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As supermodel swears, T.O. gets booted off ‘Superstars’

Unbleepingbelievable!

Buffalo Bills wide receiver Terrell Owens and supermodel Joanna Krupa went down to ignominious defeat on the very first show of ABC's new prime time version of "The Superstars."
Buffalo Bills wide receiver Terrell Owens and supermodel Joanna Krupa went down to ignominious defeat on the very first show of ABC's new prime time version of "The Superstars."Read moreADAM LARKEY / ABC

Unbleepingbelievable!

Last night, a supermodel did what quarterbacks Donovan McNabb and Tony Romo never did - at least publicly:

Repeatedly swear at Terrell Owens and call him a prima donna.

"You're the one that . . . up! We could have won! So shut up!" carped Joanna Krupa after T.O. blew a lead in their first heat through the obstacle course on the debut of ABC's The Superstars.

In this reconfigured revival for prime time, eight athletes were each paired with a celebrity of the opposite sex.

Arguably, the Pro Bowler and the beauty were the lead attraction. Krupa has graced more than 100 magazine covers, and "became a massive phenomenon" after PETA's "I'd Rather Go Naked Than Wear Fur" campaign, according to ABC.com.

Earlier, in a kayak contest, Owens and Krupa almost avoided having to tackle the obstacle course at all. Paddling two-person inflated kayaks, they took a nice lead over baseball's Jeff Kent and "the Doritos girl," actress Ali Landry.

But then Owens and Krupa capsized. At least three times.

As they slogged around in some casino's artificial rapids, ABC repeatedly fuzzed their lips, bleeping out the expletives.

The receiver - known for mouthing off while with the San Francisco 49ers, Philadelphia Eagles and Dallas Cowbosy - refused to talk afterward.

"I thought we had a good chance, now I'm doubting it," said an exasperated Krupa.

Turns out she had reason to doubt.

Because of that loss, the pair had to compete in the obstacle course to stave off elimination.

By now, in the 90-minute show's last half-hour, many bored viewers had probably switched to the debut of NBC's America's Got Talent to watch a woman catch her hair on fire.

But the verbal fireworks had not yet begun.

At first, the obstacle course looked easy for Owens. He sprinted through it, taking a comfortable lead against actor David Charvet (Baywatch).

Then, on the last challenge, a set of nets to clamber over, one of T.O.'s huge feet got tangled. Very tangled. Over and over - and this wasn't instant replay of the same footage - he continually got ensnared, seemingly clueless how to get free.

Krupa was back at the starting line, waiting . . . and waiting . . . waiting . . . for her signal to start.

"Un. . .believable," she says, as another circle of blur makes sure lip readers don't complain to the FCC.

Charvet's partner, tennis' Jennifer Capriati, gets a good head start ... wait, she falls face down! ... but she still wins.

Actually, Owens was probably stuck for less than a minute. ABC's cutting back and forth just made it seem like five minutes.

Then Krupa let it rip.

"I don't want a teammate like that!" she said. "Calls himself an athlete? What does he get a million dollars for?"

"Hey, Jo, let's go," said Owens.

"No, T.O., not 'Let's go," she said.

That's when she told him he, uh, messed up and to "shut up."

The loss meant it was do or die against WNBA star Lisa Leslie and actor Dan Cortese, who played football in college.

Loser goes home.

Owens got through the nets with a small lead - and Krupa got to the cargo nets first.

But Leslie rolled her way through faster.

"No one would have thought that Terrell and Joanna would be the first leave!" proclaimed the announcer.

Krupa bleats another expletive, and refuses to high-five Owens, who tries to be a good sport.

"I am so . . ., I am not standing there! Unbelievable," she said. "Calls himself an athlete!"

"I'll be a prima donna like you've been," she continued.

Owens tried to be gracious in an interview, calmly admitting, "I screwed it up in the first race. I got stuck," and adding, "It was good fun."

Krupa was silent - until the exit walk.

"So cocky? For what? You got in the NFL?" she yammered.

This time Owens responded. "I feel really bad for your boyfriend. I feel really bad for him," he said.

"Unbelievable," she said.