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'Perfect Couples': Olivia Munn rebounds from her 'Attack'
Olivia Munn has landed on her feet post-"Attack of the Show!," thanks to multiple television jobs.Before her official exit last summer after four years as co-host of the G4 program, she had landed a correspondent job on Comedy Central's "The Daily Show With Jon Stewart." And early in the new year. she'll have a regular sitcom berth as a self-help-spouting spouse when NBC's "Perfect Couples" premieres Thursday, Jan. 20.
Munn is grateful to have the "Perfect" part now, especially since her desire to play someone besides herself was a factor in ending her G4 tenure. "I think Comic-Con [in July] was the last time I was actually on the network," she tells Zap2it. "Nobody was addressing anything [about my 'Attack' status then], and I wasn't allowed to address anything.
"It had been a couple of months" since Munn's last "Attack of the Show!" appearance, she recalls, "so I said, 'We have to say something.' They said, 'Sure, say what you want' ... then they gave me all these rules like, 'You can't say this, and you can't say this.' The show was something I loved, and I really was not wanting to walk away from the fans. As I said on the air, I was just trying to see if I could make some other dreams some true."
Another was Munn's guest role as the first incarnation of spy Greta on NBC's "Chuck." Other actresses have had the part since, but Munn would have reprised it had her schedule not been so full. That's also the reason she and "Attack of the Show!" parted ways; Candace Bailey ("Jericho") becomes its new co-host in January.
"I tried to work it out," Munn maintains, "but it was hard for G4 to have had somebody all the time, then I'd say, 'I can come in and do the live show.' They wanted me all day long. That chapter has closed, but the thing that goes on is my loyalty and appreciation to the fans."
Indeed, Munn says, "From the very beginning, I've always credited the fans and the press, because they're the only reason I have all of this. You can't tell people who to like, so I've been very lucky and grateful that people have been so supportive."
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The thing is the press is starting to turn on her. The last thing her fans remember her has is a liar.
It's too bad Olivia left, but Candace seems promising.
she won't be on Daily Show long. She's terrible on it.
You keep saying you appreciate yours fans & then you do something like this. If you appreciate your fans so much, why didn't you give them a proper "farewell show" from Attack of the Show?
1.Munn is a liar, who used her fans as stepping stones.
2.Munn is the worst thing to ever happen to "The Daily Show".
3.Munn's new show looks like it might last 3 episodes.
Bye,bye Munn.
Everybody dissing Olivia is a hypocrite. Talk about appreciation! Her life changes and all of a sudden you so-called "fans" drop her like she never did anything for you? People's lives change. What do you think everything lasts forever? She gave her Attack of the Show fans a damn fine run. Move the hell on!
Olivia,
You did good by your fans for many years. Don't let anyone's complaints bring you down. And you're a perfect match for The Daily Show. :)
Peace and Love,
Mike
I love Olivia. She's the reason I started watching aots again. The girl before her (whose name I can't even remember) was terrible, and I was very happy when she left. I watched the show the other day, and though Candace Bailey does a good job, she is definitively not Olivia.
Okay,
It makes sense now.
G4TV became as needy as the iPhone on AT&T with a crappy G4 internetwork.
My analogy is that AT&T limits what the iPhone can do and, subsequently, G4TV was limiting Olivia's potential.
Thus something had to give!
Go Munn!!
She probably didn't leave on good terms with G4 because they don't really seem to be acknowlegding her departure that much (no special show, no montages of her time then).
In an interview she criticized the president of G4 cause he was trying to get pictures of her during her french-maid pie jump, he probably wasn't happy about her comment considering she was a host of one of the most popular shows of the network.
Do you know what I think? I think this lovely woman really did a number on herself. Is sad to say but she needs to do something she needs to like. She once said that Kevin was like a brother to her. Though it won't surprise me if they still talk but WTF!?
The reality is that her fans didn't make her, she made herself. Her fans didn't give her crap and theres nothing wrong with pursuing your "dreams." But overall, she moved on and let her move on. She brought it upon herself. I havent seen her dig on the Daily Show and I'm petrified! Let alone she doesn't look good with makeup(my real love does). Sorry to say but goes around, comes around. I wish her luck and all the best with her dig at the Daily Show(won't last) and her new dumb show, perfect couples. Yep...it should be like counseling couples cause it needs help.
Good luck, you'll definitely need it.