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2:27AM Brian Moylan | [Levi Johnston (second from left) seems unimpressed with his company — Jon Gosselin and co-hosts Lara Spencer and Chris Jacobs — when filming a guest spot on The Insider yesterday in Times Square. Image via Bauer-Griffin>]
Levi Meets The Johnstons
2:27AM Brian Moylan | [Levi Johnston (second from left) seems unimpressed with his company — Jon Gosselin and co-hosts Lara Spencer and Chris Jacobs — when filming a guest spot on The Insider yesterday in Times Square. Image via Bauer-Griffin>] 
Drunk On Hope, Pat O’Brien Dials The Whole ‘ET’/'Insider’ Company
2:20AM Seth | Duck-voiced veteran showbiz reporter Pat O’Brien will never fully escape the looming shadow of the Let’s Get Crazy Get Some Coke voice mail, the shocking nasty-talk contained therein forever tarnishing the integrity of his fine work on countless fawning Jamie Foxx profiles and Anna Nicole Smith C-section video narrations. He entered rehab shortly after, then again in 2008, at which point Donny Osmond was pulled in to replace him—but after Osmond refused the position, O’Brien returned to his post. He’s since seen his role on the show steadily diminish: His face and name have disappeared from the website, co-host Lara Spencer has now taken on full-time hosting duties, and O’Brien has been made a “correspondent,” dispatched to far flung regions to interview those Guinness oddities The Insider loves so much, like the World’s Anorexiest Twins and The Oklahoman Grandma with No Epidermis. From one of those assignments—he was sent to interview America’s Most Caribou-Dressing-Illiterate VP Candidate Joe Biden—came the following e-mail, sent to the entire staff of ET and The Insider: More »
Sally Struthers Doesn’t Mind Being Photographed, No Matter How She Looks
11:06AM Mark Graham | If there’s one thing you can count on in a world that’s wild at heart and weird on top, it’s that the celebrity infotainment shows will come up with at least a handful of moments every week that’ll make you groan, chuckle and hurl simultaneously. As always, we make Intrepid Defamer Videographer™ Molly McAleer watch all of these shows so you don’t have to. Highlights/lowlights from last week’s tabloid television shows include Sally Struthers being blasted by The Insider and TMZ accusing Katherine Heigl of “calling in the gays” when she invited Grey’s co-star T.R. Knight over to her house. Enjoy! WATCH VIDEO More »
Defamer Debuts ‘Dirt Sandwich’, Your Weekly Romp Through Trashy Tabloid TV
9:12AM Mark Graham | There once was a land — a magical land — where a squarejawed titan named John Tesh and a leggy vixen named Mary Hart reigned supreme. Together, they blazed a pioneering trail in which the worlds of journalism and entertainment converged into 30 minutes of televised bliss each and every weeknight. But much like other creations that were born of the purest intentions (think: The Coreys, Britney Spears and Napster), copycat competitors soon entered the fray and everything quickly turned to shit. Today, the state of celebrity infotainment is at a crossroads, a crossroads at which the likes of Harvey Levin, Billy Bush and Mark McGrath are honored as the Father, Son and Unholy Ghost of the genre. As new celeb-centric shows spring up with greater regularity than lesions on Paris Hilton’s nether regions, we here at Defamer are proud to present a new weekly video feature that we are calling Dirt Sandwich. Culled together by Intrepid Defamer Videographer™ Molly McAleer, each episode will place an unforgiving spotlight on the week’s lowest and highest moments (which, as you’ll soon discover, are often one and the same). Enjoy! WATCH VIDEO More »
