Casey Thompson Whines About Carla

Most of us are still reeling over Carla Hall’s loss (and after such a triumphant rise, too!) on Top Chef last night. Carla did not trust her instincts and instead allowed her sous chef, Season 3’s Casey Thompson’s influence take over her food, which led to her demise. In the aftermath, what does Casey do to respond to her detractors? Why, talk major smack about Carla:

“Carla was not prepared and in over her head. The show did not talk about how the first course (crab) took her half of the friggin’ cooking time that day, I was left to work the rest of HER dishes.

She also did not have a plan. The ONLY thing she had in mind was a cheese course! I would NEVER do a cheese course. And where in the hell did french come from!? She is not even classically trained! It (the show) didn’t talk about how I worked on a sauce for 2 days and Carla forgot to put it on the plate… It didn’t show how the 2nd course (fish) was MINE. It didn’t show how she took the sous vide idea and decided to GRILL it last minute causing it to be tough… And it didn’t show how she WANTED to do the souffles which she does not even know how to make! That was HER food, because it certainly was me asking her how she wanted to do this and that while she was busy picking crab the entire time and making a souffle that didn’t rise!

I am done with TC. I did not influence her. She has NO ideas of her own, oh, except a cheese course.”

It sounds like someone is still bitter about their loss on season 3. Also, I have had it with reality cast members complaining about editing. If you don’t want to be edited, don’t go on a reality show. I’m sure any of the other previous eliminated contestants would have been more than happy to have taken her spot, as well as whatever Bravo paid her for her appearance. And if she’s looking to do damage control over her reputation now, talking trash about the classy and charming Carla, sending in this diatribe is not going to help.

[Image: NBC/Virginia Sherwood, Side Dish via Amuse Biatch]

Update: Casey is now claiming that she didn’t know her comments were going to be published, the editor at Side Dish says the blogger was clear she was asking for commentary that would be posted to the Internet. Here’s the thing about speaking off the record, you have to say it before you start vomiting at the mouth.