The Crazy Story Of How I Got Famous In Italy For Tweeting About Trashy TV
“No Maria, io esco!”
Hi, I'm Craig, and I work at BuzzFeed Canada. I'm a pretty regular dude, but life's been gloriously weird for the past few weeks. I've trended on Twitter in Italy and been the subject of media headlines there, and some of the country's top TV stars are being asked about me.
Craig Silverman
Here's a sample of the insanity: A large Italian newspaper asked Maria De Filippi, the host of three very popular TV shows, what it was like to have me tweet about her show. She said it was as if she'd won an Academy Award. Whaaaat?!
Let me explain how we got here.
Tvzap / Via Twitter: @Tvzap_
It started a month ago when I was in Italy and sent an impulsive tweet about a crazy-looking show on Italian TV:
It started getting retweets and reaction right away. I learned that the show, Ciao Darwin, is in the midst of a very popular resurgence on Italian TV. On the show, two teams of people compete in challenges that include an obstacle course, historical trivia, a debate, and a runway show.
It's an example of what Italians call "trash" TV, meaning it's a cheesy, lowbrow show that people watch like crazy. You know, like the Kardashinans in the U.S.
Twitter / Via Twitter: @CraigSilverman
That first night I tuned in just as they introduced that week's "Mother Nature." She comes out at the start of each episode and the men in the audience lose their minds. Mother Nature then walks very slowly up a flight of stairs while the camera zooms in on her ass.
Mother Nature never speaks. She spends the rest of the show sitting in a chair. This admittedly was one of the things that made me tweet that the show was the end of humanity!
Canale 5 / Via ciaodarwin.mediaset.it