Emblem3 on Reality TV: “They Make Me Look Like an Idiot”

By On 12/11/2012 · 44 Comments · In X Factor

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Oh gosh! Those boys of Emblem3 sure are chatty! They explain to The Hollywood Reporter how fake reality TV is, and by the way…they suck at it!

Drew Chadwick of Emblem3, for instance, can’t believe “how fake reality TV is.”

“I suck at it,” he said. “I hope I never have to do it again.”

“[They told us to] start talking while we were out there about how this competition compares to catching that big wave,” Chadwick laughed. “Please. Can you get any more cliché? Seriously. The worst part is, I say something inspiring and they won’t use it, but I’ll say something like ‘Carly sucks’ and they’ll use that. They make me look like an idiot.”

Wesley Stromberg chafes at being edited all the time:

“It sucks because I care about how my image is being portrayed, not only physically, but who I am,” he said. “They just use the dumbest most simplest things from everything, but that is a reflection of the people watching the show. Dude, they are not very bright. I’m being real, man.”

Wesley finally admits he’s got some deep Hollywood connections:

“I’d do a movie… that’d be sick. My uncle Robert Stromberg, he is like literally one of the biggest directors on the entire planet, he’s going to find parts for us.” Keaton: “Honestly, I would want to be on HBO. Like a show like Entourage… Just so real… We would kill where we could be ourselves.” Drew: “If we had a reality show about our lives and living in Cali and the whole experience of breaking a band, it would be the dopest show ever…I have a whole philosophy about breaking a band that has the whole package, like us.”

Well. Mkay. Read more quotes from the Top 4 at The Hollywood Reporter

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  • http://profile.yahoo.com/XDQP2Y46M5B3OHOKALDDGDHQCM Leandro

    Actually, it’s quite funny that the interviews they’re doing show they are much worse than the way they were portrayed by the TV edition. They’re like 3 Mitt Romneys who try to be likable and end up embarrassingly worse.

  • http://profile.yahoo.com/XDQP2Y46M5B3OHOKALDDGDHQCM Leandro

    So…would they be the None Direction? he 

    This name could be an envision of their post-show career too.

  • http://www.facebook.com/people/Chihchung-Jj-Yu/666227760 Chihchung Jj Yu

    Robert Stromberg has one movie under his credit on IMDB and “he is like literally one of the biggest directors on the entire planet”? Those boys need a reality check.

  • kay121

    uhhhhh. are they not remotely aware about how they sound? 

  • http://twitter.com/raya4 raya

    I worked in television and editing for a good decade, so I’m not doubting all of that.  Stuff is made up, though not all reality shows operate under the same codes of conduct.  But considering these are kids with industry connections and kids that come off like bigger douchebags in their actual interviews than on the show, it almost feels like the show is doing them a favor.  I can’t abide by people that blame the editing when they chose to put themselves on reality tv for the fame/exposure/money in the first place and don’t do their research about what that entails.  The show can only edit what these tools choose to give them.  That excuse only worked back when reality television was a novelty.

  • http://pulse.yahoo.com/_F3XJE5GRAUMYR7Y5RYZUW7SC4U md

    Not a bad first gig though:

    “Disney has tapped Robert Stromberg to make his feature directorial debut on Maleficent, the Linda Woolverton-scripted revisionist take on the Sleeping Beauty fairy tale that is being constructed as a star vehicle for Angelina Jolie to play the villainess”

  • http://twitter.com/BazzleFjsm Bazzle

    Once again. Leave the harsh judgement of personalities to people who have actually met them in person. I have a hard time believing in anything reported by the media these days. Otherwise stick to judging their music. Just my opinion. 

  • Montavilla

    This sounds almost … purposeful. Maybe they’ll be the “anti-One Direction” type group that Simon will pimp out, for the “edgier” teen. Heh.

    I would agree with you, except:  ”I’m a Believer.”

    Once you sing a Monkees song on a TV reality singing competition, you have no edge.  Unless you bite the head off of a chicken while you’re singing it.  Complaining about how dumb your fans are two weeks later isn’t really going to cut it as far as edge goes.

    But hey, if Simon Cowell can mange to turn them into the Rolling Stones of boy bands, more power to him.  :) 

  • http://twitter.com/BazzleFjsm Bazzle

    Its funny thought reading through the entire interview. Doesn’t seem like any of the contestants like reality tv. 

  • Montavilla

    Not a bad first gig though:”Disney has tapped Robert Stromberg to make his feature directorial debut on Maleficent, the Linda Woolverton-scripted revisionist take on the Sleeping Beauty fairy tale that is being constructed as a star vehicle for Angelina Jolie to play the villainess”

    Nope, not bad at all.  Plus, he’s got 93 credits for visual effects and his photo shows him holding an Oscar.  I’d say that, yes, Robert Stromberg is very well connected in the movie industry — and very good at what he does.

  • http://twitter.com/MissGolightly22 No Thanks

     I’m not debating whether they’re getting a decent edit.  Because I think they are.  I’m just saying that even the most jaded person really doesn’t know the extent of how bad/fake reality TV can be before they are actually in the middle of it.  I considered myself pretty jaded but even I was surprised at how far they went.

  • http://twitter.com/MissGolightly22 No Thanks

     Yeah, this is the most openly disdainful crop of talent show contestants I’ve ever seen.  Most BS their way though the show while their on and talk shit later.  This crop have been mouthing off from day 1.

  • blackberryharvest

    I have noticed that too, most of them act like they are too good for the show or something. People like that bug me-they signed up for it.

  • mjsbigblog

     Ha ha…my salon was featured on Tabitha. Just about everything was totally fabricated. Especially the way the stylists were depicted..

  • Oldhag

    If they are trying to be the opposite of One Direction, who during their tenure on X Factor were goofy, but sweet and gracious, they are doing an excellent job. These guys have the jerk factor down to a fine art, guess they are going for more of The Wanted jacka$s image. 

  • jobeob987

    OMG, that one dude insults the audience he expects to vote for them? And their sheer arrogance!   LOL, I love these guys for the first time!  They just don’t know when to shut up.  I’m sure Simon loves it too … not!

  • jobeob987

    “They’re like 3 Mitt Romneys who try to be likable and end up embarrassingly worse.”

    LOL, too true!

  • http://www.facebook.com/people/Chihchung-Jj-Yu/666227760 Chihchung Jj Yu

    Yes, not a bad first gig, but “biggest director on the entire planet”? You’d think he’s related to Spielberg or Cameron.

  • http://twitter.com/Thuisyeb kelly k?powski ?

    Yall are just gettin all butthurt cause Wes called you all dumb hahaha.
    You don’t know what goes on, so shut up.

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