Filthy Rich: Cattle Drive
This is my guiltiest pleasure yet. “Filthy Rich: Cattle Drive,” on E!, is terriblegreat television. I lovehate it. Even more than WB Superstar!
The concept is gorgeous. E! has tapped the fame-hunger of ten ostensibly “famous,” incredibly spoiled socialite twentysomethings to go on a cattle drive. Nominally, the show is structured around some sort of “game” or something with teams, but no one really pays attention to that part. Even the producers don’t seem to bother with the show’s premise. It’s all about just how fucking bratty these wastes of humanity can be while driving cattle. While driving cattle!
The worst one on the show is Courtenay Semel. (No, it’s not “Courtney Semel.”) She’s the daughter of the Yahoo! CEO and looks like a overfed mutant chipmunk. Furthermore, she acts like a brattier, PMS’ing version of Haley Joel Osmond. I basically want to hit her in the head with a shovel. (And did I mention she’s ugly? Holy shit, is she ever ugly. Feel free to turn off images in your browser when viewing this page.)
Running a close second to Courtenay Semel in the Filthy Rich Assclown Department is Fabian Basabe, touted as the “Son of an Ecuadorian business tycoon.” That’s all well and good, Fabian, but to America you just look like an ambiguously gay version of Rob Lowe who cares far, far too much about “clean cups.” The cattle boss on the show hates Fabian and I think they get in a fight in the next episode or something.
Next up is the Honorable Alexander Clifford, who evidently has been “honored” with the world’s most widely divided eyes. Dude looks like a pale, frail deer. The E! website says he played rugby; I wonder how much he paid the web designer to put in that lie. What I’m really hoping for is that Alexander and Courtenay will get together by show’s end and have the world’s ugliest baby. Then Alexander will sport two world’s records!
Kourtney Kardashian (can’t anyone spell “Courtney” right?) is noteworthy only for being hot and dumb. (Hey, wait, that’s not noteworthy!) Shanna Ferrigno definitely takes after her dad—and that’s not a good thing in the looks department. And amazingly, the best of the bunch might be Brittny Gastineau, who manages to seem halfway reasonable in comparison to the other flakes on the show. And she’s good looking. Here’s a half-hearted bleat for Brittny (spell that shit right!).
Rounding out the group is Noah Blake. (There are some other people on the show, but they’re too boring for me to waste my time on.) He’s actually normal, and unsurprisingly, everyone hates him.
I highly suggest you watch this television program. It’s addictive in the rubberneck-to-see-a-car-accident style. Sundays at 10 p.m. on E!
April 5th, 2006 at 7:52 am
The episode that really floored me was when Fabian turned into a completely deranged Pyscho and verbally attacked Alexander. He was clearly intent on humilating him with no regards for his gentle character. He spewed forth such pure vitriole that he (fabian) cannot possibly be a happy, well adjusted man. He truly reminds me of the character in American Psycho.
Equally scary was the vapid Haley who writhed on his knee and smirked. What a little witch she must be to have any admiration for this disgusting, nasty little toad. Her mother must be sooo ashamed.
The stereotype of spineless rich kids was confirmed by the fact that no-one came to the aid of poor Alexander. Unfortunately he is equally as spineless by still wanting a friendship with Fabian. I just don’t understand what is wrong with these people. Their complete disregard for common decency shoud be criminal!
April 5th, 2006 at 10:45 am
PS I suggest that people express their contempt for “Scabian” by signing the Deport Fabian Basabe Petition at http://www.PetitionOnline.com/dfb92705/petition-sign.html?
April 11th, 2006 at 11:45 am
Fabian is a total hypocrite and an a-hole. He is always telling others to speak respectfully to him, and threatening with a lawsuit every time something or someone displeases him. Nevertheless he was very quick to swear at Alexander, truly disrespect him, AND to take nationality, place of origin and even suggestively race into it. That my friends is slander and discrimination.
Unfortunately he is the living epitomy of nouveau-riche, upstart South Americans with his attitudes and behavior. (Coca)-hefe’s rich son behaves just as privileged generales and rich pen..jo’s have always behaved in their countries, except that since he now lives in the States, he is threatening with lawsuits instead of with Papa’s privado death squad.
He is the best advertisement ever for his country and the people there. Say no too his kind, send his Latino ass back South of the Border. God help Equadorians after that, but they have others just like him. One reason why corruption & violencia is rampant and country stays poor.
April 22nd, 2006 at 12:00 pm
I’m an ecuadorian girl…and I’ve never heard the name of this kid (Fabian Basabe)or at least his last name among the ecuadorian socialitè® I began to think that everything Fabian Basabe says about his SO-CAllED fortune is fake… Maybe he made that up for the show… Plus, here in Ecuador nobody cares about him because nobody knows who he is…In defense of all these negative publicity, I have to say that ecuadorians are kind, warm and hummble people and you all foreigners are welcome to my country any time :) Peace and Love
May 23rd, 2006 at 4:08 am
Fabian Basabe is such, well for lack of a better word, a wanker. He is so up himself he dosent know what day it is. I live in Australia and we only just got the show here now. That man needs to be punched out just for everyone elses piece of mind. Or better yet the English should sue him for slander!
