Stephen Fowler, "Worst Husband in the World"

Oh my god, this clip doesn't even touch the disgusting nature of this man. Yes, I saw this episode (I know, I know, I admit it) and was floored by his complete disrespect towards this woman. He totally deserved eveything he got and in my opinion, should lose his wife and kids. A disgrace of a man.

shocking..a reality show found a bunch of foul folks and made a tv show so we can all say how much better we are than them! shocking!

I watched a few clips and yes this fowler guy comes off as a snotty snotface, but I really get sick of the media playing up everyone in SF as some overpaid douchenozzle with candyland nonsense ideas too. no one came off as particularly wonderful in this show, but that's what it's there for.

I've watched this show a couple times, and the whole point of it is finding the biggest walking stereotypes they can, so the audience can feel good about judging them.

If they picked normal people, you might have some real learning, but that wouldn't be much a TV show.

Thank you so much for being the first and only media outlet to do a story on this. I find it fascinating how ABC and it's long reach has managed to completely block any media regarding that episode of Wife Swap. I posted the episode in pieces on Youtube, they had me blocked within HOURS. They are really on this this thing full time. I have recorded all television media that would ordinarily cover such antics, NOTHING. Even The Soup! on E, was restrained, just showed clips of the husband from the midwest. When the Fowlers posted their apology, after the huge internet outcry, they then removed it for 'reasons they could not state'. Probably exploring a lawsuit.

What most people don't realize is this was an almost unprecedented event for so many reasons. The fact that there were phone calls to the Fowler residence within minutes of airing on the East Coast. The fact that Stephen Fowlers business associates were published, and demands made for his firing/resignation. That even Google Earth had some kind of marker first, on his residence, and later his address was blocked on there. The Fowlers had to hire 24/7 security, I don't know for how many days. People wanted to turn them into CPS for emotional child abuse. That neighbors wrote in to blogs begging not to take things physical, that they did not ascribe to Stephen Fowlers snobbery, and they did not want someone in their Noe Valley neighborhood committing acts of violence, especially by mistake. That literally THOUSANDS of people signed onto the ABC web message boards that night, to comment. ABC had someone on that board full time deleting comments right and left...everything from posted personal information on the Fowlers, to comments that were not really TOS violations, just heartfelt disgust. That on Friday, January 29, (keep in mind this episode aired East Coast at 8pm), Stephen Fowler became #50 of the most searched on Google. That was a Super Bowl Weekend to boot, lots of other things to look up on the net. That at least one of his business associations, Pacific Environment, took the time to send out emails to most of the people who wrote to them via email. Blogs that were personal to a few hundred, became comment forums for thousands. There was a song posted on YouTube, Stehpen Fowler is a douchebag. A few of his 'friends' tried to defend them, but there wasn't much they could say. A few also tried to capitalize on the Misery that is the Fowlers as well. I find it fascinating there was such a huge backlash, yet somehow in a week when we hear over and over the rant of some two bit movie star we don't hear anyone commenting on the attitudes and the country's reaction to the truly egregious behavior of one Stephen FOULer.

I am from the Midwest, bluecanary. I look at your comments, upset that this guy has given your family too much ammunition to feed their 'typical SF' stereotype comments with, yet would like to point out that your own comments/misgivings expressed about the Midwest have already done that for you. You really didn't need Stephen in your corner...but glad you got him. (IE: Better you, than me!)

That said, I actually wrote in to comment on the obnoxious, vulgar slug that is Stephen Fowler and his wife and the sad truth that Americans apparently find this type of confrontation entertaining. I can't imagine the network had no idea what they were getting into, though. Far from it. I totally believe they knew this guy was a snobbish elitist pig when they signed him on. People like Mr. Fowler don't really have a clue how obnoxious they are and I doubt he came across any differently in the interview than he did on camera. In fact, I am sure that's what the network picked up on immediately and why they found Gayla the perfect foil for him. They sure didn't do it by accident. Gayla should sue the network for being set up as the pigeon.

While I personally think it's kind of sad that this is what the networks think American's find entertaining, look how many tuned in! The networks are apparently right! I didn't watch it myself...I don't actually have a tv. And no, bluecanary...that $125K mortgage has not over extended me, preventing me from investing in cable...I simply think television is a huge waste of time. And this show, like many others before it, is total proof of how low America has sunk when it comes to entertainment value and how even lower the networks have sunk to supply the demand.

One final comment for bluecanary...I think your "this is Amurka" rant pretty much sealed the deal for you, shitheel.