiring careers.

"There were no winners last night," a TV executive tells me. "We got to see a different side of two people we thought we knew very well. And it wasn't an attractive side. In short, that interview was a disaster. It certainly didn't do Jake or Vienna any good."

Pressed for a pick, my source conceded that if there had to be a winner, it was Vienna -- but mostly because Jake came off as a bit nasty.

"The Jake we saw last night was so different from the nice guy we thought we knew. He has left us all wondering if everything he ever did was an act. His career is over for sure."

Vienna, who has already secured a job at a marketing company in Los Angeles, says she has no plans to pursue a career in show business.

However, Jake has never hidden his ambitions to become a full-time actor. According to IMDB, Pavelka worked as an actor long before his 'Bachelor' fame, with a 1999 spot on the cult/hoaky series 'Walker, Texas Ranger' and a role in the TV flick 'The President's Men.' For both roles, Pavelka is credited as Jake Landrum. Post-'Bachelor' fame, Jake has landed a guest spot on the Lifetime series 'Drop Dead Diva,' where he will play a bachelor contestant on a dating show.

But that was before we got to see how nasty he really is.

"Jake is a joke in the business and last night's performance has confirmed it," a casting director tells me. "He thinks he's going to be the next Tom Cruise, where in reality he is already the next Spencer Pratt." Ouch.

The director continues: "My advice is save as much 'Bachelor' money as you can, then go home to Texas and enjoy your life. Any chance that he might have had of a career in show business is over. He blew it last night. Making a girl cry on national TV isn't going to get you any work in this town."

PR expert Kelly Brady agreed, telling me, "In one corner you had Jake and in the other you had Vienna. Neither scored a knockout, but both were badly injured. But Jake definitely came off worse."

Miss Brady is not alone in her expert thinking.

Ronn Torossian, owner of 5WPR and the man who shaped the careers of Lil' Kim and Pam Anderson, tells me, "I think neither won the battle-royale at all, but in today's reality driven entertainment show arena, ratings and drama will win, rather than Vienna or Jake. They both spoke ugly of another, both were rude and inconsiderate and I don't think either of them won big points."

Ronn makes a great point. There was a big winner last night and that was ABC. Ratings were through the roof.

Let me know who you thought won!

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Tags: jake pavelka, the bachelor, Vienna Girardi

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Tuesday 06 July

By mw

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OK, Jake picked Vienna, they romanced for a little while, they broke up, let the mudsling begin, we saw the reunion, tears and yelling, and the he said she said. It's over, can we all move on? They need to go back to their hometowns and forget they ever met, and we can forget we got so involved with them. Just my 2 cents worth!

By Katie

MW - I have one word... "ditto!!"

By ndmk

I agree get over yourselves and move on. I always thought she was wrong for him anyway. I can't believe the way she acted on national TV. She wouldn't let the guys talk and she felt she had that right. Spoiled brat.

By Dianne

I didn't like Jake before he was the bachelor & I certainly did not like Vienna. The girls all tried to tell him she was a loser. However, I will have to be on Jake's side. He was unable to get 2 words in without Vienna interrupting every single time he opened his mouth. So my point is how was he the bad guy "yesterday" when he hardly even said anything? I don't know what show you all were watching but the one I saw was all Vienna about Vienna. Whine Whine Whine, give her some cheese to go with that Whine.

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By Joan

These two had their 1 out of proverbial possible 15 mins. of fame during Bachelor series, extended it now in mutually and grossly humiliating themselves on national TV trying to capitalize even more by their supposed nasty break-up. Couple of phonies and neither should aspire to acting career because if they were auditioning here, both failed...he's almost robotic, certainly not sexy.

Wednesday 07 July

By CW

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By john

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The man is RIGHT! This young woman wouldn't allow him to finish a SINGLE sentence without interupting him...that's just RUDE no matter who it is...and when he calls heron it she cries and storms out...I cannot IMAGINE putting up with this CHILD!Is he "diffferent" than when he was on the show? Absolutely! And SHE's NOT???? Hello. The chick was in SNARE MODE and turned into a whimpering, controlling little whiney crier...

By michael beery

Vienna was very rude, wouldn't allow Jake to speak and would interup him when ever he tried to speak. I think that was very rude of her. She lost it for me for that reason. I can understand Jake's frustration and had no choice to sound off as he did. Even though they both embarressed them selves. I go with Jake.

By Nancy

They are both Losers... and yet we idiots sit here giving them more attention. Ignore them and they will go away.

By Marie

Agree with Dianne!! thats exactly what I saw!! The real Vienna everyone knew during the Bachelor finally came out!

By Cheree

I think Jake is nasty, you can see it in his eyes he is demented. i think he has mental problems.

By jojo

I am sorry, but I think Vienna is the big loser and so glad. She was very rude to Jake and to Chris. She would not let anyone talk.
If Jake was that bad, she should have let... job or no job. Get a life.

By linda conard

The whole world tried to tell jake what a weiny, spoiled brat Vienna was. She proved herself last night on national tv. Jake to me is a mature man with high standards. Love was totally blind for him. Good luck Jake. Forget Vienna and move forward.

By sandy

I agree with you 100%. she was very rude. No one could get a word in. I still think that Jake will be fine. She needs to grow up and stop acting so childish.

By Cin

couldn't agree with you more, she came across as extremely immature, self centered and a spoiled little brat.

By awwwww

agreed! why anyone thinks that TV is the place to find real romance is beyond me... I tuned in to the train wreck by accident channel surfing... what a waste of prime time programming... I saw why he dumped her... she's a motor mouth rude hussie... He can do much better... Next!

By Marilyn

I agree. She interrupted every time he was talking. No wonder he got irritated. Then she fakes a cry and wanders off. She's the rude one! Good thing she doesn't want to be in show biz....her acting stinks.

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