Panache Report "Cold & Distant" 04/30/08

sanlee · April 30th, 2008, 06:34 AM

BLIND ITEM: (COLD & DISTANT)
This very famous man appears compassionate and caring when he's in front of the camera but behind closed doors, he has nothing to do with any of his kids from his marriages. No birthday or Xmas cards, he only drags them out for "daddy type" photo shoots.
He's mean, calculating, self absorbed and egotistical. People automatically go up to him when they see him out in public, due to his nice guy TV image. They are shocked when he screams, 'leave me alone and get the fuck away from me!'
This man is also sexist and has a habit of harassing women. He had to payoff a former female employee who threatened to go public about his fondness for exposing himself.
Away from the cameras, he seems bitter and angry with a chip on his shoulder. And, he also has a nasty habit of referring to blacks as "they."
Despite his impressive accomplishments, he's not the man he pretends to be.

McJag · April 30th, 2008, 08:05 AM

Bill Cosby?

Just Kill Me · April 30th, 2008, 08:35 AM

Yeah, I would say Bill Cosby but he seems to have no problem showing off his grumpy side... maybe if this was back when his show was on... not him... hmmmm

RevellingInSane · April 30th, 2008, 11:01 AM

It says "marriages". Bill has only been married to Camille, right?

I'm going with Montel Williams.

judejack · April 30th, 2008, 11:02 AM

You beat me to it. It is Montel Williams.

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Jet Magazine July 1st 1996
Two women who used to work for TV talk show host Montel Williams claim in a lawsuit that they were fired because they objected to Williams' sexual innuendoes and harassment. He denied any wrongdoing.Stacy Galonsky and Mahri Feldman contend the TV talk show host often grabbed co-workers' buttocks, regularly called women "whores" and other derogatory names and conducted meetings in his underwear.

W. Randolph Kraft, the two women's lawyer, said his clients had "fallen victim to an abusive and sexually hostile working environment, wildly out of control, to which they objected and were cast aside in retaliation by Mr. Williams."

RevellingInSane · April 30th, 2008, 11:04 AM

When he married Grace, there was an article in a tabloid that blew the lid off the "real" Montel. It said he had two kids with his first wife, but did not see them. He has been accused of being racist against blacks and harrassing women, staff and otherwise.

No doubt it's that bald freak.

MontanaMama · April 30th, 2008, 11:18 AM

Absolutely nothing to back this up, but I thought this sounded like Rev Run. I hope I am way off base because he cracks me up and his kids do seem pretty well adjusted.

judejack · April 30th, 2008, 11:21 AM

From Wikipedia:

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On November 30, 2007, while in Savannah, Georgia to promote PPA, Montel Williams threatened reporters following an earlier interview at which a 17-year-old high school intern reporter (Courtney Scott) for the Savannah Morning News had asked him a question about whether restriction of pharmaceutical profits would discourage research and development of new drugs. Angered by the question, Williams subsequently terminated that videotaped interview. During the later encounter with Scott and another reporter, Williams, accompanied by his bodyguard, said, "I'm a big star, and I can look you up, find where you live and blow you up."[7]

Williams' public relations representatives later apologized for his hostile outburst in an issued statement, "I mistakenly thought the reporter and photographer in question were at the hotel to confront me about some earlier comments. I was wrong, and I apologize for my overreaction."[7]

Montel Williams - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Also his daughter Wynter supposedly called the Wendy Williams show after he married last October and said he hasn't seen her since she was 9. She wanted him to go to therapy with her and he refused and said the family problems were all her fault. I believe she was 12 at the time.

SSDiva · April 30th, 2008, 12:06 PM

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Originally Posted by MontanaMama

Absolutely nothing to back this up, but I thought this sounded like Rev Run. I hope I am way off base because he cracks me up and his kids do seem pretty well adjusted.

If it was him, he would've been exposed by now. Plus, his kids from both marriages lived in the same house.

Just Kill Me · April 30th, 2008, 01:04 PM

OMFG, Montel Williams is all kinds of fucked up in the head publicly but in a whiney "I'm in constant pain" sort of way.

Natalie · April 30th, 2008, 06:44 PM

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Originally Posted by Just Kill Me

OMFG, Montel Williams is all kinds of fucked up in the head publicly but in a whiney "I'm in constant pain" sort of way.

you know it could be his Multiple Sclerosis

sparkly · April 30th, 2008, 07:43 PM

Even though this points to Montel Williams, I'll suggest Bernie Mac too.

SSDiva · April 30th, 2008, 10:04 PM

^^Bernie Mac has only been married one time and is still married to the same woman, together they have one daughter.
Mac has been married to Rhonda McCullough since 1977. They have one daughter, Je'Niece (born 1978), who has a Masters Degree in Mental Health Counseling and has been married for three years. She has one daughter, Jasmine, making Bernie Mac a grandfather. Mac has suffered from sarcoidosis, a tissue inflammation disease, since 1983. He has said that it has no effect on his daily life.

baked_tater · April 30th, 2008, 10:39 PM

What a nasty piece of work. I vote Montel.

Mel1973 · May 1st, 2008, 11:46 AM

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Originally Posted by MontanaMama

Absolutely nothing to back this up, but I thought this sounded like Rev Run. I hope I am way off base because he cracks me up and his kids do seem pretty well adjusted.

No way! No Way is this the Rev!

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Originally Posted by Natalie

you know it could be his Multiple Sclerosis

It could be that he's an asshole...