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'''''Who Wants to Marry a Multi-Millionaire''''' was a TV special that aired on Fox on February 15, 2000. In the special, women from all around the US would compete in a beauty pageant in order to marry an un-named multi-millionaire. Despite being a ratings success, the special faced controversy right off the bat due to Rick Rockwell (the un-named millionaire) having a less than stellar past and having lied about his career as a standup comedian and was not as rich as he claimed to be. This revelation would case an investigation by the Federal Communications Commission due to misleading advertisement. Due to the amount of backlash ''Who Wants to Marry a Multi-Millionaire'' faced, the special was pulled from future re-runs and no new specials of the same premise would be made. To this day, the special has not surfaced.  
'''''Who Wants to Marry a Multi-Millionaire''''' was a TV special that aired on Fox on February 15th, 2000. In the special, women from all around the US would compete in a beauty pageant in order to marry an un-named multi-millionaire. Despite being a ratings success, the special faced controversy right off the bat due to Rick Rockwell (the un-named millionaire) having a less than stellar past and having lied about his career as a standup comedian and was not as rich as he claimed to be. This revelation would case an investigation by the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) due to false advertising. Due to the amount of backlash ''Who Wants to Marry a Multi-Millionaire'' faced, the special was pulled from future re-runs and no new specials of the same premise would be made. To this day, the special has not surfaced.  


==Premise==  
==Premise==  
''Who Wants to Marry a Multi-Millionaire'' was structured like a beauty pageant. In the pageant, women from all fifty US states would compete in order to win the chance to marry a multi-millionaire. Contestants would compete in a swimwear and a question-and-answer portion in order to narrow down the number of competitors. The eventual winner was Darva Conger who on top of marrying Rick Rockwell on the spot, won a diamond ring, and $100,000 in multiple prizes.<ref>[https://people.com/archive/cover-story-tvs-reality-check-vol-53-no-9/ People's magazine archive of ''Who Wants to Marry a Multi-Millionaire''] Retrieved 12 Sep '20</ref>.  
''Who Wants to Marry a Multi-Millionaire'' was structured like a beauty pageant. In the pageant, women from all fifty US states would compete in order to win the chance to marry a multi-millionaire. Contestants would compete in swimwear and a question-and-answer portion in order to narrow down the number of competitors. The eventual winner was Darva Conger who, on top of marrying Rick Rockwell on the spot, won a diamond ring, and $100,000 in multiple prizes.<ref>[https://people.com/archive/cover-story-tvs-reality-check-vol-53-no-9/ People's magazine archive of ''Who Wants to Marry a Multi-Millionaire''.] Retrieved 12 Sep '20</ref>.  


==Controversy==  
==Controversy==  
The special ran into controversy as soon as it was done airing. Right off the bat, many questioned if Rick Rockwell was as rich as he claimed to be. It was soon revealed that Rick Rockwell had a net worth of $2 million but $750,000 of it was in liquid assets.<ref>[https://ew.com/article/2000/03/03/millionaire-scandal-opens-can-worms-fox/ Entertainment Weekly article on the whole controversy surrounding the special] Retrieved 12 Sep '20</ref> Rick Rockwell (who was a comedian) claimed to have quit comedy in 1990 in order to be a motivational speaker, but he appeared as recently as 1998 doing stand up comedy at local venues. On February 19, 2000 an article was released that showed a restraining order filed against Rick by his then girlfriend in 1991 over domestic abuse.<ref>[http://www.thesmokinggun.com/documents/celebrity/millionaire-grooms-dirty-secret ''The Smoking Gun'' article on Rick's restraining order] Retrieved 12 Sep '20</ref>  
The special ran into controversy as soon as it was done airing. Almost immediately, many questioned if Rick Rockwell was as rich as he claimed to be. It was soon revealed that Rick Rockwell had a net worth of $2 million but $750,000 of it was in liquid assets.<ref>[https://ew.com/article/2000/03/03/millionaire-scandal-opens-can-worms-fox/ An ''Entertainment Weekly'' article on the whole controversy surrounding the special.] Retrieved 12 Sep '20</ref> Rick Rockwell (who was a comedian) claimed to have quit comedy in 1990 in order to be a motivational speaker, but he appeared as recently as 1998 doing stand up comedy at local venues. On February 19th, 2000 an article was released that showed a restraining order filed against Rick by his then girlfriend in 1991 over domestic abuse.<ref>[http://www.thesmokinggun.com/documents/celebrity/millionaire-grooms-dirty-secret ''The Smoking Gun'' article on Rick's restraining order.] Retrieved 12 Sep '20</ref>  


After the honeymoon to Barbados, Darva Conger filed for a divorce from Rick Rockwell in March of 2000. Due to the amount of controversy that ''Who Wants to Marry a Multi-Millionaire'' brought, Fox agreed to never air the special again and would not make any future specials of ''Who Wants to Marry a Multi-Millionaire''.   
After the honeymoon to Barbados, Darva Conger filed for a divorce from Rick Rockwell in March of 2000. Due to the amount of controversy that ''Who Wants to Marry a Multi-Millionaire'' brought, Fox agreed to never air the special again and would not make any future specials of ''Who Wants to Marry a Multi-Millionaire''.   
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The logo for Who Wants to Marry a Multi-Millionaire.

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Who Wants to Marry a Multi-Millionaire was a TV special that aired on Fox on February 15th, 2000. In the special, women from all around the US would compete in a beauty pageant in order to marry an un-named multi-millionaire. Despite being a ratings success, the special faced controversy right off the bat due to Rick Rockwell (the un-named millionaire) having a less than stellar past and having lied about his career as a standup comedian and was not as rich as he claimed to be. This revelation would case an investigation by the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) due to false advertising. Due to the amount of backlash Who Wants to Marry a Multi-Millionaire faced, the special was pulled from future re-runs and no new specials of the same premise would be made. To this day, the special has not surfaced.

Premise

Who Wants to Marry a Multi-Millionaire was structured like a beauty pageant. In the pageant, women from all fifty US states would compete in order to win the chance to marry a multi-millionaire. Contestants would compete in swimwear and a question-and-answer portion in order to narrow down the number of competitors. The eventual winner was Darva Conger who, on top of marrying Rick Rockwell on the spot, won a diamond ring, and $100,000 in multiple prizes.[1].

Controversy

The special ran into controversy as soon as it was done airing. Almost immediately, many questioned if Rick Rockwell was as rich as he claimed to be. It was soon revealed that Rick Rockwell had a net worth of $2 million but $750,000 of it was in liquid assets.[2] Rick Rockwell (who was a comedian) claimed to have quit comedy in 1990 in order to be a motivational speaker, but he appeared as recently as 1998 doing stand up comedy at local venues. On February 19th, 2000 an article was released that showed a restraining order filed against Rick by his then girlfriend in 1991 over domestic abuse.[3]

After the honeymoon to Barbados, Darva Conger filed for a divorce from Rick Rockwell in March of 2000. Due to the amount of controversy that Who Wants to Marry a Multi-Millionaire brought, Fox agreed to never air the special again and would not make any future specials of Who Wants to Marry a Multi-Millionaire.

Availability

Due to the amount of controversy brought by Who Wants to Marry a Multi-Millionaire and almost breaking FCC guidelines, Fox agreed to never show re-runs of the Who Wants to Marry a Multi-Millionaire. No clips of the special have emerged and the special in its entirety has yet to resurface as of the writing of this article.

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