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Pat O'Brien: "The Insider" Viewers "Want To Vomit" Watching Lara Spencer Pick Out Accessories


First Posted: 09-16-08 07:57 AM   |   Updated: 10-17-08 05:12 AM

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New York Post:

Pat O'Brien, 60, who's spent most of his career covering sports and hosting tabloid TV shows, is suddenly worried about poor people and the unemployed.

"The Insider" correspondent O'Brien - who likes to sign off his e-mails, "There is more to life than increasing its speed" - sent a message to the staffs of "Insider" and "Entertainment Tonight" over the 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."

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GiggidyGeshmoygen
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11:58 AM on 09/17/2008
poor pat is powdering his pervo pigginess ...
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ramal
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01:25 AM on 09/17/2008
If I only watched "The Insider" on a daily basis, I wouldn't have to take my appetite suppressant.
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cplKlyde
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05:36 PM on 09/16/2008
If Spencer makes them sick perhaps they should turn off The Insider and watch C-SPAN.
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kassandrasduplex
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05:17 PM on 09/16/2008
I'll never forget Pat O'Brien sitting across from me at my Dad's dinner table soaking in cocaine induced sweat. That was about 1978 in Studio City. He was freaking out in paranoia and very wet with sweat. Ah the good ol' days of free s-x, dr-gs and rock n roll....
Those Hollywood types really knew how to party back then.
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hipockets
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04:40 PM on 09/16/2008
So why is this article from the NY Post even on this website? Huh?
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LiberalBuzz
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04:18 PM on 09/16/2008
Geez I can't remember the last time I saw such meanness on this site.

The guyy brings up valid points and all you morons can do is find ways to slime him? What the hell is wrong with you people? No life? Try getting out of the basement occasionally and maybe help mom out around the house.

What is huffpost turning into? A republican stronghold?
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Daps
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04:53 PM on 09/16/2008
"What is huffpost turning into? A republican stronghold?"

Apparently they're being encouraged to post here, I don't get it.
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kassandrasduplex
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05:22 PM on 09/16/2008
the huffpost is more right wing than you might imagine. Read this month's Marilyn Monroe covered Vanity Fair very carefully. There are a couple of revealing factoids about huffington.
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Big0725
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04:54 PM on 09/16/2008
And this is why people dislike this piece of TV crap!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o-s36dK0yQc
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MikeDu
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03:14 PM on 09/16/2008
I ca't say i have much respect for ol' Pat but he's definitely got a point here. While channel surfing before supper I landed on that show just as the camera was lovingly focusing on some bimbo hostess's $500 high heals. I actually DID want to vomit watching Laura Spencer pick out accessories. 'Click!' off goes the TV.
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LiberalBuzz
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04:19 PM on 09/16/2008
Who ARE Laura and Anya anyway?
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StanTheManic
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02:51 PM on 09/16/2008
Hmmm ... I live in Iowa ... I didn't get the "Pat O'Brien's Here!" memo ...

I guess I'm not on the Favorite Son's list.

(WHY is he a favorite son in Iowa? He's not from here?)
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scorpioleidy
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01:15 PM on 09/16/2008
This is hystericalo - no wonder he got kicked off Insider !!!
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scorpioleidy
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12:50 PM on 09/16/2008
Who told him that?!!! Sounds like the old man is salty because he got replaced! Honestly, Pat, you should have retired yourself about 5 years ago - you're too old now for this type of work ... so let the young ones have their time now. Lara's great - Pat is just jealous.
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Topfeeder
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11:53 AM on 09/16/2008
Pat O'Brien, my favorite drunken randy old guy. Remember the voice mails?

http://www.newgrounds.com/portal/view/227154
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scorpioleidy
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01:14 PM on 09/16/2008
This is HYSTERICAL!!!!! No wonder he got kicked off Insider - damn!
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SweetJudith
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02:00 PM on 09/16/2008
What a riot!!!!! This guy is a legend in his own mind!!! LOL
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