Bill Nye, the Science Guy’s plants must die!

Call it bad chemistry or love gone wrong, but Bill Nye has a few personal problems boiling over on his Bunsen burner these days.

Nye has sought out a restraining order against his fiancé, er; make that ex-fiancé Blair Tindall, after he alleged that she tried to poison his vegetable plants in a state of high emotional tumult.

Tindall, while watching the Science guy weave his magic on the gardening show Living with Ed, took offense to his presentation of a rose to host Ed Begley’s wife.

Apparently the sweet nothings that Nye shared with the Begley’s were the crux of her discontent. "Watching, I boiled over when Bill commented that life would be perfect . . . if only he had a woman with whom to share the house - a house I'd found, fixed up, and assumed I'd enjoy married life and motherhood as 'Mrs. Nye' within," she said.

So like any good woman scorned in her mind, she immediately went to the lab and concocted her own potion, this one a remedy for the lovelorn that Nye claims would lay to waste to his vegetable plants in his home garden.

The unhappy couple will share their differences during a hearing scheduled for December 20. It’s a hearing where it’s hoped that everyone can get to the root of the problems…

Science Guy Bill Nye claims ex-fiancee tried to poison his garden
Canadian Press
November 22, 2007
13 hours ago

LOS ANGELES - Bill Nye wants his ex-fiancee out of his life and it's not just because of some bad chemistry.

Nye, who hosted the educational Public Broadcasting Service series "Bill Nye, the Science Guy," is seeking a permanent restraining order against Blair Tindall, alleging she tried to poison his vegetable garden, according to court records.

He said Tindall came to his Studio City home late Sept. 3 dressed in black and carrying "two plastic bottles filled with some sort of solvent," according to court papers filed last week in Superior Court.

The bottles "may have been emptied on my garden from which I get food produce," he said in the filing. Nye is seeking to keep Tindall away from his home and from contacting him.

Nye, 51, identified Tindall as his ex-fiancee, even though the two announced in February 2006 that they were married by the Rev. Rick Warren, pastor and author of "The Purpose-Driven Life."

An after-hour call to Tindall's attorney was not immediately returned Wednesday.

Tindall, author of "Mozart in the Jungle" and a former concert oboist, admitted in a declaration that she emptied two bottles of weed killer in the garden.

In court papers posted on the website The Smoking Gun, Tindall said that after marrying Nye, the two bought the Studio City home for $1 million. But when they found out their marriage licence was "invalid," Nye "ordered me not to move into our home" and the relationship ended.
Distress over the "faux marriage" and a series of financial and personal problems led to "a foolish, sophomoric act of poor judgment that was only intended to harm flowers, and certainly not people," she said.

She said she went to Nye's garden after turning on her television and seeing him on the HGTV series "Living With Ed," hosted by actor Ed Begley Jr. On the show, Nye is seen plucking a rose from his garden and giving it to Begley's wife.

"Watching, I boiled over when Bill commented that life would be perfect . . . if only he had a woman with whom to share the house - a house I'd found, fixed up, and assumed I'd enjoy married life and motherhood as 'Mrs. Nye' within," she said.

Tindall said she has since received counselling and contends she is not a threat to Nye.
A hearing was scheduled Dec. 20 in the case.