The saga of Samantha

How far would you go to stop a wedding?

My favorite radio station (Q100 Atlanta) is sponsoring the Annual Running of the Brides in Atlanta this morning. Even before they named the date, the morning show was getting phone calls from a woman named Samantha demanding that another woman (Carly) be BANNED from the running of the brides.

The reason? Four years ago, Carly “stole” Samantha’s fiancé. Now they’re getting married, and Samantha, isn’t over the loss.

Before calling The Bert Show, Samantha had already cancelled the photographer and double-booked the reception site. The gown was the next step. If she couldn’t interfere with getting the gown, she was going to find out where it was being dry-cleaned and then she was going to prevent them from getting a marriage license.

Three phone calls in, and she was going nuts. The show asked for a description of the “nemesis.” Samantha gave it to the producer willingly with the understanding that they were going to put her on the radio and confront her about what she did. Samantha kept claming that they weren’t listening to the full story…of course they weren’t, they were listening to HER story and the “nemesis” hadn’t had been allowed to speak.

Finally, on the last call, Bert set her off big-time. He said, “If we find her, we’re going to let her in the night before.”

“WHY WOULD YOU DO SOMETHING LIKE THAT!!??!! WHY WOULD YOU PUT SUCH A HORRIBLE PERSON ON THE VIP LIST? I ABSOLUTELY CAN NOT BELIEVE YOU.”

That was Wednesday. Bert said that if the girl called up, they would let her in early just for her own protection.

They were also going with the idea that it could have been a hoax, but this morning, Bert announced that after the Wednesday show, one of the other DJs got a phone call from Samantha’s coworker that lent credibility to the whole thing. The coworker kept going on and on about how Samantha let the whole situation consume her day at work and wasn’t getting the work done. Then the nemesis calls up and identifies herself.

Needless to say, she went in last night early.

So SAMANTHA calls again and goes off. She claimed to be on the way down to confront them and to tell the entire city not to listen to the show. They were going to put her on the radio and put her photo on the website (basically out her).

The show ended, but she didn't come down to scream at them.

There is a theory that it’s an elaborate hoax; that Samantha is really the girl who showed up last night to get the dress. The show’s hoping that it’s the case because that would mean that the bride isn’t in danger. The problem is that if that's true, why would she call in again this morning? That doesn't make sense.

Here's hoping that the bride and groom elope and then have a great party for their day. The important thing is that they get married with or without the crazy girl.

To hear the crazy, click here.