CELEBRITY JOURNALIST PAT O'BRIEN RE-EMERGES AS GUEST JUDGE ON OXYGEN'S "PRETTY WICKED" TO TEST THE TRUE CHARACTER OF CONTESTANTS

Episode Premieres Tuesday, April 21 at 10pm ET/PT

New York - April 20, 2009 - Celebrity journalist Pat O'Brien makes a guest appearance on this week's episode of Oxygen's "Pretty Wicked," premiering Tuesday, April 21 at 10pm ET/PT, when he tries to determine just how genuine the ladies are through a series of intense interviews.

O'Brien arrives at the loft with huge fanfare as the ladies are revealed their latest challenge - demonstrate to Pat O'Brien who is the most genuine of the bunch. The celebrity journalist must use his interviewing skills to dig deep and break through the ladies' outer shells and get to the core of who they are. The most convincing contestant, in O'Brien's eyes, wins elimination. Aspiring journalists Katie and Amber take the challenge as an opportunity to get their 'big break,' however, jealousy and anger brew when the ladies suspect Sarah C. is lying to O'Brien about her past.

During the interviews, "true" emotions are exposed while Sarah C. breaks down in front of O'Brien, causing her to walk away and regroup for the interview. Qui flips out when she thinks Sarah C. stole her pitch to the newsman starting a whirlwind of controversy that the self-proclaimed gold-digger Sarah C. has not been truthful since moving into the loft.

Does Pat O'Brien see through the drama and tears to pick the most genuine of the "Pretty Wicked" ladies? Can anyone trust Sarah C.? Tune-in to find out how suspicion and deceit lead to determining this week's ousted "Pretty Wicked" girl.

Fans who can't get enough of their favorite "Pretty Wicked" girls will find exclusive photo galleries and personal pictures on Oxygen.com. The website also features the bad girls' personal blogs, where the ladies dish about what really happened and what never made it to air; exclusive episode outtakes; and a photo captioning contest, allowing fans to submit creative captions for new "Pretty Wicked" photos each week. Viewers can also weigh in with their thoughts about the show and the girls by participating in a weekly mobile poll from their cell phones or mobile devices.

Oxygen also developed a brand new application that enables fans to interact and stay connected to the show with the Tuesday Tweet. Working with the Twitter technology, the Tuesday Tweet allows fans and even cast members to post comments and questions in real time online or from their mobile phones. Oxygen's Tuesday Tweet can be found at twitter.oxygen.com.

About Oxygen:

Oxygen Media is a multiplatform lifestyle brand that delivers relevant and entertaining content to young women, wherever they are. Oxygen is rewriting the rulebook for women's media, with a vast array of unconventional and original content including "Bad Girls Club," "Pretty Wicked" and "Tori & Dean: Home Sweet Hollywood." Popular features online include makeOvermatic, tweetOverse and hormoneOscope. Available in 74 million homes, online at www.oxygen.com, or on mobile devices at wap.oxygen.com, Oxygen Media is a service of NBC Universal.