Philly: Not The Cowboy Capital Of The World

Today’s Metro contains an article about Cosmo Fattizzo, a Kensington school truancy officer who participated in Cowboy U: Colorado, the sixth season of the CMT reality show. It’s like Survivor in that the contestants have to go out and rough it, but it’s unlike survivor in that you probably don’t have to eat bugs.

Fattizzo takes a strong stance against Geno’s:

“They shot me walking to 9th Street and shopping at the Italian Market,” he said. “They kind of tried to get a real South Philly angle. They were like, ‘Let’s go get a steak at Geno’s.’ And I said, ‘But guys, I don’t eat Geno’s steaks.’ They said, ‘Come on.’ I was like, ‘Yeah, but I don’t do that.’”

But the real treat is the article’s sidebar, about how three of the remaining female contestants have ties to the area — although the one’s a bit of a stretch — along with Fattizzo. But the show says they weren’t specifically looking to recruit Philadelphians, even with our long tradition of watching cowboy reality shows on a channel I’m not even sure Comcast carries. (Okay, I’m pretty sure they carry it.)

The money quote from CMT spokesperson Natasha Powell:

“It was sort of a complete coincidence. It could just be that [Philadelphia] had good candidates, people really interested in becoming cowboys and cowgirls. There is no conspiracy to take over Philadelphia and make it cowboy capital of the world or anything.”

Yeah, if there’s one thing we like in Philadelphia, it’s the Cowboys.

SouthPhiladelphia native stars on cowboy reality show [Metro]