Naturally, Ruth was not happy with the impact it had on her reputation.
Her mood was horrible as a result of that cooking segment on the show, and Weston made things worse by having them cook with a partner in the second segment.
Evelyn, who ranked first in the previous segment, was paired with Ruth, who ranked last.
The rules remained the same whereby the team with the most delicious dish would score the highest.
As Evelyn was a pure-hearted young girl, she wanted to win the contest and was very focused when preparing the dish.
The contrast between them ended up making Ruth appear arrogant and ignorant.
As the number of conflicts they had continued to increase throughout the segment, Ruth finally exploded when it was time to serve up their dish as Evelyn had Ruth bring it out.
“So, Ruth accidentally burned herself on the hand when serving up the dish, but she blames it on Evelyn and threatened her on the show?”
“That's what happened live on camera yesterday, and Ruth came over today to confront her about it. Naturally, we journalists can't afford to miss out on something like this,” Wilde replied with a smile.
Donald was speechless when he heard that.
This is clearly a disaster! Why did Weston tell Jennifer that this show was a huge success? He really needs to stop hiding the bad news like this. While Ruth may be a nobody to me, I still want to resolve this through legitimate means if possible. After all, we're both rather famous individuals to the public. If I make her disappear immediately after she has gotten into a conflict with Evelyn, then it won't be long before people start focusing on Evelyn and me.
With that in mind, Donald asked, “I have a way to get you inside, but you will have to cooperate with me for the foreseeable future. What do you say?”
Wilde was willing to answer all of Donald's questions precisely because he had a feeling Donald was not a nobody.
Hence, his eyes lit up with excitement when he heard what Donald said.
“How are we going to do this?” Wilde asked.
Donald then leaned in close and whispered something into Wilde's ear.
“Sure thing! I'll do exactly that!” Wilde replied with a nod.
Having discussed their plan, Donald led Wilde into the studio through another entrance.
As the staff at the studio knew who Donald was, they didn't stop him when they saw him bringing someone in.
They didn't even bat an eye even though the person he brought in was a journalist.
Donald was their biggest sponsor, so he could even go as far as hosting a last-minute press conference if he felt like it.
The two heard a woman shouting in a shrill voice the moment they got close to the set.
“I agreed to make an appearance on your reality show because I liked it and wanted to help boost its popularity! How could you guys embarrass me like that? Is that how you want to promote the newbie? Huh?”
As Donald and Wilde looked through the gap between two lamps, they saw Ruth standing in the middle of the set while Evelyn and Zoey knelt on the floor. They were sobbing with their heads held low.
Ruth's two bodyguards had Weston restrained and forced him to watch as she slapped Evelyn and Zoey repeatedly.
It was the first time Wilde had witnessed such a violent scene with his own eyes.
What the... Ruth has always been gentle and graceful in front of the media! I can't believe she'd slap them around like this!
Wilde quickly switched on the video recorder on his phone and had Donald hold it for him. He then took pictures of Ruth hitting Evelyn and Zoey using the camera hanging from his neck.
“Ms. Chearne, our show would never target anyone in particular. We only added the cooking segments because your fans wanted to see you cook. We had Evelyn partner up with you in the end, didn't we?”
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