This is Never a Good Idea

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1. TRUTH says:

   June 3, 2008 at 7:57 pm

   Manuel Velasco has not done his homework. Genevieve Gallen was raised in the inner city of Detroit, as her father campaigned for mayor in the 80’s. Her upbringing taught her to fight the predjudice in the world and gave her the experience of what it felt like to be a minority. After working 3 jobs to put herself through Center for Creative Studies, double majoring in fashion and advertising, the load of school plus walking home 7 miles daily along the bus route got too difficult. Genevieve had practiced Iyengar yoga since her teens, and decided to turn to it to regain stability and strength in her life. She applied, after 5 year required study under an Iyengar certified teacher, to the only accredited college for yoga in the US. Genevieve drove across the country with $300 and a car that needed to be moved from detroit to san francisco. She lived in the Sivananda ashram practicing the strict disciplines of ashram life, rising at 4am, meditating, daily yogic sadhana, while going to college for Iyengar Yoga and managing a large scale (think Whole Foods) health food store. It was in 1998, that her younger sister Katherine, moved to San Diego and Yoga after many years had just become trendy again in the Hollywood community. Genevieve took her additional three years at the Iyengar yoga institute plus knowledge of life living in the ashram to help bring these teachings of the East to the West. Shortly after joining Sports Club LA, a club where many of the elite hollywood clientelle would work out, Genevieve started teaching yoga privately through women she would meet at the club. She recalls one time having 12 pregnant women, all individually taking private lessons. Genevieve used her maternal instincts to raise her chihuahua, the first all white long hair in 30 years of breeding, “goomi” who is trained off leash, and goes by visual and hand gestured commands. After two years in Los Angeles, Geneieve started getting offered jobs to model and try for acting parts these women or their husbands were casting. Because of many very traumatic things that happened during Genevieve’s life in Detroit, she had turned her pain inwards and had suffered anorexia ptsd for 13 years. Though she had delt openly and addressed many of the assualts and traumas of which caused the anorexia and depression through yoga and time at the Rader institute (a specialized treatment facility for those with severe eating disorders), she still did not believe she was pretty enough on the outside to be a model. “I was not attractive as a young child, heavy, with cycstic acne,” she says “and ridiculed for I stood out being so pasty in a community that was predominantly black…my friends would think I changed on them if I called them african americans. I was raised to see people’s inner beauty, and told when I cried that my inner beauty was what mattered. So I worked very hard as a perfectionist in school, and in art, as well to take all the pain and violence in my community and against me and turn it into lessons of how to heal myself and others. Also, how to find similarities, what connects us, not divides us from one another”. In 2000 Genevieve took one of her first jobs modeling for Lori Mann as Sleeping beauty. The project was inspired by the erotic trilogy written by Ann Rice, “The Sleeping Beauty Series”. The photos spurred the attention of many including aprentice to Ansel Adams, Ken Marcus as well as Hugh Hefner. Genevieve soon found herself invited out with Hef in his private limo and asked to move into the mansion. “It was all so surreal”, she recounts, “Here I had come from practicing restraint of the senses as a yogini. I was in my mid 20’s and had never (by will) had sex, tried drugs (including coffee/caffiene), had alcohol, and I had not eaten meat since I was 7 years old.” It was actually by her guru’s instruction that she try to live “as a yogini” within the storm, amongst the western culture as a western woman. To bring these teachings to the west and perhaps even enjoy life, her body, have a husand and “God conscious children”. When she found herself being at the playboy mansion where all “worldly hungers” were there to be satiated, it seemed completely on course and meant to be. Blending both worlds were not easy, though. “I had to learn how to balance it all”, she smirks, “and I had the back of my hand slapped a couple times but learned my lessons!”. For the next 7 years Genevieve worked as a lingerie and bikini model flying out to south beach Miami for calanders, and stock photography. She participated as one of 150 playmates, swimsuit, and ford models in a charity golf event as a bikini runway model, working for three days from 6am until 2am with dedication to the cause. Proceeds from the “Angels on the fairway” event went to the Jennesee center for Homeless and battered women. Two years in a row, Genevieve was chosen top 5 out of 150 swimsuit models. The event was annually held in Cabo San Lucas. She went on to do promotional campaigns for Venus swimwear and become a Copa swimwear model. In 2002, she was awarded a scholarship to finish her longtime dream to earn her degree as a fashion designer. Genevieve was awarded a full scholarship to the Fashion Institute of Design and Merchandising, her portfolio showcased as one of the best ever submitted in the history of the school. The year 2002 was where Genevieve finally felt all her dreams come together. She was working for one of the first poker.com sites and owned 2% of the company allowing her to live in condo she could have only dreamt about as a child. Genevieve wished to do well, so that she could help out her parents and family still in Michigan, continue on to help her causes as one of Peta’s early activists over 20 years ago, also her desire to educate people on the environment. She had canvassed for greenpeace while back in michigan during college, and hoped that being a public figure, a model and designer would allow her to bring environmental causes as well as our own poverty within our nation to the forefront and be able to help. Her first trimester she accelled at the top of the class, and was so enthusiastic to finish her degree in design for television in film. Juggling school with work was a pleasure. She would often fly off to maimi for photo shoots on the weekend, take evening classes in los angeles, and work on her homework during the days, also retouching images and working on her website. Her sidekick, “goomi” the chihuahua, always with her wherever they travelled.

