"Big Brother" winner Dick Donato is coming forward about his HIV positive status.
The Season 8 winner, who was often called "Evel Dick" on the CBS reality competition series, is appearing on VH1's "Couples Therapy" where he and on-again, off-again girlfriend Stephanie Rogness-Fischer will address dealing with the disease in their relationship.
Dick, who returned for Season 13 and left after just a week of filming, opened up to People about learning of his HIV while filming the show.
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The Season 8 winner, who was often called "Evel Dick" on the CBS reality competition series, is appearing on VH1's "Couples Therapy" where he and on-again, off-again girlfriend Stephanie Rogness-Fischer will address dealing with the disease in their relationship.
Dick, who returned for Season 13 and left after just a week of filming, opened up to People about learning of his HIV while filming the show.
Watch: Cookie Johnson Discusses Her & Magic Johnson’s Fight With HIV & Their Quest To Educate About AIDS
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- 10/1/2014
- by access.hollywood@nbcuni.com (AccessHollywood.com Editorial Staff)
- Access Hollywood
“Big Brother” Season 8 winner Dick Donato is HIV positive, and reveals his diagnosis on Wednesday's episode of “Couples Therapy” on VH1. People broke the news ahead of the latest episode of the reality series, on which he is joined by girlfriend Stephanie Rogness-Fischer and a number of other reality stars, including “The Bachelor” Juan Pablo Galavis. See video: Why Michael Stipe Was Afraid to Be Tested for HIV “Look, I get that I'm a reality-show villain, but for better or for worse, I have a platform. And I decided that it was time to just publicly say what I'm dealing with,...
- 10/1/2014
- by Greg Gilman
- The Wrap
Big Brother winner Dick Donato shared a personal struggle on the Wednesday, Oct. 1 episode of VH1's Couples Therapy. The season eight Big Brother champ revealed to Dr. Jenn Berman that he has been HIV positive since 2011. In a preview for the show, Donato, 51, tells Berman that his on-and-off-again girlfriend Stephanie Rogness-Fischer "does not want to talk about it, and if it's brought up with her, she'll probably leave." Donato, who was known on Big Brother as "Evel Dick," asked his girlfriend again if he [...]...
- 10/1/2014
- Us Weekly
When Big Brother 8 winner Dick Donato signed up to appear on VH1's Couples Therapy, he decided to use the show to go public with a very personal struggle: He has been living with HIV since 2011. The reality-tv villain, who often goes by the nickname "Evel Dick," is appearing on the VH1 show with his on-again, off-again girlfriend Stephanie Rogness-Fischer. On Wednesday's episode of Couples Therapy, he'll reveal his struggle with the show's therapist, Dr. Jenn Berman. In an upcoming episode, he will share the news with the rest of the show's cast, including The Bachelor's Juan Pablo Galavis and Nikki Ferrell.
- 10/1/2014
- by Steve Helling, @stevehelling
- PEOPLE.com
Christina Lindberg, star of the classic exploitation film Thriller: A Cruel Picture, aka They Call Her One-Eye, is back in front of the camera for writer/director Todd Fischer with Cry For Revenge – which sees Lindberg don the eye-patch once more, as the put upon Candy, in another revenge-laden tale.
Also starring Stefanie Vuleta, Christian J. Simpson, Stephanie Fischer, Rodney Cox, Keltee Martin, Mika Kron, David Devita, Ashley Cambron, Shay Gilbert, Erin Belle, Cassie Lynn Young, Michelle Kruse, Lisa Kwon and Ray Shain, the synopsis for Cry For Revenge goes something like this:
They took her innocence, they poisoned her mind, they ravaged her body, they left her for dead. Now they’ll beg for mercy and she’ll cry for revenge.
Check out some official stills and behind the scenes photos below, and you can read a great interview with Lindberg over at Fangoria; plus check out the films official Facebook page here.
Also starring Stefanie Vuleta, Christian J. Simpson, Stephanie Fischer, Rodney Cox, Keltee Martin, Mika Kron, David Devita, Ashley Cambron, Shay Gilbert, Erin Belle, Cassie Lynn Young, Michelle Kruse, Lisa Kwon and Ray Shain, the synopsis for Cry For Revenge goes something like this:
They took her innocence, they poisoned her mind, they ravaged her body, they left her for dead. Now they’ll beg for mercy and she’ll cry for revenge.
Check out some official stills and behind the scenes photos below, and you can read a great interview with Lindberg over at Fangoria; plus check out the films official Facebook page here.
- 3/12/2013
- by Phil
- Nerdly
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