Thatās exactly what Antonella is doing with the Silpada jewelry line sheās peddling on JTV.
Is that considered gainfully employed?
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Silpada? Sounds like bake ware!
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Granted I do not understand the āinfluencerā culture at all. But I donāt really care for the peddling of merchandise by people whose only association with a product is a social media commission.
A couple of years ago (I believe it was right before she met her now-husband) Lisa posted a video on FB where she & Katie talked about the building of her business. I found it inspiring that Lisa decided to start her own business and Katie believed in her so much that she also left QVC (despite not knowing what her job would be) to work for her. Then Lisa saw the Christmas trees and decided that would be her starting point. But then everyone started disappearing and the business closed.
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And Lisa had a LOT of faithful followers who stood by her and bought crap for many years and tolerated her Tribe Rules. I donāt see either of the soon-to-be-less-than-PT hosts getting anywhere close to the fandom that Lisa had/has. They will both be in for a very rude awakening.
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It will be fun to watch the new PT girls though as the awakening unfolds.
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What were Lisaās Tribe Rules??? I remember when she sold some necklace about being part of a (her?) tribe. 
It was pretty much that you must adore, worship, and buy! Any negative question or comment was removed, and the ātribeā always protected their leader. I was never part of that group, but I remember reading about the people who had tried to ask a question or had a not-so-nice comment.
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How truly crazy are these current and past show hosts? Thereās a special place for them in infomercial heaven I guess.
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the only past show host who seems to have had any true success is Mike Rowe. Canāt think of any other former show host whose names a lot of people would recognize. Many have tried but none have found success. Mike apparently has found it.
Hereās a comedic clip of him on the Q
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The Tribal Queen needs to lose the attitude, and always remember the little people actually made her what she is today.
And while sheās on her power trip, she needs to reign in her freewheeling husbandās spending habits. She grants him his every wish, and weāre not talking loose pocket change. The money wonāt last forever if itās not replenished, and there is still a house to be sold, taxes to be paid, and all those fun things that cost money.
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She must have made a boat load of $ working at the Q. The recent video shows the spectacular ocean view from her home in the Bahamas. Donāt know anything about the cost of real estate there, but her home is in a gated community, right on the ocean. Theyāre in the process of putting in a pool, just completed an outdoor kitchen, and are re-doing most of the interior. As you said, she still hasnāt sold her million dollar home/farm in PA. Hope sheās got a good financial head on her shoulders and is not giving in to her husbandās every whim. He sure did hit the jackpot with Lisa.
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Love Mike Rowe! Not one Q host has the intelligence and razor-sharp wit Mike brought to his job as a Q host. The way he described that Precious Moments item was so funny, Iāll bet people bought it just to have a good laugh every time they looked at it.
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Yesā¦I too love Mike Roweā¦
Whatās not to loveā¦
He is the epitome of:
āMaking the best of a bad situationā
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I wasnāt yet a Q watcher during the Mike Rowe era, but I did watch the video of the Precious Moments presentation. Absolutely hysterical!
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I just noticed that Antonellaās main page on Facebook is gone. Has anyone else noticed that?
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ā¦ Maybe sheās reinvented herself ā¦ Again!
Or arrested for fraud?
Looks like sheās limiting her audience. She has complained that she didnāt like the backlash from her posts regarding her children. Thatās what happens when you overshare their personal information regarding issues that theyāre struggling with.
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She is still on YouTube. Where will she be selling that jewelry she was selling? Never have I seen such a fall from grace as this womanās life.
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She mentioned about a week ago that someone hacked her account. Maybe sheās trying to set up a new one. I canāt imagine her without a FB page to do all her grifting.
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Just saw this response from Antonella, to someone asking what happened to her FB page.
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āFacebook unpublished my page, because they thought I was impersonating myself. Iām a mess over it and am trying to resolve it. I worked soooo hard on building my page, after QVC.ā
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Always the Victim ā¦
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