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Stars You Forgot Were On Celebrity Wife Swap
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00:00Andy Dick's multiple partners, Eric Roberts' House of Cats, and Margaret Cho's Bondage
00:05Dungeon.
00:06Thanks to Celebrity Wife Swap, some things can't be unseen, even if they may have been
00:10forgotten.
00:11With his unmistakable cadence, comedian Gilbert Gottfried pushes the boundaries of bad taste.
00:16But despite his racy jokes, Gottfried is actually a family man who's been happily married to
00:21wife Dara since 2007.
00:23He ventured into reality TV for season two of Celebrity Wife Swap, squaring up against
00:28Alan Thicke when their wives, Dara and Tanya, traded places.
00:32Of course, the families didn't get along too swimmingly, with Gottfried making a slightly
00:36humorous move on Tanya, stating,
00:38"...not too many women I would turn down at this point."
00:41I thought Tanya was hot, and I'd like her back.
00:45Accustomed to a life of wealth and luxury, Tanya didn't anticipate that Gottfried would
00:49shop at the 99-Cent Store and dine in restaurant kitchens.
00:53Gottfried later revealed his initial reluctance to do the show, relenting only because of the
00:57influence of reality TV.
00:59As he told the New York Times,
01:00"...to the public, Kim Kardashian is a much bigger name than Robert De Niro."
01:05Heidi Montag is highly attuned to the reality TV limelight.
01:09As one half of Heidi and Spencer Pratt, aka Spidey, Montag made her debut with MTV's The
01:15Hills.
01:16Considering she's an easy target in the press, Montag was an unlikely star on Celebrity
01:20Wife Swap Season 3.
01:22She switched places with Olympic swimmer Amanda Beard, who was immediately thrust in front of
01:26the cameras with Pratt.
01:28As for Montag, she moved in with Beard's husband, Sasha, and their kids.
01:31She later told Fox News,
01:33"...I thought that it was that guy who lived in a tree and builds the tree houses."
01:36I fill my day with a lot of busy things.
01:40I dress my dogs and go shopping.
01:43Montag spent a large portion of the episode complaining about raking leaves and refusing
01:47to help out around the house.
01:49But regarding her decision to appear on the show, Montag explained to Fox News,
01:53"'My mom saw the preview and she told me, I can tell this is the first opportunity that
01:57you've ever had to be you.
01:58It's just great to have that moment.
02:00It was really fun to just be more authentic and be in a situation and see what happens.'"
02:05Despite having a career spanning 50 years, Gary Busey has become somewhat of a parody of
02:10himself in recent times.
02:12That said, the iconic actor is nothing if not a man full of surprises.
02:16As he said at the start of his episode,
02:17"...Prepare for the best, prepare for the worst, and expect the unexpected."
02:23Busey made an appearance on the first season of the show alongside former evangelical pastor
02:27Ted Haggard.
02:29The actor welcomed Haggard's wife Gail into his house and creeped her out by discussing
02:33all of the people he has already been in his past lives.
02:36While promoting the show, Busey and Haggard dropped by Good Day LA, at which time Busey quietly
02:41accepted the host's assertion that he might be a little bit, quote, crazy.
02:45It seems that even Celebrity Wife Swap simply couldn't contain the Busey.
02:50Comedian Andy Dick has built himself quite the checkered reputation, but he saw Celebrity
02:54Wife Swap as an opportunity to present himself in a different light.
02:58As it turned out, Dick was leading a non-traditional life at the time, living in a trailer with his
03:02much younger girlfriend, Jennifer, while his former partner, Lena, whom he co-parents
03:06with, had the house.
03:08His daughter joked on the show,
03:09"...our house is a crazy house, dad just popping in and Jennifer just popping in and making
03:13a scene."
03:14All these rules start with Andy.
03:17The comedian swapped places with 80s soap star Lorenzo Lamas in the show's second season,
03:22exposing the actor's wife Shauna to a markedly different environment when asked about meeting
03:26his new scene and change my diaper.
03:29According to the Huffington Post, Dick hoped that his stint on the show would remedy his
03:32tarnished public image.
03:33Jury's still out on whether it had any positive effects.
03:38Once part of the highly influential hip-hop group Public Enemy, Flava Flav has gone on to become
03:43a reality TV sensation.
03:45His emergence in the genre began with VH1's The Surreal Life, leading to his most popular
03:50offering, Flavor of Love.
03:52Forever decked out in a giant clock, Flav made an unexpected appearance on Celebrity Wife
03:56Swap Season 1, where he lived with Twisted Sister frontman Dee Snider's wife, Suzette.
04:01Unfortunately, Suzette squarely targeted Flav as public enemy number one.
04:06During a heated moment, she branded the rapper as, quote, disrespectful and rude and childish.
04:11After a disastrous swap, the two couples shared a somber meeting, which culminated in Suzette
04:16yelling at Flav,
04:17You're like a kid that needs to be reprimanded and punished.
