Blaine’s making a big stink
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Nauseated by his own odors but inspired by crowds of teenage girls, American showman David Blaine is just days away from completing a 44-day starvation stunt inside a see-through box that has both fascinated and infuriated Britons.
The handsome 30-year-old New Yorker appeared languid but cheerful Tuesday, raising a hand to groups of girls shouting “We love you, David!” as he lay stretched inside his box dangling from a crane beside London’s River Thames.
“This last week is the tough part -- I can feel it getting really hard,” Blaine told viewers watching 24-hour reality TV coverage in Britain of his bizarre ordeal, due to end Sunday. Blaine, who says he has only been consuming water via a tube since entering the box Sept. 5, has been complaining he smells of sulfur and has repeatedly said he longs to bathe and clean his teeth.
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