TV Show's Joke Over Teen Meeting Mum Backfires

A "joke" involving a Cambodian TV channel and a teenage girl who thought she was to be reunited with her mother has backfired.
The Mother's Day prank involved 13-year-old Autumn Allen appearing on MyTV variety show Penh Chet Ort (Like It Or Not) where she was told she was going to meet the mother she had not seen for years.
Viewers heard Autumn say she had not seen her mother since her father brought her back to Cambodia from the US, where her mother remained, the Phnom Penh Post reported.
The girl cried as she recalled: "She held me and kissed me and told me that she would always love me."
Producers then told viewers they were going to make the "dream to meet her mother come true".
The meeting was preceded by a lengthy build up expected to lead to an emotional climax that would satisfy both the teenage girl and the audience.
But, to the shock of Autumn and the viewers, the "mum" she met was cross-dressing comedian and game show judge Chuop Rolin.


http://news.sky.com/story/1482425/tv-shows-joke-over-teen-meeting-mum-backfires


For fuck sake, how utterly cruel is that?

I just read about this!! Utterly sick! Why would anyone think that was a funny joke???

some of these shows are sick, to be honest lots of shows that just take the mick out of those who go on it still get aired often under the heading of reality tv and I reckon most of it is staged and has sod all to do with reality at all.