Ashley Gold Loses Weight But Gains No Class

So Ashley Gold recently did a People Magazine story on how she has lost 35 pounds. As we have seen over the years, Ash has packed on the blubber. Hence the triple chin seen in the picture. Something weird going on with her hair as well. A little thin if you check out certain camera angles on the show. Anyway...

Claiming to clock in at 5'3 and 180 pounds, she is said to be fed up with being fat. When you are rich, eating lobster drenched in butter and knocking of a bottle of Dana Estates Cabernet Sauvignon, it happens. In reality, she is more in the ballpark of 5'1 and 200 pounds. The woman has an ego as fat as she is..... or was....still is.

Since she only "works" at the pawn shop during television production, she has found the time to hit the gym. One of her reasons to lose the weight was because she looks fat on camera. That is an indication she is only concerned about her image while on the show.

Plus, she is obsessed with her tanning bed. I guess she picked up that trait from Les. Have you ever seen two people in Detroit that has a better tan than they do? I'm guessing she picked up the ego trait from him as well. I digress.

Seeing the story in People made me ponder the thought that since she has lost weight she would become a kinder person. I mean, we are talking about someone who posted her $10 cup of Starbucks every morning to show her followers how she can afford to spend fifty dollars a week on coffee.

So she gets comped at the gym because she is "famous." Hires a personal trainer and gets free products from Quest Nutrition because she takes a picture of their snack bar and post it on Twitter. Who couldn't lose weight if they had these perks?

Just goes to show.... you can lose weight but you can't gain class.

If you would like to read this fluff article in People Magazine, visit here. 

Hardcore Pawn Changes Format To Avoid Cancellation... For Now

In a shake up at TruTV, the network that carries Hardcore Pawn, the show gets renewed by the skin of its teeth. The network has changed its concept of what shows it wants to air in the future. Their vision now is to get rid of the fake and staged 'reality show' format from the past. Goodbye Lizard Lick Towing and South Beach Tow. Hardcore Pawns run is probably coming to an end soon as well.

TruTV did pick up a 13 episode backup order of the show for its ninth season. However, if you watched the first episode of the new season, you should have noticed something different. There was only one customer confrontation. It wasn't much of one either. Ashley pretended to get into a screaming match with a loud Spanish speaking customer. He ranted a little, she did her usual "not in my store" spiel and it was over. It lasted about three minutes.

The show appears to be heading in the direction of subjecting viewers to bad acting, crappy editing and horrible story lines. What do you expect with Richard Dominick behind the production. When you produce crap shows like Jerry Springer, The Steve Wilkos Show and Bait Car, it's to be expected.

And so it goes. Probably the last season of this show. I admit, it was fun in the beginning. Before Ashley had to have her mug in every shot. Is she even fatter now? And what's up with that hair? Then they brought in that horrendous 'cousin' Karen. That voice is like an icepick to the eardrum.

In the end, the Gold's get richer and could care less what happens in the future with the show. They will continue being the snobs that they are to the real customers who come in the shop. It's all about the Benjamins anyway, isn't it?