Antonella's exit

jooj · ‎09-19-2010

Did Antonella have to leave her jewelry show today and get replaced by MaryBeth?

makena · ‎10-29-2016

I think her time was done -- that's all.

January121 · ‎03-21-2010

@jooj wrote:
Did Antonella have to leave her jewelry show today and get replaced by MaryBeth?

Wow! .... how people start rumors!!! ....

ms traditional · ‎03-09-2010

yes it was weird. Antonella was making a presentation - then she said "sorry, folks". they cut to about 10 30- second spots and Mary Beth was in the chair making jewelry presentations - not a word. i thought i heard Antonella swallowing hard - so maybe she had a bad throat and couldn't continue. it was definitely weird.

Nataliesgramma · ‎03-28-2015

My guess would be that she got ill or something serious happened with a member of her family.........and as soon as they could get someone to take over the presentation ....she left.

Greeneyedlady21 · ‎01-06-2015

I was watching her earlier than that, when she was on with Erin the Diamonique rep. Antonella said at

one point "I am going to turn it over to Erin, I'll be back". She did come back but her voice did not sound great.I had to go do something so I never actually saw her or what happened after that.

I assume she felt ill, hope it's not too bad. I read that yesterday was her birthday too.

"Those who do not remember the past are condemned to repeat it.”

shaggygirl · ‎11-24-2011

I was channel surfing and saw her with Erin then when I surfed back a few minutes later a ring caught my eye and I realized after a couple of minutes that Erin was now presenting it alone and it struck me as odd so I stayed with it. I remember thinking "Hmm, maybe they are giving her practice on her own because she's going to become a full time host". When Antonella came back I don't remember her exact words but whatever she said I thought she meant she had to make a sudden and quick trip to the ladies room. I do remember her telling Erin that she was the only one she would feel comfortable suddenly leaving alone to do the presentation. After that I only stayed on QVC for about a minute and Antonella seemed ok, but like I said, I didn't stay with it after that.

Came back to say I just checked her Facebook page. Someone asked her what happened to her that she left her show early. She answered that it was because she was getting sick in the ladies room.

Caaareful Shopper · ‎10-09-2012

@January121 wrote:
@jooj wrote:
Did Antonella have to leave her jewelry show today and get replaced by MaryBeth?
Wow! .... how people start rumors!!! ....

How is a rumor being started?? The OP simply asked a question.

I watched Antonella's show. At one point the camera tightened in on the jewelry and you heard a lot of chair scuffling, and Antonella saying "sorry." QVC showed some promos, then Erin, the Diamonique rep, was presenting the jewelry all alone. That lasted quite a long time. Then more chair scuffling and Antonella was back and mentioned "live TV." Soon after that, more promos for a long time, then all of a sudden it's Mary Beth filling in for Antonella. At one point Mary Beth laughed and said Antonella had to go to her birthday dinner. But that was certainly not the case. Who leaves mid-show to go out to dinner? Hopefully it was just a minor thing, and Antonella's just fine today. It's not our business what the issue was, but it's considerate human nature to just be concerned that everything is all right. That's all.

ms traditional · ‎03-09-2010

gosh i can't think of anything worse than being sick while presenting on national tv. amazing she came back to try to finish the show. hope it was just a quick bug.