The Challenge: Battle of the Exes - Diem Brown Interview

I hope she still has the option to have children.

[QUOTE=V1man;308475]In fairness to CT, of whom I've never been a particular admirer, he has always been a private person except for those periods of time when he has been under contact to MTV or making a paid public appearance capitalizing on his MTV notoriety. He is entitled to a private life, and unless MTV wants to pay him to contact Diem in a way MTV can use for its own corporate profit, when and if he contacts her is none of our ****** business. Frankly, I regard the continuing interest in watching any interaction between the two as more than a bit voyeuristic. Diem has an entirely different approach and agenda. She will do whatever she must to further MedGift, including openly using her second, and far more serious fight with cancer, to benefit others. It seems to me that both of them are entitled to live their lives as best suites their personalities and circumstance. I'm hopeful that as Diem's treatment progresses, she will give us periodic updates, perhaps as interviews, that we can post going forward in this thread, and my expectation is that her commentary will be met with respect and caring from the vevmo family.[/QUOTE] Voyeuristic? Because we would some simple sympathy from CT towards Diem. Yeah right? SMH. I'm just going to move on now. Anyway I am all for future updates from Diem concerning her present condition. I wish her the best. As for future kids she can alway elect to adopt.

[QUOTE=Nostalgic;308454]I agree with everything and CT does strike me as one to hold a grudge, The Awards Show, [B]Rivals[/B] etc. I just wished he publicly reached out more.[/QUOTE] Who did he hold a grudge against on Rivals he was trying to be Adam's friend the whole time.

[QUOTE=ILoveRW;308477]I hope she still has the option to have children.[/QUOTE] It looks like she is undergoing treatment to freeze her eggs for that very purpose. However, because she is having her last remaining ovary removed and entering premature menopause, she will be unable to carry the child herself (i.e. get pregnant). She would have to do what Giuliana & Bill are doing and have a surrogate.

There is an exclusive interview on Us Weekly's website about Diem. There is a short print areticle and there is a video with Diem talking about how she found out she had cancer again and what all womem should do to stay informed. And as far as CT goes: I hope I am not coming off as voyueristic. All I am saying is that life is way too precious to hold onto anything negative. I was responding to someone who had posted that CT may have not contacted her because of an issue they had in the past. I was just saying that I hope that is not the case. And that although they are not friends, it cant hurt to send her a few words of encouragment.

I see Diem is going to be doing a blog for People magazine. She is so inspiring it amazes me. I feel like I would be busy feeling sorry for myself. What a great role model she is.

Diem will also be on Dr. Drew tonight on HLN at 9pm EST to discuss her situation. More info on that can be found [url=http://www.hlntv.com/article/2012/06/20/mtvs-diem-brown-facing-ovarian-cancer-second-time]here[/url]. I'm beyond happy for her that she's being recognized in the media for her strength and continued optimism. I have so much love and admiration for her!

Knew this would eventually turn into a "CT is a ******** for not getting in touch with Diem" thing. He doesn't want to put her, her family, or boyfriend through the awkwardness of feeling like the ex-boyfriend is trying to butt into the situation...simple as that. CT feels awful for her & that she has to go through his horrific experience again but he doesn't want to step on anybody's toes. Diem's in a big battle right now and doesn't need that kind of cloud hovering over her head right now. And, I know he wouldn't hesitate to help her in whatever way he could if he didn't feel like he was being intrusive.

I feel out of the loop since I just heard about this now, where can I read Diem's new blog about her cancer treatment?

It is on People.com. She will be doing one every Thursday.

[QUOTE=rdp8203;309739]She will be doing one every Thursday.[/QUOTE] Awesome. I will be reading them.

It's good to see that she is staying so positive. I admire her for her strength and courage during this time. I wish her all the best. I can't wait until she beats it and then comes back to do another challenge! I am looking forward to her blogs as well. And I don't recall anyone ever saying that CT was an *******. People were just expressing their opinions about the fact that he did not get in touch with her. However, I don't see how giving a few words of encouragement could be stepping on someone's toes. I just hope Diem remains positive and that everyone continues to keep her in their thoughts.

