Post by bobby88 on Aug 20, 2019 23:18:41 GMT
I’m looking for an old episode of Maury Povich in which a guest claimed she was lured onto the show by the producers. Sorry, this is kind of a long summary.
Laura Thorpe was a 39-year-old wife and mother from New Mexico. After her insurance company refused to pay for the removal of the silicone breast implants that she claimed were making her sick, she took matters into her own hands. After her husband and kids went to bed for the night, Laura took a razor blade to her breasts and cut the implants out herself! The story hit headlines and talk shows wanted to interview her. This led to an appearance on The Maury Povich Show on April 30, 1992, just a few weeks after the incident.
But Maury wasn't the first choice, Laura claimed. She was initially contacted by the Sally Jessy-Raphael crew (the "Sally people") who flew them to New York, put them in a fancy hotel and even gave them spending money. As such, she agreed to do the Sally show first. She was in the Sally green room and said she felt uncomfortable about going through with it because of the other guests (she claimed it resembled a "circus show" with people who had gross piercings and tattoos, etc.) and went back to the hotel to collect herself for a bit. From there, she said she was approached by one of the Maury people who said that they wanted to talk to her. When they met, she apologized that she wouldn't be doing his show that day as she was getting ready to do Sally's. They then whisked her into hair and makeup and guilted her into doing the show for "just a few minutes". She was promised by the show that they wouldn't air her appearance on Maury until after her appearance on Sally aired. While she was out there being interviewed, Maury brought on New York plastic surgeon Dr. Joseph Pober to give his take on Laura's situation. Laura said it was at this point that she realized that she had been lured to the Maury show by the producers and that the whole thing was "pre-meditated to get me to do that [Maury's] show". Even Pober told HBO that he thought he was only going to appear on the show to discuss the pros and cons of breast implant surgery. He had no idea that he would be sitting next to a woman who mutilated herself to remove the implants. After the show, he was so concerned that he examined Laura himself and told Maury that she needed immediate medical attention. She was sent to the nearby hospital where doctors told her that she was lucky to still be alive with such an infection and that she needed surgery.
Pober said was visited by the Sally show producers later that evening at his office regarding Laura Thorpe. Would she be able to appear on Sally the following day, they wanted to know, adding that she was already booked as a guest. He told them that Laura was in the hospital and would be undergoing surgery the following day. The answer was no. So the producers began calling the hospital trying to get in touch with Laura herself!
They asked her if she could do the surgery at three in the morning and then be ready to do the show later that same morning. When she said no, they threatened to sue her. Laura did somehow manage to complete her surgery and get cleared medically to do the show. But as she was getting ready to leave the hospital, the Sally people called and told her not to come.
Maury, of course, tells a different story. He says Laura came to him and asked to do his show instead.
There are a few different versions of how Laura ended up on the Maury show, as well as different accounts as to whether or not she was actually becoming sick from the implants or was just paranoid. Those who have seen the episode claim Laura repeatedly strays from the topic and Maury had to keep redirecting her. Some say that it was a result of the infection from her self-surgery, while others say her ramblings were those of someone with a pre-existing mental illness. FWIW, Laura's health continued to decline and in 1996, she had a seizure in her sleep and gagged to death on her own vomit. She was 43.
Portions of this episode were featured in the HBO documentary Talked to Death which is on YouTube.
TL/DR; Woman decides to remove her own implants, ends up on Maury Povich, and claims Maury tricked her into appearing on his show.
Laura Thorpe was a 39-year-old wife and mother from New Mexico. After her insurance company refused to pay for the removal of the silicone breast implants that she claimed were making her sick, she took matters into her own hands. After her husband and kids went to bed for the night, Laura took a razor blade to her breasts and cut the implants out herself! The story hit headlines and talk shows wanted to interview her. This led to an appearance on The Maury Povich Show on April 30, 1992, just a few weeks after the incident.
But Maury wasn't the first choice, Laura claimed. She was initially contacted by the Sally Jessy-Raphael crew (the "Sally people") who flew them to New York, put them in a fancy hotel and even gave them spending money. As such, she agreed to do the Sally show first. She was in the Sally green room and said she felt uncomfortable about going through with it because of the other guests (she claimed it resembled a "circus show" with people who had gross piercings and tattoos, etc.) and went back to the hotel to collect herself for a bit. From there, she said she was approached by one of the Maury people who said that they wanted to talk to her. When they met, she apologized that she wouldn't be doing his show that day as she was getting ready to do Sally's. They then whisked her into hair and makeup and guilted her into doing the show for "just a few minutes". She was promised by the show that they wouldn't air her appearance on Maury until after her appearance on Sally aired. While she was out there being interviewed, Maury brought on New York plastic surgeon Dr. Joseph Pober to give his take on Laura's situation. Laura said it was at this point that she realized that she had been lured to the Maury show by the producers and that the whole thing was "pre-meditated to get me to do that [Maury's] show". Even Pober told HBO that he thought he was only going to appear on the show to discuss the pros and cons of breast implant surgery. He had no idea that he would be sitting next to a woman who mutilated herself to remove the implants. After the show, he was so concerned that he examined Laura himself and told Maury that she needed immediate medical attention. She was sent to the nearby hospital where doctors told her that she was lucky to still be alive with such an infection and that she needed surgery.
Pober said was visited by the Sally show producers later that evening at his office regarding Laura Thorpe. Would she be able to appear on Sally the following day, they wanted to know, adding that she was already booked as a guest. He told them that Laura was in the hospital and would be undergoing surgery the following day. The answer was no. So the producers began calling the hospital trying to get in touch with Laura herself!
They asked her if she could do the surgery at three in the morning and then be ready to do the show later that same morning. When she said no, they threatened to sue her. Laura did somehow manage to complete her surgery and get cleared medically to do the show. But as she was getting ready to leave the hospital, the Sally people called and told her not to come.
Maury, of course, tells a different story. He says Laura came to him and asked to do his show instead.
There are a few different versions of how Laura ended up on the Maury show, as well as different accounts as to whether or not she was actually becoming sick from the implants or was just paranoid. Those who have seen the episode claim Laura repeatedly strays from the topic and Maury had to keep redirecting her. Some say that it was a result of the infection from her self-surgery, while others say her ramblings were those of someone with a pre-existing mental illness. FWIW, Laura's health continued to decline and in 1996, she had a seizure in her sleep and gagged to death on her own vomit. She was 43.
Portions of this episode were featured in the HBO documentary Talked to Death which is on YouTube.
TL/DR; Woman decides to remove her own implants, ends up on Maury Povich, and claims Maury tricked her into appearing on his show.