   It was late in 2002 that her dear friend Verne Troyer was hospitalized supposedly for his appendix. Genevieve had met Troyer (aka “mini-me” from the Austin Power films at the Playboy mansion, on the Millenium, New Years Eve, also his birthday, New years day!). From the beginning of their friendship people could tell they communicated like two average people. Genevieve did not look at him as a dwarf. Granted, she had not thought she would date or marry Verne, but she was open to getting to know him and they were both pleased when they found out they both came from Michigan and could fly home together on the Holidays! Genevieve came from a rough town and had to learn to be very independent. Verne came from the coplete contrast. He grew up on an Amish farm! He was treated very well, and not teased as he may well have been in a larger city. In fact, Verne was Prom King. He remenised as to how it was never hard for him to “get girls”. He did have quite a charming personality, which won Genevieve’s heart as well. But it was that August of 2002 in which Genevieve saw through what seemed to be a good living situation. Verne’s manager had Verne sign over the house to her. She told him that it was a way to protect his assets. The night of his supposed appendix rupture, Genevieve held Verne close to her heart as he tried to wrestle out of bed suffering from the dt’s of major alcohlism. His sister and brother Devon later told Genevieve that Verne had been drinking since he was 15. By the time Genevieve was there holding him down, she would witness a normal day of alcohol consumption as a liter of vodka, and a 12 pack of budweiser. Having been the daughter of an alcoholic, and learned to hate the disease not the person suffering, she had attended Alanon. It was that night of August 2002 that she promised Verne to be by his side, to help him “get out”, and be independent, to do whatever it took to help him find health, happiness and success in his career even if that meant her not in the picture.
   The next day his manager called warning Genevieve not to talk to the press. Thank God Genevieve did, for if she had not slander had been given that Genevieve was a high priced call girl, worked at a strip club called Fore Play, had been a “crazed fan” of Verne’s and “kicked out of the hospital by two armed security guards”. (Genevieve after 15 hours of exhuastion coaxing Verne finally to sleep, needed to go home and rest a couple hours. She was escorted kindly for her saftey out of the hospital by two armed security guards). From that day, Genevieve knew it was Verne’s manager Elena Bertagnolli that wanted Genevieve “out of the picture” and was responsable for the slander. It took until late in November of 2002 to actually prove this slander came from his manager, and was directed to harm Genevieve and split the couple up. But for Genevieve, she saw through what was going on long before proof was made.

   On the way to thier first premier, Genevieve had butterflies in her stomach, and Verne was preparing for all red carpet, a long walk and many questions. The whole way his manager, Elena, yelled and screamed on the phone that they had not gotten a large enough limo. His passive and kind parents from an amish community just sat by to witness this all. Verne reached for the alcohol, while Genevieve tried to take on the pain for him and tell stories of times they had together to get his mind off all that was happening in the car. The limo driver had to actually go back to the company, and restock a new long limo. It was quite ironic since we did not need more than 8 seats. There were four average sized adults including his parents and Elena’s son in law/Verne’s security person. There were three dwarves, Elena (his manager), Phil, her husband, and Verne (the actor who this whole event should have been centered around and supported, calmly!). After everyone was in, and we finally made it late to the Goldmember premiere, Genevieve knew that it would be a strong hit to her career and the way people perceived her. The first tabloid article, even though she had her chance to share her side, mad her lose her job as a spokesmodel for the poker.com site. She later lost the condo, the limo and all else, for a spokesmodel cannot be publically “dating a freak” she was told. As the limo pulled to the entrance, after all the screaming over it’s size, it turned out that someone (his manager, Elena Bertagnolli) had forgotten the tickets at home. They nearly had to turn the limo around and go back home, but Verne was told to step out of the car, and security called to make sure it would be ok. One more added stress for the man Genevieve truly was growing to love and feel a need to protect. The crowds were screaming and Genevieve knew walking the carpet with Verne would bring out more prejudice. She remembered what really mattered, and if this was to destroy her career, the it was her path to take, for it was the dignified path. Plus, she was there to support Verne, not worry about how she would be portrayed by the press the following day. As they exited the limosine, non of that ever would really matter, for his dwarf manager, Elena Bertagnolli physically pushed Genevieve behind the carpet as her son in law, Andy grabbed Genevieve’s arm and Elena proudly walked the carpet with her husband and Verne while Genevieve walked with Andy, who seemed to have his eyes glued to the olsen twins behind them the whole hour walk into the auditorium.

