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Is Rachel Bilson Feeling Guilty About This Monkey?

Former O.C. and current Jumper actress Rachel Bilson is complaining in Nylon about the chimp dressed as a Santa for website College Humor's last Christmas party: "Maybe I overreacted because I was too tired, but it made me so mad! All these people were drunk and taking pictures, and it was horrible!" It was a pretty white-trashy stunt, but it's hard to come up with new ways to throw money around sometimes. A December Page Six item says that Bilson actually "jumped the half-hour line" to get her picture taken with the chimp, but College Humor co-founder Ricky Van Veen says, "She didn't cut the line. She and her friend were leaving the party, so i brought them to the front of the line for a quick look. She was really nice to everybody." The chimp, who goes by the name of Louie, was unavailable for comment. Update! Louie's latest career move &mdash starring in a Human Giant comedy video &mdash after the jump! He is hilar.

10:44 AM on Mon Mar 3 2008
By Sheila
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mitchel_stevens at 10:53 AM on 03/03/08
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she looks adorable in that santa outfit.
trojanhorse at 10:57 AM on 03/03/08
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Who is Rachel Blison?
Ummwhat at 11:00 AM on 03/03/08
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People drunk and taking pictures at a Christmas party?!? Now I'm mad, too.
ClevelandSteamier at 11:02 AM on 03/03/08
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@trojanhorse: Former OC and current Jumper actress.

It's not funny when the explanation is in the first line of the post.
Sarcastro at 11:02 AM on 03/03/08
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Dressing up primates for comedic effect is a long-standing tradition in American humor. I, for one, will not sit idly by whilst Miss Bilson badmouths the United States of America.
MyCubeHas3Sides at 11:03 AM on 03/03/08
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Har har...dude, that chimp looks wasted! Like, totally bloggered! Har har...was he a stripper?
MyCubeHas3Sides at 11:04 AM on 03/03/08
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@Sarcastro: agreed, I mean look at our current President. Bilson doesn't seem upset about THAT chimp being all dressed up!
trojanhorse at 11:06 AM on 03/03/08
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@ClevelandSteamier: You didn't get it.
the cajun boy at 11:06 AM on 03/03/08
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monkeys are always funny.

[dealbreaker.com]
Goober_Pea at 11:09 AM on 03/03/08
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This is College Humor we're talking about here. Having a chimp dressed up as Santa classed up the joint.
acridsheep at 11:19 AM on 03/03/08
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Never thought a pic of Rachel Bilson with a punch drunk monkey would make me want to punch my monkey.
Fuzzy_duffel_bag at 11:32 AM on 03/03/08
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Wait, is she upset because it was cruel, or because it was tacky?
TedSez at 12:05 PM on 03/03/08
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The monkey now has his own show about a 20-year-old geek with cool clothes who works in a record store and knows all the best indie songs. It's called... "Love Monkey." (What, really? Are you sure? Okay, never mind.)
Noelle Hancock at 12:50 PM on 03/03/08
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Quick look, my ass. She TOTALLY cut the line and took a picture with that chimp. I was there and I saw her [pause for dramatic effect], I saw her with my own eyes.