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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region Forums"America's Got Talent" star is a fake.
Timothy Poe, the supposed "wounded veteran" who stutters but sings well, turns out his military exploits are fake.
(It was on ABC news, he made up all his "heroic" exploits.)
Woody Woodpecker
(562 posts)I was just amazed at Andrew De Leon.
What a voice......
MADem
(135,425 posts)Looked Gothy-Punky? Shy?
I couldn't understand how he could hit those notes--quite astounding. He was singing in a slightly lower key than Kiri Te Kanawa, but he was up there and he was pretty doggone good, too.
He really should get some formal training. He has a future in opera if he wants it.
PatSeg
(47,778 posts)but that whole story line looked scripted too. It feels like American talent programs are trying to get their Susan Boyle moment. Maybe this genre is finally fizzling out.
dogknob
(2,431 posts)...an "everyperson" must always take it.
I can't say if the guy in question was any good or not because I don't watch these days.
PatSeg
(47,778 posts)I saw a clip of it somewhere. It was an opera piece, so he will get a lot of praise, but no prize.
HooptieWagon
(17,064 posts)And a stutterer who sings well is no rarity... I know a couple.
Archae
(46,379 posts)But it sounds like his Poe's "stutter" is fake too.
HooptieWagon
(17,064 posts)And there is a local musician, Joe Roma, who has a stutter... he sings wonderfully like Dave Mathews.
FrodosPet
(5,169 posts)rhett o rick
(55,981 posts)Zanzoobar
(894 posts)rhett o rick
(55,981 posts)dems_rightnow
(1,956 posts)rhett o rick
(55,981 posts)It's not like I dont partake in a reality show or two, but I certainly dont take them series.
snooper2
(30,151 posts)I know you do, just a tiny bit!
HiPointDem
(20,729 posts)AngryOldDem
(14,061 posts)Especially with the story he told, in front of an audience of millions? All this is easily checked out, and would have been found out eventually.
I'm always amazed at how liars think. Is it hubris, stupidity, or both?
Phentex
(16,334 posts)I didn't see the show but I heard the story on the radio. How stupid is this?
I have no idea how the selection process works but you'd think the people involved would do some sort of background check. They probably ate up a story like his. Why wouldn't they have checked some of this out first?
SGMRTDARMY
(599 posts)should be put in front of real veterans and made to explain why they would lie about being wounded in combat. I hope he didn't at any time wear a Purple Heart. That would really piss me off.
JI7
(89,290 posts)he actually did serve didn't he ? but this need to make up some heroic story and seek love from others. it's not just this but so many others who want it in any way.
Cave_Johnson
(137 posts)... just not the brightest bulbs.
This guy bothers me less because he is so stupid. I'm more bothered by fake veterans claiming benefits and status that they didn't earn.
boppers
(16,588 posts)Wow, sad that people could be fooled into believing that television had any basis in reality.
revolution breeze
(879 posts)Someone puts on a fake persona for teevee......
MadHound
(34,179 posts)Just another fake reality show, broadcast on the fake medium of television, stirring up a fake controversy in order to generate fake ratings.
And the amazing thing is all this fakery actually manages to generate huge, real, monetary profits. Yeah, fakery sells A sad commentary on our society.
Zax2me
(2,515 posts)Arrest histories, lies. Deception.
Probably the only 'real' part of a reality show.