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Meth-head CNN Presenter Goes Into Rehab

Richard Quest, the flamboyant CNN presenter found by New York police in Central Park with crystal meth in his pocket, is to go into rehab for treatment of his drug habit, says the cable news network. This is by now the default escape route for disgraced TV personalities: they disappear from view, while appealing to the public's sympathy, a technique recently demonstrated by drunk-dialing host of The Insider, Pat O'Brien—twice. Quest also had rope around his genitals and a dildo in his boot, when stopped, making him not just a meth-head but a walking gay cliché.(Previously: watch Quest show off his rope tricks in a clip that foreshadowed his late-night embarrassment.)

10:31 AM on Fri Apr 25 2008
By Nick Denton
1,766 views, 15 comments

Latest by n/a: Jeez... Can't a man smoke a little crank and stangle his balls in peace? What's this town coming to? more »

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Winner!

Yesterday, CNN introduced new headline t-shirts and we bemoaned their shamelessness. Then we shamelessly held a contest for the best fake ones! Betty Crocker wins (with an assist from Tnuc)! Simple. Effective. Also it may get you arrested. Unfortunately you can't actually buy these hacked shirts, nor can you even hack them anymore. Maybe we'll try to work out something else?

6:20 PM on Tue Apr 22 2008
By Pareene
5,198 views, 34 comments

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Anderson Cooper And Richard Quest Salute The Queen!

When park-cruising meth-head CNN correspondent Richard Quest wasn't busy with rope tricks, he was pouring forth more innuendo-laden quotes on his globetrotting assignments. Here, Quest makes Anderson Cooper, the third most powerful gay man in America, break out into an embarrassed fit of giggles with his salutation: "As Dame Helen Mirren famously said when she picked up her Oscar: I give you...the Queen!" Cheerio, indeed!

3:37 PM on Tue Apr 22 2008
By Hamilton Nolan
4,765 views, 26 comments

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CNN's Meth-Head Has A Long History Of Rope Tricks

Richard Quest, the Brit-accented CNN correspondent arrested in Central Park last week with meth in his pocket, a dildo stuffed in his boot, and rope tied around his genitals, apparently has a good deal of training in rope tricks. Click to watch this clip, in which he shares his terror while performing "the Professor's Nightmare Rope Trick"—he just can't get the rope where he wants it to go! "We count to three, and we blow hard. We blow hard!" Impeccable foreshadowing in almost every line.

2:27 PM on Tue Apr 22 2008
By Hamilton Nolan
25,091 views, 25 comments

Latest by fileunder: @vulturesquadron: Thanks, but yeah, me neither. I figured I'd quit before I said something even dumber. Maybe TedSez or MisterHippity will come through with an assist? more »

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Weekend Of Pervy TV Reporters

CNN reporter Richard Quest, who was busted in Central Park with methamphetamine in his pocket, a rope tied around his genitals and a dildo in his boot, wasn't the only TV news personality arrested and embarrassed for alleged sexual kinks this weekend. Eric Watson (pictured) of NBC17 in Raleigh, North Carolina was taken into custody on charges he spied on a woman who was showering at home. The reporter belongs to the same gym as the woman, and it sounds like he drove the TV station's van to her house. A witness said he worked hard to peep, according to the News & Observer: More »

6:39 AM on Mon Apr 21 2008
By Ryan Tate
3,173 views, 20 comments

Latest by NoahTourjee: And how many of us Jaunt in the CP with no Dildo in our boot? more »

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CNN's Freaky Meth Head Sex Ninja

Using the trash can drug meth makes a person mighty paranoid. So it was probably fear of having his genitals stolen that moved CNN talker Brian Quest (who is British) to attach them to his neck with a rope sometime before he was busted for possession in Central Park Friday night. But that still doesn't explain the dildo he had stuffed in his boot like a Derringer. More »

10:09 AM on Sun Apr 20 2008
By ian spiegelman
14,873 views, 50 comments

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CNN's Token Brit Arrested for Meth

Richard Quest, the most unpleasant "funny" on-air CNN correspondent EVER, was arrested this morning (like last night "this morning") outside Central Park for violating park curfew. As they arrested him he said to the cops, presumably with his trademark "hilariously" over-emphasized British accent, "I have meth in my pocket." Not the best line maybe? Quest, host of CNN Business Traveler, is openly gay, btw, which is maybe why he was hanging around the park at 3:40 a.m. with meth in his pocket. CNN had no comment. (After the jump, a truly odd clip of Quest interviewing Ritchie Blackmore.) [NYT] More »

3:32 PM on Fri Apr 18 2008
By Pareene
8,334 views, 46 comments

Latest by William Thirteen: i've always enjoyed Quest's over enthusiasm, though more so when he was with BBC and not the token limey on CNN. Now that i know he's all about rope and dope in the park after dark, i like him more »