Lifetime's Fab Five: The TX Cheerleading Scandal Airs Tonight
Saturday August 2, 2008
The Lifetime channel will air a movie about the Texas cheerleading scandal tonight at 9 PM (EST) and again on Sunday, August 3 at 7 PM (EST). A synopsis about the movie from the Lifetime site reads, "The true story of the boozing, bikinis and bullying of five cheerleaders, real-life "Mean Girls" who controlled the lives of their fellow students, while the school's principal (Tatum O'Neal), the mother of one of the "fab five," looked the other way. It wasn't until the girls turned their bullying tactics toward their new cheerleading coach Emma Carr (Jenna Dewan) -- who ultimately went public with girls' outrageous behavior and demanded that the girls -- and the principal (who later resigned) were held accountable for all the emotional damage they had caused."
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If i was those girls mother i would of slapped them for talking to me like that, that principal should be embarrased by her daughters action.
Those girls were it seems to me, ESPECIALLY the prinipal’s daughter(brooke)were trying to get attention from their ABSENT PARENTHOOD,and they acted out of ANger,dissapointment, and frustration about that!! They were ruthless, & mean yes.However there are always reasons why people act out.
I BELEIVE THE FAB FIVE HAD BAD ATTITUDES ABOUT BEING A CHEERLEADER. THEY DID NOT CARE ABOUT ANYONE BUT THEMSELVES. THEY SUCK. WHO AGREES WITH ME? TELL ME!
I am a cheerleading coach and my daughter is a cheerleader, my son is a football player and my husband is a coach. All four of us watched this movie and really got into it.
I found myself yelling at the tv calling the girls a bunch of bitches. And no way in hell would my squad or my own kid, get away with that type of behavior !!! Most of the time I sat there with my jaw falling to the floor.
With that said, I believe I would have been the next Coach Carr because I don’t put up with that nonsense… UMMM, WHATEVER HAPPENED TO “PARENTING”?
It is the parents fault for the way those girls were. They are the one that should be ashame that they did not teach their daughters right from wrong. I know a parent that allows their daughter that is 10 run the house and does not but her in her place. So, the blame is not the girls but the parents that didn’t care or maybe they were the same way themselves.
I have coached cheerleading for over 7 years and my daughter has cheered, recreation, school, and allstar for over 10 years. Cheerleading has most definietely become a sport and cheerleaders work endlessly perfecting their skills and talents. I find it such a shame that movies such as this, and even the Bring It On Movies, focus on girls being petty, rude, and, as in The Fab Five Movie, downright vulgar. I would love to see a movie made showing the time, effort, and personal committment cheerleaders make to be the atheletes and performers they are and at their best. It leaves very little time, if any, for the petty nonsence these movies display and down-grades the sport of cheerleading.
you guys need 2 learn that this is for fake it is a movie duh they just acting
you people need 2 learn this is fake they r just acting
Of course they’re acting, but it is based on a true story… I didnt know if you knew that….
these girls / parents got exactly what they deserved. It was obvious the parents had NO CONTROL or DISCIPLINE in their home. I’m actually surprised the school let them wear uniforms exposing their midriffs. Guess they didn’t have a district dress code to follow either. KUDOS to Coach Carr and I bet she got hundreds of phone calls from other school districts wanting her to come in and coach / teach.
To Melonie, we know the girls on TV were acting but the lifetime movie was based on a true story. Don’t make a comment if you don’t know about the story or watched the movie.
Now on to those who “ACTUALLY” watched the show, The girls were clearly in control of that school, clearly. It’s a sad situation to have girls like the FAB 5 on a cheerleading squad. I was a cheerleader & my coach wouldn’t of put of w/none of that s*it those girls were doing. For the most part cheerleaders are suppose to bring cheer to the school students & inspire others to have school spirit NOT wear your team uniforms to a sex store & drinking booze & recording it like it wasn’t a big deal & to think they were celebrities. If they went to another HS they wouldn’t have lasted & it would of been WAY MORE DISCIPLINARY ACTIONS these girls would of faced. This unfortunately does happen in schools but I don’t think to this extent. The principal didn’t know how to balance her personal life w/ the business - she was too busy trying to get her daughters approval, it’s so sad how much they got away w/ though. I’m glad to see others were upset w/ the way they were acting other than me.
I watched the movie. Yes I know that they were acting. I know that not every single thing portrayed is absosutly true. But I also know it could not have aired if the general information was untrue. I raised two girls myself. It was never more important for them to be popular than for them to act respectfully and treat their teachers respectfully. It does start with the parents. My girls were never allowed to talk to me or any adult the way these girls were allowed to act. What can the school do if they call the parents and the parents just act like it is nothing. The coach in the movie was absolutly right. Kids have to learn that their is punishment for bad behavior. Parents we have to wake up and hold our little darlings resposible when they act like little b——!!!!! Am I right???????
Coach Carr was on Good Morning America this morning and said even after this situation was exposed and “resolved” her life was threatened by one of the “fab five Moms”. What does this say about the entire situation? The parents STILL do not want to be accountable for their OWN children’s behavior. THIS IS THE REAL PROBLEM.
The girls are spoiled babies! When they don’t get their way they call their mommy’s and daddy’s . GROW UP! What are they doing to do when your parents aren’t around.
Does anyone know when this will air again?? I can’t find out.
I watched the movie and those girls were horrible, the parents were even worse, because it seem to me like the kids were the parents and the parents were the kids, they lied manipulated, and did things I better not ever catch either one of my daughters doing. The principal was the worse of them all though, somebody needed to kick her @#$. Also Melanie obviously missed the part were they said based on the Texas cheerleading scandal. I just wonder how the girls are doing now, and if they have learned anything from this whole mess? Also have the parents learned anything, I see the principal had learned something at the end of the movie she tried to act like a mother instead of a friend.
I thought it was a good movie, but a little disappointing at the end. I would never allow my daughters to act this way either. I watched it mainly because I wanted to see Ashley Benson as Brooke, because Ashley used to be on ‘Days of Our Lives’ and played a sweet, sensible, innocent “good” girl. This portrayal of Brooke was a complete 180 and it really showcased her acting skills. I had no idea she could play a mean girl so well, so kudos to Ashley!
I went to Mckinney North, and I knew every single one of them. They were not all that bad, yes they made a few mistakes, but they were overall nice people (in real life of course) however the problem wasnt with them…it was with the administration, they should have let the coach punish the girls.
The Fab Five cheerleaders aren’t true cheerleaders. They aren’t in it for the right reasons. Those girls are only cheerleaders so they can parade around in uniforms and be called a cheerleader.
My daughter tried out as a freshman her first year at high school and made varsity. the first three coaches bickered and really screwed up this year they askwed for money up front and we paid even though we are in an ecnomic slid . She has been picked on for her teeth and anything else they could come up with . since then we lost two coachhes that quit and was let go cause she was doning such a poor job last thursday jan. 28th or 29 a girl in her spanish class pinched he har enough to leave a brusie and also told her that she hated my daughter and she better be careful at practice cause she was going to be hurt.First the school said that she would be suspended and kicked off the team . Then she and I were told that she would be kicked out of a game and nether has happed .the girl My was supose to give an opoligy and then be kicked out of a game and from what i gathered neither will happen and from what new coach says she needs to have a back bone to be a cheer leader . I am appalid , nothing has haapened