04:20I'd spank you if I could.
04:22Julia Roberts' brother, Eric Roberts, isn't typically associated with reality TV.
04:27But when it comes to Celebrity Wife Swap, clearly anything can happen.
04:31Trading places with late British icon Robin Leach on Season 3, the contrast between Roberts'
04:36humble lifestyle and Leach's swanky living was apparent from the very beginning.
04:40Roberts and his wife and manager Eliza enjoyed a simple life, complete with lots of furry friends.
04:45Meanwhile, Leach found fame hosting shows about the super wealthy, most notably the 80s series
04:50Lifestyles of the Rich and Famous.
04:52Leach's glam pal, former model Joan Severance, stepped in to swap with Eliza Roberts.
04:58Severance immediately turned her nose at Roberts' home and didn't take too kindly to his feline
05:02friends.
05:03But things got heated when Roberts insisted that Severance feed the squirrels in his garden.
05:08She said,
05:09I don't want to feed the squirrels because I don't think it's safe.
05:11I think it's a hazardous thing to do.
05:13I'm just a little worried that Eliza's, you know, gonna come home to anorexic squirrels.
05:19Severance had previously fed the cats, but absolutely drew the line at rodents.
05:24Wrestling icon Rowdy Roddy Piper achieved the incredible feat of appearing in the very first
05:28WrestleMania event ever.
05:30He also wasn't afraid to poke fun at himself, playing the washed-up wrestler Demaniac on Season
05:355 of It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia.
05:37The late wrestler-turned-actor was also game for a spin on Celebrity Wife Swap.
05:42In Season 2, Piper swapped partners with fellow former pro wrestler Ric Flair.
05:46While Piper was nestled in a modest home in Portland, Flair was living the high life.
05:51Piper explained,
05:52Some people thrive on being a celebrity, and that's where their head's at.
05:55Me?
05:56I'm not looking for any attention.
05:57Flair's girlfriend Wendy was used to living in luxury, in a household that employs an entire
06:02staff.
06:03And of course, she was pretty grossed out when she moved in with Piper, doing farmyard chores
06:06for the cameras.
06:07How many boy days is she gonna be here?
06:10Where's my wife?
06:13Fans discovered just what happens when you cross two stars who are both living in their
06:16celebrity brother's shadows.
06:18On Season 3, Michael Jackson's brother Jermaine swapped lives with Alec Baldwin's younger brother,
06:23Daniel.
06:24Jackson's home was filled with suitcases, and his tendency to hoard clothing, shoes, and accessories
06:29was clear from the moment Baldwin's girlfriend Isabella arrived.
06:33Things eventually got so heated that Jackson refused to continue with the show.
06:37Hoffman told Jackson,
06:38You're a shopaholic and it's crowding everyone out.
06:40There's no other way right now.
06:41You are a Hollywood order.
06:44I was furious.
06:46The confrontation led Jackson to retreat from the cameras before he was convinced by producers
06:50to continue filming.
06:52After his wife-swap appearance, Jackson confirmed he wouldn't do the show again.
06:56Or like he said it,
06:57Never in a Billion Years
06:59The late acting legend Cloris Leachman was renowned for her riotous comedic performances,
07:04and her willingness to poke gentle fun at herself made her a prime candidate for celebrity
07:08wife-swap.
07:09A lifelong vegetarian, Leachman was famed for her animal rights activism, according to
07:13PETA.
07:14So when she swapped places with meat-eating actor Pia Zadora for Season 4, high anxiety
07:19ensued.
07:20I'm gonna make wife-swap my b-----
07:23A steak lover living the high life, Zadora wasn't prepared for Leachman's animal-filled
07:28hippie home.
07:29Meanwhile, on her way to Zadora's place, Leachman claimed that Las Vegas has, quote,
07:33death on every corner.
07:35But despite their differing sensibilities, the two ultimately found common ground.
07:39Following the experience, Zadora told Yahoo,
07:41It was great working with Cloris.
07:43She got to live the Vegas lifestyle, and I got to spend some time in a legend's very
07:47bohemian house.
07:48We are two fish way out of their familiar water.
07:51What's wonderful is that even though filming is over, we've become friends.
07:55We all remember Thong Song, but most of us probably don't remember that Sisko also starred
08:01on Celebrity Wife Swap Season 2.
08:03The singer-songwriter traded places with rapper Gerardo Mejia, who was known for his 1990 hit
08:08Rico Suave.
08:09Sisko's then-girlfriend Elizabeth, who later became his wife, traded lifestyles with Gerardo's
08:14wife Kathy.
08:15And during the show, Elizabeth cleaned up dog poop at Gerardo's house, something that
08:19the partner of a millionaire singer likely wasn't used to doing.
08:23Gerardo explained to TV Guide,
08:24"...the thing is, it's the little dog, and the little dog's my wife's dog.
