Christine O’Donnell bolted in the middle of a “Piers Morgan Tonight” interview Wednesday after the host peppered her with gay marriage and abstinence questions. The irritated but media-savvy “tea party” leader asked,” Don’t you think as a host that if I say that’s what I want to talk about that’s what we should address?” referring to her book. The cheeky host replied, “Not really, no.” Moments later O’Donnell split, leaving an overnight media blitz in her wake that continued through Friday. Appearing on the “Today” show, O’Donnell reiterated why she walked off.
“It was, like I said, the very inappropriate, creepy line of questioning,” she responded, alluding to Morgan’s questions about masturbation, abstinence, lust -- all issues that came up during her U.S. Senate run. But it appeared that a question about gay marriage was the one that put her over the edge and the Twitterverse abuzz. (Rob Carr / Associated Press)
Apparently Gerard Depardieu nearly peed his pants on a recent Paris-to-Dublin flight on City Jet airlines. When flight attendants stopped him from using the restrooms as the plane taxied to the runway for takeoff, he held tight. But when he heard the flight was delayed 20 minutes he went ahead and did his business right there in the aisle. Details are fuzzy on whether the stream was directed at the floor or into a bottle, but regardless, Depardieu was promptly escorted off the flight. (Roberto Pfeil / Associated Press)
It turns out Anderson Cooper thought the whole Gerard Depardieu incident was pretty funny. In a pun-filled RidicuList segment on “360,” the newsman burst into a fit of giggles. He managed to get through a string of jokes about “jet streams and “In-continental airlines,” but the silver-haired fox completely lost it over “Depar-two.”
And over on Comedy Central, Stephen Colbert announced that he had discovered “Cooper’s kryptonite.”(Adrian Sanchez-Gonzalez / AFP / Getty Images)
Abercrombie & Fitch isnt paying the Jersey Shore cast to wear its duds, in fact it is willing to pay them not to. In a statement, the company cited fears that Mike The Situation Sorrentinos association could cause significant damage to our image and is seen as contrary to the aspirational nature of our brand. Ouch! At least the Jersey gang will always have Ed Hardy. (Mel Evans / Associated Press)
Famous baby daddy Kevin Federline is at it again. The former Mr. Spears just welcomed a fifth child to his brood. His newborn daughter, Jordan Kay, is his first baby with girlfriend Victoria Prince. His other little ones include Sean and Jayden with ex-wife Britney Spears and Kori and Kaleb with former girlfriend Shar Jackson. (Shea Walsh / Associated Press)
The Material Girl went on a little birthday “Holiday” over the weekend with her latest boy toy, Brahim Zaibat. Madonna, never known for her shyness, was even caught by the paparazzi showing a little PDA on the beach during their Hamptons getaway. The singer, who turned 53 on Aug. 16, is 29 years older than her French beau, 24. (Kyrre Lien / Associated Press)
“Golden Girls” funnywoman Betty Whitebeat out Paris Hilton and Charlie Sheen as the person “whose endorsement of a company would be most likely to drive business,” a poll of 2,012 Americans found. So what does that mean? Well, according to the results, White is America’s favorite and most trusted celebrity. Just tell that to the poor saps she plans to prank. (Kevin Winter / Getty Images)
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Just after TLC canceledKate Gosselin’s “Kate Plus 8,” the network also dropped Kat Von D’s “LA Ink.” Though Von D may have been over her show’s demise, by week’s end the tattoo artist had something to smile about: a reunion with former fiancé Jesse James. The couple, who broke up in late July, confirmed that the they were on again, engagement ring and all.
“Sometimes you are only given one chance in life. It was up to me to open my eyes and see it. That girl is my chance,” James said. (Neilson Barnard / Getty Images)