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LOS ANGELES (CAP) - Troubled times have begun to hit the entertainment industry as the faltering economy is forcing iconic performer John Tesh to shut down his fledgling social media website. However, he plans to continue his blog for now since it’s hosted by a free online service.
“It is truly a bummer because I feel we were making fantastic inroads,” Tesh told CAP News during an exclusive collect call phone interview. “We had just about doubled traffic since last May, and that doesn’t include all the visits from [wife] Connie [Sellecca].
“My web statistician felt confident we would have hit double digits by the end of this month,” Tesh added. Tesh’s social media site was just the latest project by the musician to stay financially solvent as he continues to watch his popularity wane following his departure from Entertainment Tonight over a decade ago. Other efforts have ranged from a radio show to a daily calendar to free copies of his old CD’s that are “just taking up too much space in the upstairs hallway.”
“In two weeks I’ll be launching a new program called John Tesh Handyman where I will personally come to your house and take care of various odds and ends,” Tesh said. “And all I ask for in return is something along the lines of a sandwich or handful of crackers. A small pittance.”
Tesh said his wife has been extremely supportive of his recent struggles, especially since she hasn’t appeared in anything that anyone has ever heard of since the TV show Hotel back in the late ’80s. Sellecca has reportedly been trying to break Melissa Gilbert’s record for Most Lifetime TV Movie Appearances and is the reward for one of Tesh’s recent money-making schemes, “Kissing For Cash.”
“But no tongue,” Sellecca said. “Well, okay, if someone really shows us the money, then tongue is fine. Wanna buy some skin care products?”
Tesh said he laments not being able to get his social media site off the ground but plans to live vicariously through fellow washed-up entertainer David Hasselhoff, whose social media network now lays claim to more than 17,000 members - most of them in Germany.
