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Judge Judy has never been one to take an attack laying down. Through her publicist she let Wapner know exactly what she thought of his words. And I quote, “I refuse to engage in similar mud slinging. I don’t know where or by whom Judge Wapner was raised.
But my parents taught me when you don’t have something nice to say about someone, say nothing. Clearly, Judge Wapner was absent on the day that lesson was taught.”
Money Money, Money, Moooney!
Do you know who the highest paid television star is? It happens to be Judge Judy herself. She earns over $47 million a year starring in her own program. That means she earns $900,000 a day, and that's for working only 52 days in a single year.
Being a judge on TV pays quite a bit more than being a judge in real life.
Drama And Fame
Not everyone who appears on Judge Judy is a no one scraped up by researchers. Roz Kelly, old star of "Happy Days," appeared on an episode in 1996 as a plaintiff when she was suing her plastic surgeon. She claimed she was given leaky breast implants that had all but finished her acting career.
It wasn't just actors, but rock stars that appeared on the show. John Lydon of the Sex Pistols acted as defendant against his drummer Robert Williams, who was hired to work during Lydon's solo tour and later sued Lydon for lost wages. More recently, meaning 2017, Amy Schumer even appeared before the Judge.
Side Conversations
The audience has to keep up appearances when the cameras are on. They even have to make fake conversations before and after hearing a case to show interest and concern about the goings on.
It's all for show so when the bailiff calls out, "Order! All rise," he has something to put in order and people to command.
In The Beginning
Judge Judy has now been on air for almost a quarter of a century. The People's Court had only just been cancelled when Judge Judy came on air in 1996 to fill the void it left behind for reality court drama.
It was quite a void, and Judge Judy has been holding the television world up since the beginning.