House Hunters International

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qjMxszOyI08

Oh, and she's apparently a Scientologist?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XIem_cXD4xE

but this, from her wiki, makes me o_O

"Whang was born in Arlington, Virginia. She holds a B.A. in Psychology from Yale University and a M.Sc. degree in Cognitive Psychology from Brown University."

She holds two psych degrees and STILL believes in the power of The Secret and, if not a Scientologist, is in with them well enough to perform at a Celebrity Centre?

This woman is an enigma.

I just discovered that friends in NYC are currently filming for House Hunters domestic

they are very determinedly pulling the curtain back on the whole "the couple has already picked a place and are faking the house dilemma for the cameras" thing by posting pics of the entire filming process on Facebook, it's kind of hilarious

have they picked a place and are faking the house dilemma for the cameras?

yes; apparently that is SOP for how they film the show (I'd heard rumors and read a couple of "exposes" but I actually KNOW this couple and one dude is posting things like "interview at decoy house #2" on his Facebook wall, lol)

i'm surprised that whatever contract/agreement they sign before filming doesn't say something like "you may not pull the curtain back on the whole 'the couple has already picked a place and are faking the house dilemma for the cameras' thing"

it probably does but both of these guys are notorious "I don't actually give a shit" personalities, plus all of their friends already know they've purchased a place

the director's gonna be like "guys can i respectfully ask you again to stop saying 'we already made a decision before filming, why are we doing this?' on camera please"

Before moving to NYC one of these dudes lived with one of my best friends in Boston and bought the apartment they were living in out from underneath my friend within weeks of a conversation where my friend was all "if our landlord ever sells this place, I really want to make an offer on it; I love living here", in the process booting my friend out and having his boyfriend (now husband) move in; they will basically do what they want whenever they want with little thought to what ripple effect their actions may have

hmmm. not sure i'd want to be friends with this guy!

well tbh we haven't really kept in touch since that whole fiasco occurred aside from being Facebook friends

word

(the other wrinkle of the story is that there's no way my actual friend was going to get a mortgage at that time in his life so it's not like he actually could have bought the place himself, but I do 100% think it was a totally dick move)

Does anyone ever "list it" on Love It or List It? Also is it possible for these hosts to die in a fire?

All I wanna do is watch HGTV lately. It is a sickness.

How many of these shows are secretly Canadian.

i love it when they show these cities and they really awkwardly elide the actual name of the city (maybe just for united states broadcasts), and you think they're american and then you see these unfamiliar skylines and it's like a portal to a really clean looking alternate universe.

The giveaway is when the house has central vacuum.

candlelit shrine to pierre trudeau in one corner

oh, so YOU'RE al leong, okay.

^___^

Tiny House Hunters - "I want a house under 400 square feet but I need full size appliances, a tub and closet space."

/!\ HGTV is now available on roku /!\