Jer and all, As one of four people on the people on the VH1 show, I agree that the show didn't cast Sting fans in the best light. The "love consultant" woman Jer is talking about was chosen only because she lived in LA and they were really tight on the budget and they didn't have any more money to travel. And of course we all know that sex sells (ask Sting!). And of course thinking that it's in the "stars" that you were in the Civil War and Sting was field medic (or whatever the story was) who saved your life is crazy. But I also think in a way we are all fruitloops (hey, I even love the cereal). I mean, of the people on this list I know personally, I think there are things we all do or have done that would make us look nutty to others. We in no way have a passive liking of Sting, and the things we do, the sacrifices (mainly financial) we make to see shows IS exceptional, interesting, and would be respected by others. I'm sure the Oprah show and Kathy would have enough power to screen who got on the show. There are some amazing stories out there, and I think to say that they didn't choose to show fans because they are too crazy is a cop out. I think those crazies are the exception, and that an intellectually driven, musically brilliant artist would have a following of approximately the same people (and I have found this to be true). Granted, we haven't seen the show yet, so maybe they did interview some stories. Or perhaps they delved into Stings life and we'll learn some new things about him. In any case, we'll have to wait and see. There's more to this one's life, James On 14 Oct 2003, Jeremy wrote:

Cathy was concerned about fans looking like total fruitloops like they did on the VH1 fan show ...(I was married to Sting in a past life" etc, and is being careful not to go down that route with Oprah Jer

On Monday, October 13, 2003, at 11:28 PM, Hilary L. Justh wrote:

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Hi,

Yes. I am not sure what they ended up using on Oprah. I did see on Sting.com that at least one person in the fan club did get a call from the Oprah folks. I am not sure why, but Sting meeting fans on TV shows never seems to pan out. I was one of a few fans called called a few years back by MTV for the Fanatic show (the one where MTV would send a fan to meet his/her favorite artist) since they were interested in my story. Later I found out that Sting did not do the show at all, no reason was given. Oh well, maybe some meet and greet opportunities will be available to fan club members on the upcoming tour.

Hilary