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Pat O’Brien Goes to Rehab Again

Hollywood Grind — Wed, 24 Sep 2008 19:36:15 +0000

Pat O’Brien was fired from The Insider again for more erratic behavior just last week. Now we hear Pat has checked into rehab again. On the bright side, rehab is better than dead.

Pat O’Brien is Leaving Insider

Hollywood Grind — Fri, 19 Sep 2008 16:27:59 +0000

Crazy Pat O’Brien has finally reach the end of his rope. CBS has decided to let him go. The trouble started when O’Brien sent a message to the staffs at Insider and Entertainment Tonight over the past weekend that read:

"Hi, folks, I just spent a couple of days in Iowa – I’m a little bit of a favorite son there – and I spoke with maybe a thousand people and was very hands-on. Even Joe Biden said, ’You should be running (for president)!’ But what I came away with was, these people can’t afford gas, books, food or schools or movies!

"I was approached a hundred times by people asking, ’Can you help us?’ I tried to tell them we care, but they didn’t buy it. They wanted to, but watching Anya and Lara Spencer pick out accessories makes the viewers want to vomit. I’ll get killed for this, but I’m actually the one not afraid for my job. I want people to be happy."

The segment on "The Insider" O’Brien referred to is the Look for Less feature, in which Spencer and her stylist show viewers how to look like her affordably. "It’s a very popular segment and gets the most hits on the Web site," a source said, adding:

"He is very jealous of Lara Spencer, because she is the sole host of the show – she has his old job. It’s amazing the show sent him to interview Joe Biden. It’s just so arrogant and comes from his insecurity and jealousy."

CBS realized O’Brien’s ego had grown too big, so they decided to let him go like a ballon filled with hot air. CBS released this statement:

"Pat O’Brien is a talented broadcaster who has been a part of The Insider family from the very beginning. Although we have decided to part ways, everyone at CBS Television Distribution and The Insider greatly appreciate and respect all his contributions to our show. We wish Pat much success in his future endeavors."

Pat might think about getting a psychiatric evaluation, and treatment for his apparent pathological narccissm.

Pat O’Brien and Betsy Stephens Getting Married

Hollywood Grind — Wed, 16 Jul 2008 16:35:40 +0000

Pat O’Brien (60) and his girlfriend Betsy Stephens have been together five years, and they’re getting married next fall, maybe. O’Brien said:

"It’s probably going to be next fall. We’re in love and in no big hurry. We don’t know if it will take place, in Jamaica, New York, or Nantucket."

Stephens, who has two young daughters and whose company, B for Betsy, specializes in handmade accessories and apparel, said:

"I think we’re going to sneak off and do something really romantic. He’s a smart, interesting man, poetic. He’s wonderful."

Poetic … romantic? Listen to the voicemail messages O’Brien left another woman back in 2005. At the time O’Brien was on cocaine, and had been with Betsy about 2 years already. She’s in it for the money.

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Hollywood Grind — Thu, 24 Apr 2008 03:44:03 +0000

Cojo and Pat O’Brien were thinking as they uncomfortably prepared for The Insider broadcast ______________

Pat OBrien Returns to Insider

Hollywood Grind — Thu, 10 Apr 2008 16:51:16 +0000

After finishing his second try at rehab, Pat O’Brien (60) is scheduled to return to Insider on April 14th. Good luck Pat. Stay sober.

Pat O’Brien Drunken-Coked Out Calls Cost Him His Job

Hollywood Grind — Sat, 13 Jan 2007 20:23:22 +0000

The party’s over for TV’s Pat O’Brien. The New York Daily News says the mustachioed host will leave the Insider show following Paramount’s decision not to renew his three-year, $4 million contract.

The source adds that focus groups played a part in O’Brien’s demise. After he was caught on voicemail in 2005 trying to convince a lady friend to "go crazy, get some coke," and do other things with him and a prostitute, "people just didn’t like Pat anymore," says the source. "They were creeped out."

What’s more, the source adds, "It was harder to get female stars to do interviews with him."

To fill the vacuum created by O’Brien’s departure, Paramount plans to move Lara Spencer from New York to Los Angeles and make her the show’s primary host, claims the source.

The News reported earlier this week that she is also a candidate to join NBC’s Today when it adds a fourth hour later this year. An Insider spokesperson declined to comment on the Spencer move, and said of O’Brien, "Pat O’Brien has been with The Insider since Day 1. He is currently under contract to us. We are in discussions to continue his deal."

Not only does Paramount have no intention of reaching a deal with O’Brien but it is partially to blame for his failed image resuscitation. It was a mistake, the source says, to force O’Brien to talk about the scandal on Dr. Phil only a month after he went into rehab. "Paramount really messed him over," he says. "He was 30 days sober, and all of a sudden he has to talk about this stuff on national TV. That’s not a recovery plan."

Pat O’Brien was a host on The Insider on CBS and was previously a host on CBS shows such as Entertainment Tonight and Access Hollywood.

A better plan to revitalize his career would have been to have O’Brien host Saturday Night Live, and do a skit which mocked his own phone messages, then maybe a crotch shot or two, hit the town with Paris Hilton, have a romantic affair with Lindsay Lohan, check himself into the hospital for a broken leg, check himself out the next day and go skiing in Colorado with photogs in tow, and then get married and divorced in Las Vegas over the next 24 hours. Follow all that with rehab, release a music album, a movie cameo, and you’ve got yourself a superstar.

You can listen to Pat O’Brien’s drunken and coked out phone calls below.

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