May 27th, 2006 at 8:37 pm
Hi I am from New Zealand and Fabian you need to grow up dude and get a life, I can’t believe how dumb you are. Clearly money dosn’t buy you personality. Get a haircut and a real Job mate.
feel sorry for everyone that had to put up with him. PS- Don’t worry every dog has his day.
May 28th, 2006 at 10:24 am
I have watched Cattle Drive butI can’t believe that these people are for real. How did their parents, (hugely bucksed up and therefore very successful business people) spawn such useless, soft centred, offspring. Courtenay Semel has to be the biggest waste of skin an rations going. If we could just shut her up for a week, we could find a solution to global warming. Surely there has to be something better in life than shopping and partying, two things that seem to be the most important things to them. If they came to me for a job, I’d send them packing. Too much money, no discipline and a silver spoon the size of a front end loader seems to create people who deserve to move in the sphere of the rich and famous. Keep them there lest they pollute the real world.
June 16th, 2006 at 6:29 pm
I used to live in Ecuador and would have to say that Fabian Basabe is not your typically Ecuadorian. How can he be? The Ecuadorians are kind generous and quiet as well as laid back… he is not any of those. Now I live in Phippsburg, Colorado, just outside of Steamboat springs….when this show was filming my neighbors(Jared’s Iacavetto’s uncle)told me that the kids that stayed at his nephew’s place were horrible and that Courtney Semel was the worst. They said the others were okay, but not her, she whined on and off the camera… life must be a bummer to have that much money and nothing to do.
June 23rd, 2006 at 4:38 pm
i think Alexander Clifford is so cute!!! seriously!
he’s cool, better than Fabian the bastard, Alexander is nice,actually the nicest than everyone in that show. i wish i could talk to him, i would like it, he’s a nice guy…
July 12th, 2006 at 9:12 am
Good God! You weren’t kidding! I did a Yahoo image search on this wench (Courtenay Semel) and she is a walking freak show! She is half Chipmunk! I love it the rich have maladies such as ugliness. Hmmmm!…Now if I were stranded on a desert isle what ugly rich chick would I want to be with….Meg Whitman (another very very ugly rich woman) or Courtenay Semel….Hmmm!?! I’d take Courtenay Semel but would have to pass on getting oral from her.
October 8th, 2006 at 1:24 pm
Will there be another Filthy Rich Cattle Drive series? I hope so.
April 10th, 2007 at 4:48 pm
Hey… I’m from Denmark - and was so unfortunate to see an episode of Rich Kids.. What the fuck is going on whit Fabian? I’ve never, EVER, seen anyone behave so much like an FUCKING JERK! I’m so sure, that the world is endeed sorry that he was born! DAMN!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
July 9th, 2007 at 12:47 pm
Joshua Smith owes me money! All I reading is how great he is, but guess what, that guy is a crook. The mother fucker hits my car, gives me bullshit info on where he works, tells me he’s on TV, but then dodges me everytime I try to collect what he owes me. Joshua Smith is NOT the nice guy everybody thinks he is because of this show… He’s a broke ass debt dodger. He’s been dodging me for 2 weeks now and I’m still trying to get what he owes me. He’s another Bush voting, dingo rearing asshole as far as I’m concerned and that’s dealing with the real man in person, not watching him on TV.
November 3rd, 2007 at 11:48 pm
Fabian Basabe is an obnoxious, self righteous a… hole!! If I was one of those ranchers I would have planted one on him right from the get go AND I AM A GIRL!!. That dumb blonde who idolised him is no better. When the world has no oil to run your stupid car Fabian - how will you get on then you prick? If Amageddon ever hits you’ll have no one to wipe your a__ for you anymore and it will truly be survival of the fittest and not the richest - your money will be worth nothing but heat from the fire that burns it!!
December 14th, 2007 at 4:09 pm
I have his cell and know where he is hiding in a Sunland Ca shithole. 303-625-3852
tricked me & three guys out of 2 weeks work!!!!!!!!!
11461 Riverwood Dr. Sunland Ca. 91040
December 14th, 2007 at 4:12 pm
I have his cell and know where he is hiding in a Sunland Ca shithole. 303-625-3852
tricked me & three guys out of 2 weeks work!!!!!!!!!
11461 Riverwood Dr. Sunland Ca. 91040
Holding up with securities fraudster Christine Favaro (her name this week).
December 14th, 2007 at 4:15 pm
I have his cell and know where he is hiding in a Sunland Ca shithole. 303-625-3852
tricked me & three guys out of 2 weeks work!!!!!!!!!
11461 Riverwood Dr. Sunland Ca. 91040
Holding up with securities fraudster Christine Favaro (her name this week).
He is even cheating her though, they deserve each other!!
December 15th, 2007 at 3:22 am
I’ve just happened to flick over to Rich Kids and have never felt so outraged as to watch Fabian get away with treating people so badly. Im so glad to hear other people were just as shocked.
Why on earth did some one not just tape up his mouth and tie him up to a tree (even if the had to wait for him to fall asleep)!
I hate to say it but even if he is Equadorian born this guy is exactally the type of person that gives the US a bad name.
Well at least we can take sufice in the fact that all the money in the world does not buy happiness! Who wants to be a fucking rich kid - not me!