'Temptation Island' Parents Revealed
Feb. 1 -- Illicit acts may drive the viewership of Fox's Temptation Island, but making a baby isn't one of them.
On Wednesday's episode, which drew some of the highest ratings yet for the reality TV series, the network escorted one of its four couples off the show after discovering the pair had a child they didn't mention.
In early January, news leaked that one of the sexy pairs was a parental unit, but Fox refused to say who it was until the revealing episode aired this week. As most followers suspected, Taheed Watson, 29, and Ytossie Patterson, 34, have a 2-year-old child they successfully hid during the show's screening process.
Too Risky for Prime Time
On Temptation's fourth episode, Patterson was shown walking on the beach with another man, who later confessed that she had told him about the child. The network would not confirm whether the man's tattling prompted Fox execs to take action. One of the reality show's producers confronted the couple on Wednesday's broadcast, saying their situation was "problematic."
"We know you guys have a child together, and I think that's a very dangerous scenario for this show," producer Chris Cowan told the busted pair. "My responsibility as a producer [and] Fox's responsibility as a broadcast network was never to put a mother and father of a child into a situation where they'd be tempted into potentially fracturing that relationship."
According to The Associated Press, Watson told his buddies on the controversial show, "I don't feel a couple should be together just because they have a child."
Fox apparently felt otherwise, shipping the couple — who had a nasty spat during the night they departed for different parts of the Belize resort — off to another part of the island. There's no word on whether they will be seen on the two remaining episodes.
Temptation Island, which centers around four unwed couples who test their commitment while staying at a tropical getaway populated by single models, strippers, and masseuses, has achieved solid ratings. Wednesday's broadcast hit a ratings high with 18 million people tuning in for the eviction, AP notes.