08:28So I was like, that's not my dog.
08:30So my new wife in the house had to clean up that mess."
08:32I don't think she really enjoyed that part of it.
08:35You're like, yeah, me and my girl, we was talking about sharing our feelings."
08:38Sisko later claimed that he is the actual innovator of wife-swapping in real life, telling
08:42Rolling Stone,
08:43"...right before Thong Song, I was dating one celebrity while she was dating this other celebrity,
08:48and then me and that celebrity swapped.
08:50Before Celebrity Wife Swap, I was on the s*** swap."
08:53If Celebrity Wife Swap is to be believed, there's only one girl in Motley Crue frontman Vince
08:58Neal's life — his girlfriend, Rain.
09:00In what sounds like the premise of one of his band's songs, Neal traded spouses with fellow
09:04rocker Gunnar Nelson on Season 4.
09:07The storyline emphasized that Nelson is an all-around family man devoted to his wife Lila and their
09:12kids, while Neal is still busy enjoying the rock star lifestyle.
09:15"...who doesn't love beautiful women?
09:17We wrote Girls, Girls, Girls in 1986 and it still applies today."
09:22One issue that Neal really struggled with was being asked by Lila to go grocery shopping.
09:26As he admitted to the Las Vegas Sun,
09:28"...I hadn't been in a supermarket to do grocery shopping since Motley Crue first went out on
09:32the road in 1981.
09:34I didn't know where to find any of the ingredients."
09:36By the end of the episode, he did manage to cook up a mean meatloaf for his friends.
09:41Comedian Margaret Cho quipped during her Season 4 debut on Celebrity Wife Swap,
09:45"...that's old head.
09:46I've been doing that for years."
09:48A vocal opponent of monogamy, Cho was the antithesis of fellow Swap-ee, straight-laced
09:53actor Holly Robinson Peet.
09:55Peet moved into Cho's house with the comedian's BFF, Selene Luna, while Cho settled in with
10:00Peet's hubby Rodney in the couple's fancy mansion.
10:03While Peet was a little perturbed by Cho's creepy aesthetic, Cho also felt out of place
10:08in Peet's suburban home.
10:09When Rodney asked the comedian about her philosophy on relationships, Cho replied,
10:13"...I feel like we can have variety in our lives without threatening our partner."
10:17Still, in spite of their differences, the couples were able to find common ground in
10:21the end.
10:22Just don't expect Cho to ever embrace monogamy.
10:24Likewise, the Peets won't be installing an S&M dungeon in their home anytime soon.
10:29WWE icon Mick Foley brought hardcore wrestling to the masses.
10:34But despite his rough exterior, he's actually a lovable family man.
10:37He's also a New York Times bestselling author.
10:40And the wrestling superstar appeared on Season 1 of Celebrity Wife Swap.
10:44Foley's wife of three decades, Colette, traded places with Antonio Sabato Jr.'s fiancé, Cheryl,
10:50and the families clashed over hygiene habits.
10:53Antonio and Cheryl were clearly branded as the clean freaks.
10:56Meanwhile, in the Foley household, the wrestler was firmly focused on love and family as part
11:01of his somewhat chaotic life.
11:02But Cheryl wasn't buying it.
11:04She said,
11:05"...the house was a disaster.
11:06You know, there was the poop on the floor, and I'm like, oh my gosh, how can anybody live
11:10like this?"
11:11There I was, dancing around my living room, vaguely aware of the fact that my children
11:15were all ridiculing me and not even caring."
11:18Regarding his appearance on the show, Foley says it was a largely positive experience,
11:23later telling The Roman Show,
11:24"...it was my finest work.
11:25I got a free haircut from it.
11:27I enjoyed the experience very much.
11:29It's nice to know your wife is spending time with the most handsome man in the world."
11:33The late comedic legend Joan Rivers was famous for her scathing celebrity put-downs.
11:38But she was also a trailblazer for a generation of female stand-up comedians, as well as a star
11:43of Celebrity Wife Swap Season 2.
11:45"...are you out of your minds?"
11:47Rivers and her daughter Melissa traded places with Sarah Palin's daughters Bristol and Willow,
11:52the former living with Joan and the latter with Melissa.
11:55Despite some initial hesitation, Rivers and the conservative Palin girls got along pretty
11:59well.
12:00During one especially emotional scene where Rivers revealed she had learned not to judge
12:04people so harshly, she told Bristol,
12:06"...here I go.
12:07I adore you.
12:08I just think you're great."
12:12Discussing her appearance on the show with Access, Rivers later said of Bristol,
12:16"...she'd never been to a Broadway musical.
12:18She's never been to Europe.
12:19That's why I said,
12:20"...come live with me for a month, boy oh boy would we have a good time.
12:23I liked her tremendously and she is so nice, not a mean bone in her body."
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