Celebrity 'Fear Factor'

Celebrity 'Fear Factor'
Monday November 26, 2001

"Fear Factor" returns to NBC Tuesday night, but this time stars are being put to the test. David Hasselhoff, Kelly Preston, Coolio, Joanie Laurer (formerly Chyna of the WWF), Donny Osmond, and Brooke Burns of “Baywatch” are featured in the very first celebrity "Fear Factor."

While the stars are playing for charity, host Joe Rogan assures us that nobody is getting the star treatment. “No, in fact we probably took it up a notch because they're celebrities.”

The famous face of Donny Osmond was buried under a pile of crawling bugs. He says, “That is the grossest thing I’ve ever done.

Several stars like David Hasselhoff and Coolio had to be talked into playing "Fear Factor" by their families and friends. The celebrity competition was actually Kelly Preston's idea and husband John Travolta didn't mind.

Kelly says, “My husband said I know what they're going to do. They're going to make celebrities pump their own gas.”

Little did Travolta know his wife would be forced to perform dangerous stunts like straddling the roof of a speeding bus or walking a narrow platform suspended 100 feet above the ground.

And, of course, it wouldn't be "Fear Factor" without a lot of trash talking. Coolio says, “Look at the people I’m going up against. Like I’m going to be scared of them. David's kind of big though.”

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