1) I wasn’t actually suggesting that Ms. Moeser is an actress, but that she is not, as she said (or was told to say) a grad student in entomology. I referred to her as an “entertainment industry wannabe”, because she was listing herself as a member of the exclusionary Hollywood Assistants group (which requires proof of working in the entertainment field to join). On a related note, someone on the Fox Message Board claims to have known her from San Diego where they “did theater together”. There’s no verification of that, of course.

2) The age issue was just a side note, and not really meaningful, other than to hint that it’s unlikely for someone to be a 29-year-old masters candidate in biology. The critical point is that Katie had made changes to her MySpace profile just at the time of the broadcast which appeared to obfuscate her Hollywood connection/interests.

Incidentally, I was kidding about Escondido being a “distant suburb of LA” (it’s about 100 miles from the center of LA) — ’cause while Katie may have been from there originally, it seems pretty clear that at least from December of last year, she’s been living in LA.

And finally, I do point out that any blame for the way she was presented rests with the producers/casting crew of the show who coached Katie on what to say, rather than on her.

There’s a couple of things I’d like to point out, not necessarily to defend Ms. Moeser, or the show, but just a few items for you to consider.

Point 1: It seems to me that most of the people that would audition to be on this type of program would either be a) karaoke singers; b) wanna-be-actors/actresses that might have an “easy shot” at getting their faces and personalities on TV; c) people who aren’t afraid to get up and make goofballs of themselves.

Unfortunately, these goofballs don’t consider the repercussions of their appearances and actions, things they say, things they do… and how it all could be more life changing (and career ruining) than just financially beneficial.

But you can’t sit there and suggest that a major network would actually pay someone or put someone in as a ‘ringer’ when there are thousands upon thousands of people that might be aching to get on any kind of tv show and fit the mold of the typical person that you might find auditioning for this type of program!

And of those thousands, there are bound to be good singers, bad singers, theatre groupies, interns, people that just want to make it in the business badly! We all want our 15 minutes of fame, it seems, some people are just more bold than others.

Just because she lives close to Hollywood doesn’t mean she’s a pro… just means that they selected quite a few of their first contestants from the LA/San Diego area, where most of the auditions (that were advertised on the radio)were held.

Point 2: Putting age 99 on your myspace page is basically a way of hiding your age… after all, not all women like to reveal that kind of secret (although she might have revealed that on the show, I don’t recall…) but there’s a lot of jerks on myspace that will do searches on pretty girls between the ages of 18-36whatever… obviously if you put the age 99, you’re not going to be included in the search results.

Give the poor kid a break! Besides, after taxes, she’s not going to be that wealthy! lol… I don’t think people realize that either!!!

By the way, Escondido is a suburb of San Diego… you definitely need to get a few of your facts straight!!!

Jeff