   It was then that Genevieve realized this relationship would take a lot of sacrafice, strength, many let downs, and more judgment than she ever realized. She never realized it would rape her all together of her social network of friends, of party invites, of going back to school after taking leave of absense to aid Verne through 3 sobriety programs…one in her home in Beverly Hills that she was later illegaly to be thrown out of with only 3 days notice. Nor did she realize just days after their marriage and Verne reaching 9 months of sobriety, would he be forced under duress to divorce her. Within a month, he was thrown on to Surreal Life, a program that fueled the cast with sex and alcohol. His relapse on alcohol was so devistating he blacked out, got naked and urinated in the corner of the room. They filmed him like an animal, exploiting his disease, while Genevieve later watching the film after he had been taken from her after three years could only cry and watch and wonder “why is no one calling 911, doesnt anyone care that this man is dying?”

   This is just a tad of a long tale. One that most people may never know. After the divorce Genevieve receieved death threats for “knowing too much” about what was going on, and has so many gag orders she is unable to reach out to get help. Furthermore, being shunned from all the party lists she was on long before meeting Verne, it made it impossible for her to return to work within her “home” and network she built in hollywood and the beverly hills community. This isolation made it hard to find a good pr person to defend her side, and in the day and age of “google” and online searches of people, most people are not willing to take the time to hear a novel of what really happened to a very special girl, with a huge heart, even bigger dreams, and pure intentions. A yogini, a designer, a model, a gymnast, an illustrator, but more than anything else, someone who always stood up for those oppressed. The environment, animals, women and children, and finally for her husband. The problem was and is….No One…has stood up for her!

   The photographer, Manuel Velasco, asked Genevieve Gallen to pull her shirt up and expose her stomach. Since there was a story of slander just a couple months back saying that “Mini-Me’s ex commits suicide”, stating she was a drug addict, had relapsed back into anorexia, was “addicted to laxatives” , was poor, reference was made that Verne “had given her money” in the divorce which a gag order had been issued so that Genevieve cannot say “Verne did or did not give her a penny or take from her in the divorce”. His claim that he did give her money is warrent for law suit, further claim that she spent the money on drugs is slander, also reason for lawsuit. Point being made, the photographer knew he asked Genevieve to lift her shirt, and she did so to show she has been in recovery from anorexia and ‘in program” with her recovery plan and not gained or lost weight in 10 years despite all the pain and suffering and malicious intent to harm. Hope that gives a bit better explaination to the photo. “publicist filling in” for Genevieve Gallen, LLC.

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2. TRUTH says:

   June 3, 2008 at 8:24 pm

   PS. Verne has continued to work, knowing his wife was literally thrown onto the street, while his Manager and Attorney dragged her through a 2 1/2 year divorce not finalizing until the near end of 2007! Genevieve tried to do jobs in the industry but people would not work with her. She tried turning to jobs that were fulfilling to her spirit and joy in life like being a nanny to children. She was fired from that job when parents found out she married a dwarf and were afraid (out of pure ingnorance) she therefore may be attracted sexually to children! Verne knew Genevieve speaks Hindi and was raised in the ashram life. He is now staring in a movie about indian culture. Depak Chopra, and Ayurvedic doctor makes a cameo, and Genevieve almost moved to Pune, India to get her degree in Ayruveda. Instead, she studied in New Mexico with Dr. Vasant Lad, through a home studies program while strengthening her knowledge and hindi skills, and used her ability to heal to take care of Verne, putting modeling on hold and taking leave of absense from FIDM. Genevieve plays south indian drums and studied with zakhier hussein while between san franscisco and berkley. She can sing over 100 sankrit songs by heart..now you think the little guy may just let Mike Myers know the girl that devoted three years of her life and lost ALL OF HER DREAMS SO HE COULD GO ONTO HIS….could at least be a fricken’ extra! NEVER A GOOD IDEA TO MARRY SOMEONE WHO CARES MORE ABOUT ALCOHOL THEN THEMSELVES, OR THAT HAS A MANAGER THAT ACTS LIKE THE EVIL MOTHER IN LAW KEEPING HER SON LIKE A STOCKHOLM SYNDROM CHILD IN THE GARAGE AND ONLY LETTING HIM OUT UNDER HER SCRUTINY. SAVING HIM LIKE HER TROPHEY AND AS THEY SAID IN THE WATERGATE SCANDAL.

   TO FIND OUT THE TRUTH BEHIND THIS STORY…WHAT HAPPENED TO VERNE, WHAT HAPPENED TO GENEVIEVE….FOLLOW, IF YOU CAN FIND IT…WHERE HIS MONEY WENT!!!!

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3. summer says:

   June 14, 2008 at 9:15 pm

   very sexy photo

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