Wrapping Up “Who Wants to Marry My Dad?” with Executive Producer Scott Satin

Who Wants to Marry My Dad 2 is over and done with, but that doesn’t stop us obsessive types from still having questions about the show and its end result. Who better to answer these burning queries than the show’s executive producer?

We got hold of the devilishly sly Scott Satin upon his return from a Hawaiian vacation with his family.

Andrea: Great to chat with you again, Scott! First, tell us about Marty and Stacy. Are they going to get married?

Scott: Hi, Andrea! Now that the show’s over, I’m happy to dish the dirt. As far as Marty and Stacy go, they’re dating and excited about each other. That’s really all I know at the moment.

Andrea: Have Marty and his daughters met Stacy’s daughter Ashton yet?

Scott: Not yet. I won’t make any predictions about Marty and Stacy’s future. At this point, it’s all in fate’s hands.

Andrea: What about a reunion show, like last year’s? Can we expect something along those lines?

Scott: Unfortunately, NBC’s broadcasting of Olympics has pretty much made scheduling that impossible. And, right after the Olympics is the fall season. The timing just isn’t right for a reunion show this time around, which is too bad. We all wanted to do one. Curse you, Olympics! (laughter)

Andrea: So, now that it’s all over, what inside info can you give us about the show’s filming?

Scott: So much stuff happened; where should I start? Well, to begin with, it was obvious almost immediately that Marty was deeply attracted to Stacy. I had to pull him aside several times and remind him to give the other women a chance!

And then there was Marilyn. She honestly believed that we were filming Joe Schmo and that she was the “Joe”. There was nothing, nothing I could do or say to convince her that this all was for real. From the moment we started filming, she thought the series was all about her, and everyone else – from Marty and the daughters to the other women – were all actors.

Andrea: You’re kidding. Hadn’t she seen last year’s Marry My Dad?

Scott: I’m dead serious, and yes, she did see last year’s show. I have no idea why she thought this would be different. In fact, during the filming, I offered to let her look at the other women’s audition tapes, to convince her this was truly a romantic reality show, but she refused. It wasn’t until her eviction, when I met her at the end of the driveway, that I said, “Now do you believe me?” At that point, she finally conceded she had it all wrong.

Andrea: During the foam finger pointing game, several of the women chose Marilyn for elimination, claming she was rude to them. Was this really the case?

Scott: We went through all the tapes, and honestly, we couldn’t see what the ladies were talking about. Not that something didn’t happen; all I’m saying is that we didn’t find any instances of Marilyn being rude to the others on tape. Perhaps, since Marilyn thought they were all actors anyway, she didn’t take anybody seriously off camera. But that’s only a guess.

Andrea: Speaking of the other women, what was the deal with Sharon and her “subliminal messages”? The readers of RealityNewsOnline couldn’t believe what they were hearing. I’m betting this was your idea; it sounds like something you’d dream up.

Scott: I swear to you, not only was that not my idea, but at first I didn’t even know what Sharon was doing. I thought she had too much to drink and was slurring her speech. Then the story-editing department came to me and said, “Sharon is trying to give subliminal messages to Marty.” And I still refused to believe it until I watched the entire scene played back to me. Then I was like, “Holy sh*t, is she for real?”

Andrea: You didn’t put her up to it at all?

Scott: Sharon came up with this all on her own. Bizarre, isn’t it? But I do confess to writing that last line for Brooke to say: “Sharon’s plan worked brilliantly/failed miserably.” (Laughing)

And that wasn’t the only strange thing about Sharon. The night she got eliminated, she wouldn’t leave the house.

Andrea: What do you mean?

Scott: I’m saying she wouldn’t leave. She said her good-byes to everyone, and just kept standing there. I had to leave the production booth, and walk down to the foyer. I stayed off camera and told her, “You have to go now.”

She said, “But I don’t want to go.” I said again, very seriously, “Sharon, you must leave the house… NOW.” That was the only way I could get her to walk out the door.

Andrea: How strange. What about the other runners-up? Has Nicole [left in front of the church wearing a wedding gown] forgiven you?

Scott: Oh, yeah. She forgave me by the end of the day!

Andrea: We’ve gotten lots of emails from people amazed at the amount of crying that goes on in this show, especially at elimination time. The daughters have known these women for just a few days, and all of a sudden, it’s “the hardest decision we’ve ever had to make.” What gives here? Are these girls perpetually pre-menstrual?

Scott: You have to remember that I put everyone in very mean, unfair situations.

Imagine this: you and your husband are on a fabulous vacation with ten other couples. Everyone has packed for three weeks, and made arrangements with their jobs and found babysitters to enjoy this once in a lifetime getaway. And there you are, having the time of your life with all your new friends, and I approach you and say, “Andrea, you have to send one couple home. Right now.” Of course, you don’t want to do it. Yet I insist: “You must choose a couple to leave!” Of course, you’d cry, too.

Also, remember this is a very intense situation. For three and a half weeks, morning, noon, and night, it’s all about the competition. There’s no phones, no TV, no other distractions from the game. So, of course, everyone is hypersensitive to what’s going on, having nothing else to think about for perspective. That also is responsible for upping the emotional level.