Worst Ever Podcast With Christine And Alaa (2017-2021)
May 21, 2023 17:47:01 GMT
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Post by travoltafan1978 on May 21, 2023 17:47:01 GMT
I originally posted this on the Lost Media subreddit, but got no response so I’m posting this here instead.
For those who don’t know, the Worst Ever Podcast was a podcast that interviewed former child actors (and misc celebrities) about their worst and embarrassing moments in the industry and was hosted by actress/director Christine Lakin (best known for the role of Al Lambert on Step By Step) and her friend Alaa Khaeed.
The podcast ended in 2021 due to Christine’s busy schedule as a director. However, not long after the podcast ended, 12 of the 109 episodes were suddenly and quietly removed from most podcast platforms including Apple and Spotify and all social media posts mentioning the episodes were also removed as well. While both Christine and Alaa have remained silent as to why the episodes were removed, I think there’s two possibilities as to why the episodes were removed.
1. One reviewer on Apple Podcasts speculated that the episodes were probably removed because of Christine’s Step By Step co-star, Angela Watson, which makes sense. After Step By Step ended in 1998, Christine and Angela had a falling out and Angela became estranged from her friends and family in the years since the show ended. Christine discussed the details of her falling out/estrangement with Angela in several early episodes. However in 2018 (or 2019), Christine and Angela reconnected and reconciled and Angela even appeared in a 2 part episode of the podcast in 2020, explaining her estrangement and where she is now. So I think it’s possible that Angela requested any episodes mentioning her be removed as the revelation of the falling out probably not only hurt her image/reputation, but she probably also faced harassment online as well. Though they were also probably removed as both Christine and Angela probably want to leave their falling out in the past. Though the thing that doesn’t make sense is the fact that Angela’s two part episode from 2020 was also one of the episodes that was removed. Which leads into possibility number two.
2. Not long after the Worst Ever Podcast podcast ended in 2021, Christine announced she was teaming up with her other Step By Step co-star Staci Keanan to do a Step By Step rewatch podcast called Keanan And Lakin. And if I remember correctly, the episodes were removed around time that podcast was announced. Which leads me to believe that Christine was probably advised or forced by either her management or her legal/PR team to remove the episodes as they probably felt that the behind the scenes drama between her and Angela could potentially hurt the new podcast and affect listenership.
But regardless of the truth as to why they were removed, I’ve searched everywhere online (including the Internet Archive) for any traces of the missing episodes, but have had no luck. But the podcast does have a decent fanbase, so I think that there are some fans who have saved the missing episodes. So I think it’s possible that they might resurface in some form someday, but for now, I’m considering the episodes lost. Here’s a list of the missing episodes:
Episode 3: Christine Lakin (2017)
Episode 23: Christine And Alaa (Season 1 Finale) (2017)
Episode 29: Staci Keanan Part 2 (2017)
Episode 38: Christine And Alaa (Alaa’s Back) (2018)
Episode 54: Chester Lee (Part 2) (2018)
Episode 55: Jarrett Lennon Kaufman (who was originally cast in the unaired pilot of Step By Step, though I forget which role he was cast in) (2018)
Episode 59: Christine And Alaa (Pregnancy, Memories) (2018)
Episode 61: Staci Keanan (Legal Advice Part 1) (2018)
Episode 62: Staci Keanan (Legal Advice Part 2) (2018)
Episode 67: Christine And Alaa (Shocking Revelations, Reconciliation) (2019)
Episode 107: Angela Watson Part 1 (2020)
Episode 108: Angela Watson Part 2 (2020)
For those who don’t know, the Worst Ever Podcast was a podcast that interviewed former child actors (and misc celebrities) about their worst and embarrassing moments in the industry and was hosted by actress/director Christine Lakin (best known for the role of Al Lambert on Step By Step) and her friend Alaa Khaeed.
The podcast ended in 2021 due to Christine’s busy schedule as a director. However, not long after the podcast ended, 12 of the 109 episodes were suddenly and quietly removed from most podcast platforms including Apple and Spotify and all social media posts mentioning the episodes were also removed as well. While both Christine and Alaa have remained silent as to why the episodes were removed, I think there’s two possibilities as to why the episodes were removed.
1. One reviewer on Apple Podcasts speculated that the episodes were probably removed because of Christine’s Step By Step co-star, Angela Watson, which makes sense. After Step By Step ended in 1998, Christine and Angela had a falling out and Angela became estranged from her friends and family in the years since the show ended. Christine discussed the details of her falling out/estrangement with Angela in several early episodes. However in 2018 (or 2019), Christine and Angela reconnected and reconciled and Angela even appeared in a 2 part episode of the podcast in 2020, explaining her estrangement and where she is now. So I think it’s possible that Angela requested any episodes mentioning her be removed as the revelation of the falling out probably not only hurt her image/reputation, but she probably also faced harassment online as well. Though they were also probably removed as both Christine and Angela probably want to leave their falling out in the past. Though the thing that doesn’t make sense is the fact that Angela’s two part episode from 2020 was also one of the episodes that was removed. Which leads into possibility number two.
2. Not long after the Worst Ever Podcast podcast ended in 2021, Christine announced she was teaming up with her other Step By Step co-star Staci Keanan to do a Step By Step rewatch podcast called Keanan And Lakin. And if I remember correctly, the episodes were removed around time that podcast was announced. Which leads me to believe that Christine was probably advised or forced by either her management or her legal/PR team to remove the episodes as they probably felt that the behind the scenes drama between her and Angela could potentially hurt the new podcast and affect listenership.
But regardless of the truth as to why they were removed, I’ve searched everywhere online (including the Internet Archive) for any traces of the missing episodes, but have had no luck. But the podcast does have a decent fanbase, so I think that there are some fans who have saved the missing episodes. So I think it’s possible that they might resurface in some form someday, but for now, I’m considering the episodes lost. Here’s a list of the missing episodes:
Episode 3: Christine Lakin (2017)
Episode 23: Christine And Alaa (Season 1 Finale) (2017)
Episode 29: Staci Keanan Part 2 (2017)
Episode 38: Christine And Alaa (Alaa’s Back) (2018)
Episode 54: Chester Lee (Part 2) (2018)
Episode 55: Jarrett Lennon Kaufman (who was originally cast in the unaired pilot of Step By Step, though I forget which role he was cast in) (2018)
Episode 59: Christine And Alaa (Pregnancy, Memories) (2018)
Episode 61: Staci Keanan (Legal Advice Part 1) (2018)
Episode 62: Staci Keanan (Legal Advice Part 2) (2018)
Episode 67: Christine And Alaa (Shocking Revelations, Reconciliation) (2019)
Episode 107: Angela Watson Part 1 (2020)
Episode 108: Angela Watson Part 2 (2020)