[QUOTE=Nostalgic;308414]This may be just me but I seriously doubt that CT and Diem are not friends. I just don't buy that. Plus they've been through so much together. Anyway I just hope CT is not contacting her just to get back at her for the Vinny situation.[/QUOTE] It seems like to me after watching the Battle of the Exes and how far they have come that they are on friendly terms again....I don't think CT saying that him and Diem have come a long way and that they have a special relationship now was just all for TV. It did seem to me like he genuinely accepted her apology and she accepted his. Perhaps he hasn't contacted her yet because she has a boyfriend and he doesn't want to complicate the situation or maybe he has contacted her but Diem just doesn't want to tell the press about that...not everything is for public consumption. I don't know, I guess I'm a romantic and I wanted to see CT and Diem get back together, even though on the other side of it I can also see why it's complicated and perhaps they shouldn't get back together. I really don't think they will get back with each other though....too much has gone down, but I guess as a fan it makes me happy knowing that at least they could be friends, so hopefully that is the case. I was reading somewhere that CT's mom sent Diem good thoughts so that's nice. I was listening to the podcast with CT and Brandon recently and just by how he reacted to even being asked how Diem was....I could tell he still felt something for her...maybe not romantic feelings anymore (who knows)...but some type of caring. I could definitely tell that because he got very serious very fast and you could tell he didn't want to talk about it and he seemed a little upset to me...but like he was trying to cover that up and just get to the next question. One thing I have noticed about CT in interviews is that a lot of times he gives BS or joke type answers to questions just to keep from having to reveal anything he doesn't want to. I was listening to an after show interview with CT and Johnny and they talked about the talk that CT and Diem had where they both apologized for what they did and CT told Johnny that really he doesn't apologize for anything...he was just saying that to appease Diem so they could get on with the competition. Perhaps I'm overanalyzing this too much but I do think CT was actually sorry for his part in things and so was Diem but of course CT is not going to say something like that in front of Johnny because he has to protect his ego. I notice that CT is an alpha male and protecting his ego and looking like a tough guy in front of the guys is just the way he is....but I think it's a cover for what his real feelings might be though.

The only thing this thread officially lacks is people asking Molds13 for cancer spoilers smh This is not a TV soap opera. Diem has a very serious cancer and whether CT cares or doesn't care, or talks about it or doesn't talk about, really shouldn't matter IMHO.

I'm not saying if CT does not contact Diem or Diem does not contact CT that it makes either one of them a bad person or that it matters in terms of what it may or may not say about CT or Diem's integrity....I never said anything like that. Read my post. All I was trying to say is I thought the relationship as shown on the Duel was very sweet and I think it would be cool if CT did contact her.....but if he doesn't, I would understand that too...as he is no longer with her. I became invested in the relationship watching it on TV but that doesn't mean I am out to make CT or Diem into a bad guy if they do or do not do certain things. The fact that Diem has cancer is very serious and I hope she recovers from that...that is the most important thing. [B]I think you took my post way too seriously.[/B] I like both CT and Diem. I particularly admire Diem and all she has done to help others with cancer through MedGift and how brave and strong she is.

Anything I said about how CT or Diem may or may not feel is purely my opinion and speculation...I'm not saying anything I said is set in stone or a stone cold fact...it's just speculation, which is what everyone else does on the board in regards to these reality show contestants. These reality show contestants have relationships, get into fights, have friendships, make enemies and it is put on TV for the world to see and this is a message board where all that stuff is talked about. Fights are speculated on, friendships are talked about, romances are commented on....otherwise why would this message board even exist. If you have a different take on something I said, then tell me how your opinion is different but don't mock me as if I've done something wrong when all I did was post on the board my opinion about a dynamic between two reality show contestants. I realize many things on these challenges are fake, not all of it is real...but some is real, some is fake...but all of it is commented on.

Okay that's cool, close the thread.

[QUOTE=Imjustsayin;310076]It's good to see that she is staying so positive. I admire her for her strength and courage during this time. I wish her all the best. I can't wait until she beats it and then comes back to do another challenge! I am looking forward to her blogs as well. And I don't recall anyone ever saying that CT was an *******. People were just expressing their opinions about the fact that he did not get in touch with her. However, I don't see how giving a few words of encouragement could be stepping on someone's toes. I just hope Diem remains positive and that everyone continues to keep her in their thoughts.[/QUOTE] This exact sentiment was what I was trying to say in my post before.

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