British expat and “Wife Swap” participant Stephen Fowler claims he took up American citizenship because he wanted a voice in how this country is run, but here’s my theory: he’s living here in the US of A because the UK chased him out. I watched the offending episode of “Wife Swap” on YouTube this weekend, but since then all the clips have been pulled. You have to see this guy to believe him. Here’s a “best of” video that’s still posted. [ETA: Oops, it's gone. And when you go to ABC's "Wife Swap" page, it looks like they've gotten rid of the episode. too. Interesting!]
At first, I thought this nitwit was an actor, but no, he’s the real deal, a San Francisco-based eco-capitalist. I think he settled in the Bay Area because there’s no way Britain would tolerate an educated human being who 1. brags to the camera about his GRE scores and IQ, not only once, but twice in 44 minutes; 2. informs a person in a lower socioeconomic class that he makes more money in one week than she makes in one year; 3. reads a prepared statement to a camera belonging to a reality show production team and 4. wears a never-varying uniform of T-shirts printed with eco-creepy slogans.
I’ve been scanning blogs and bulletin boards all day, and folks are riled up about this “typical British snob.” I don’t agree with that assessment at all. In my mind, he’s a shining example of the prototypical ugly American, an ass without an opinion filter or sensitivity chip.
If any Brits reading this get to check out this guy: Where is this accent from? It sounds put on to me and I can’t quite place it.
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Oh, disappointed. All the video clips are “dead”. He looks like a bit of a prat tho’.
here a good link with the “highlights” of this a- hole!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5701CEQ79fo
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5701CEQ79fo
Stephen Fowler has 25 Million Rednecks on his ass…..not a fantastically bright guy after all……Americans have long memories for this kind of thing.
Stephen is a drunk.
I can not believe the amount of alcohol he was consuming.I can only hope editing made it appear this way.Seemed to me he was drinking too much.His children seemed not to notice.That to me is so sad.
Nobody seems to have noticed.I’m shocked.
I was trying to figure out how a score on the GRE is equivelent to an IQ score. Mr. Douchbag claims to have taken the GRE (whilst complaining that college entrance exams are designed to humiliate) why would someone with “advanced degrees” even take the GRE, as he states he did four years ago. Furthermore he claims to have obtained a score of 99.9999999. Doubtful at best but how does that correlate to an IQ of 158? That would make him the master of all Mensa and a member of the Triple Nine Society. To claim a IQ score off a GRE exam of 158…..AND multiple times on national TV….rates him a total windbag score of 1000……
My wife and daughter watched this episode–they called me down to see the offensive little twerp, they like to embarass me with stupid Brits on TV. I’ve seen some anti-American Brits in the US, but this piece of work took the cake. More Mr. Bile than Mr. Bean, yes? Wonder if show got any complaints?
I saw the show and I’d like to sent the whole family back to England. What was interesting was that at the end of the show, when the “other wife” told Mrs. Jerk how her husband behaved, she put her face in her hands. She was clearly embarrassed, but didn’t have the guts or integrity to apologize for his behavior. I suppose living with Steven Fowler is punishment enough, but I feel sorry for the kids. Fowler was so proud that his minor child could open a bottle of wine like a good little waiter! He showed not a drop of real love for those kids.
Hello from erm, this side of the pond! I’ve never heard of Stephen Fowler but he sounds like a bit of a prat so you can keep him if you like! I can’t find a working link to pinpoint the accent for you though- sorry!
His accent what is a ‘home counties accent’, which people have who are from London and the surrounding counties (surrey, kent, buckinghamshire, berkshire, essex, hertfordshire, and west sussex and east sussex, even if they aren’t on the border of Greater London). Not all people from there speak like this obviously, but generally people who are from middle/higher socio-economic groups. South East England.
He doesn’t seem very nice and I’ll leave it at that!