Husband's behavior on 'Amazing Race' stuns viewers [View All]

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Unpredictable behavior by contestants is the lifeblood of unscripted TV series, and producers are usually pretty happy to document it, edit it and show it to the viewing public, without intervening.

On the current edition of "The Amazing Race," however, executive producer Bertram van Munster says he felt compelled to talk to contestant Jonathan Baker after an incident that shocked fans of the show and sent message boards buzzing.

During last week's episode, Baker shoved his sobbing wife, Victoria Fuller, as they finished a leg of the race in second place, behind engaged couple Freddy and Kendra. He had dropped his backpack in an attempt to run faster, yelling at Victoria to do the same. Fearing the pack would be taken, she picked it up and carried them both to the finish line.

After host Phil Keoghan told them they had finished second, Fuller walked off camera, still crying. Keoghan told a still-fuming Baker to "go talk to your wife." Message boards devoted to "The Amazing Race" lit up, with a number of posters calling for Baker to be disqualified (the show was taped earlier this year).

Van Munster also talked with Baker about his behavior. "I told him you've got to tone it down, you have to stop this kind of stuff, it's not cool - until then, I'd never given advice to a reality show player before to chill out," he tells the New York Post.
http://www.azcentral.com/offbeat/articles/1221amazingrace21-ON.html

I watched the show yesturday for the first time in fact. Half of the couples were sniping each other, one conversation went like this when they were trying to move the cannon
Woman: You need to be a man and get this thing moved
Man: You need to be a woman and shut up

Nice way to show yourself on national TV :eyes: