In the most shocking blow to infotainment journalism since the theft of Gideon Yago's laptop, Insider host Pat O'Brien has entered rehab for alcohol abuse. Try to be sensitive; if your biggest competition was the legacy of John Tesh, you'd be marinating in tequila, too.

Interestingly enough, Patty's Dry Journey comes just as a series of voicemails, allegedly featuring O'Brien enumerating some filthy fantasies, are making the internet rounds. We've heard the audio files and would call them disgusting — but really, if a man likes cocaine and anus, who are we to judge? Our permatan brother has donned his tinfoil hat to explore the coincidental timing of O'Brien's media-free stint in recovery, but we all know rehab-as-damage-control is just impossible.

Update: Our little offspring, Screenhead, is hosting the alleged O'Brien audio file. It's available here for your VERY NSFW listening pleasure. [Screenhead]

'Insider' Anchor O'Brien Enters Rehab [AP]
Defamer Crazy Talk: Pat O'Brien Hiding Out In Rehab? [Defamer]

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