Five celebrity couples — including an evangelical pastor, a rapper, a rocker, a professional wrestler and award-winning singers and actors — will put a new spin on the critically-acclaimed reality series, “Wife Swap,” in “Celebrity Wife Swap”.
The featured celebrities and their families are:
* GARY BUSEY, Academy Award-nominated actor for “The Buddy Holly Story” and TED HAGGARD, Evangelical pastor.
* TRACEY GOLD, actress, formerly of “Growing Pains,” and CARNIE WILSON, singer/actress/TV host.
* FLAVOR FLAV, world renowned rapper, and DEE SNIDER, rock star.
* MICK FOLEY, professional wrestler/writer, and ANTONIO SABATO JR., actor/model.
* NIECY NASH, actress/comedienne, and TINA YOTHERS, rocker and actress, formerly of “Family Ties.”
I don’t know about you but seeing Gary Busey switch places with a pastor should be hy-sterical.
In each of the five one-hour episodes, two mothers with very different types of households swap lifestyles and children in a week-long challenge. In the first part of the swap, each mom moves into the other’s home and adopts their new celebrity family’s lifestyle, no matter how different it may be. They agree to follow a manual written by the departing mother that sets out the rules of their new household – how they parent, manage their social life, do house work, unwind and more. In the second half of the week, everything changes. The new moms take charge. They introduce their own set of rules and get to run the new household their way. It’s a radical shock to both celebrity families. The results are explosive, enlightening, emotional and often very funny. At the end of the show, the two celebrity couples meet for the first time. In a deeply honest and highly-charged exchange of views, both couples make a frank assessment of each other and talk about what they’ve learned from the experience. In the process, everyone discovers what it’s like to live a life quite unlike their own.
The first week follows “Tracey Gold / Carnie Wilson”. Gold is a self-described control freak, actress and producer who swaps her very organized home with free-spirited singer/actress/TV host Carnie Wilson, a believer that love is more important than rules, on a special preview episode of “Celebrity Wife Swap,” MONDAY, JANUARY 2 (10:01-11:00 p.m., ET) on ABC.
- CELEBRITY WIFE SWAP - "Tracey Gold / Carnie Wilson" - A self-described control freak, actress and producer Tracey Gold swaps her very organized home with free-spirited singer/actress/TV host Carnie Wilson, a believer that love is more important than rules, on a special preview episode of "Celebrity Wife Swap," MONDAY, JANUARY 2 (10:01-11:00 p.m., ET) on the ABC Television Network. (ABC/DAVE BENTLEY)
BAILEY MARSHALL, SAGE MARSHALL, AIDEN MARSHALL, ROBY MARSHALL, TRACEY GOLD, DYLAN MARSHALL
- CELEBRITY WIFE SWAP - "Tracey Gold / Carnie Wilson" - A self-described control freak, actress and producer Tracey Gold swaps her very organized home with free-spirited singer/actress/TV host Carnie Wilson, a believer that love is more important than rules, on a special preview episode of "Celebrity Wife Swap," MONDAY, JANUARY 2 (10:01-11:00 p.m., ET) on the ABC Television Network. (ABC/DAVE BENTLEY)
ROBY MARSHALL, CARNIE WILSON
- CELEBRITY WIFE SWAP - "Tracey Gold / Carnie Wilson" - A self-described control freak, actress and producer Tracey Gold swaps her very organized home with free-spirited singer/actress/TV host Carnie Wilson, a believer that love is more important than rules, on a special preview episode of "Celebrity Wife Swap," MONDAY, JANUARY 2 (10:01-11:00 p.m., ET) on the ABC Television Network. (ABC/DAVE BENTLEY)
TRACEY GOLD, CARNIE WILSON, ROB BONFIGLIO, ROBY MARSHALL
- CELEBRITY WIFE SWAP - "Tracey Gold / Carnie Wilson" - A self-described control freak, actress and producer Tracey Gold swaps her very organized home with free-spirited singer/actress/TV host Carnie Wilson, a believer that love is more important than rules, on a special preview episode of "Celebrity Wife Swap," MONDAY, JANUARY 2 (10:01-11:00 p.m., ET) on the ABC Television Network. (ABC/DAVE BENTLEY)
ROB BONFIGLIO, CARNIE WILSON, ROBY MARSHALL, TRACEY GOLD
- CELEBRITY WIFE SWAP - "Tracey Gold / Carnie Wilson" - A self-described control freak, actress and producer Tracey Gold swaps her very organized home with free-spirited singer/actress/TV host Carnie Wilson, a believer that love is more important than rules, on a special preview episode of "Celebrity Wife Swap," MONDAY, JANUARY 2 (10:01-11:00 p.m., ET) on the ABC Television Network. (ABC/DAVE BENTLEY)
TRACEY GOLD








I was going to watch only a few minutes and change the
channel,but once I saw a few minutes and continued
laughing, I could not change the channel. I had NO idea
that Carnie Wilson was … uh … so down to earth. She
is a HOOT! I love Tracy Gold and she is a sweet woman
and I had no idea she was married with 4 kids and a very
hands-on mom. I love seeing the human side of celebs and
this program gets two thumbs up from me.
Carnie Wilson’s husband is a kept man! He is totally non-participatory in the lives of his wife and children.