As supermodel swears, T.O. gets booted off ‘Superstars’
Unbleepingbelievable!
Last night, a supermodel did what quarterbacks Donovan McNabb and Tony Romo never did - at least publicly:
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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."
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.
