SOUTH AMBOY — If there's one thing a robber should know, it's not to mess with an "American Gladiator."
Yet that's exactly what happened during an extraordinary evening commute, when 30-year-old city resident Jamie Kovac — who currently appears on NBC's hit show "American Gladiators" — watched in disbelief as a man grabbed her purse and ran off the NJ Transit train. But the last thing on Kovac's mind was retrieving her money, credit cards or driver's license.
"All I could think of was that my video camera was in there, and I couldn't afford to lose that," she recalled.
The camera, you see, contained footage she was going to submit as an audition for the NBC show.
And just like a true gladiator, Kovac said she wasn't going to give up without a fight.
"I ran off the train after him," she explained. "Down the platform, down two flights of stairs . . . Down the street, like a block-and-a-half. By this point, I was really angry, and I was screaming at him that he better be able to outrun me, because I was going to catch him."
While the robber didn't appear to be quaking in his boots, he did drop her bag. Kovac was relieved.
"I got back on the train and I thought, "Oh my God, it's probably the stupidest thing I've ever done in my life,' " she said. Still, her determination to get the camera back reflected her desire to be on the show. "If that's not "American Gladiators,' I don't know what is."
The encounter not only didn't stop the 5-foot-7 1/2-inch, 150-pound brunette from submitting the audition tape in time, but it guaranteed her a spot on the show as one of 12 gladiators.
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I bet that guy is reading this and saying to himself he is glad she didnt catch him lol
She's Glad To Be A "gladiator"
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