When Tracy Morgan hosts Spike TV’s “Guys Choice” awards on June 13, he’ll be wearing an alcohol monitoring device around his ankle. The comedian recently has experienced several alcohol-related troubles, but said in an interview with The Associated Press that he’s trying to “keep moving forward.”
In February, Morgan, pleaded guilty to drunken driving charges in New York. He previously pleaded no contest to a DUI charge in L.A.
A few weeks ago, a Miami disc jockey filed a misdemeanor battery complaint against Morgan, alleging he groped her.
Further, a video clip of Morgan appearing on a morning show of a Texas ABC affiliate was posted on YouTube. In it, he takes off his shirt, slaps his tummy and jokes that the sound is a “mating call.” Morgan insisted he wasn’t drunk for that TV appearance and said he’s disappointed that negative media coverage of him has taken on “a life of its own.”
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Poor Paula
With Paula Abdul, the drama just keeps coming. On Thursday, she turned to People magazine to announce that she’s really OK, despite a leaked audio tape of a call with publicists in which she talks about chronic fatigue and other health problems. In the tape, Paula can be heard sobbing and bad-mouthing a former spokesman, according to the New York Post. “Look at me, I’m OK, really I am,” she told People. “I’m doing just fine and don’t have to explain myself to anyone. It hurts. The leak, that’s illegal. That was a private conversation.”
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Pax is a Pitt
Angelina Jolie’s son, Pax Thien, now has the Jolie-Pitt family name, AP reports. When Jolie adopted Pax in March, she filed adoption papers as a single parent because she and Brad Pitt aren’t married. But the 3-year-old boy is now Pax Thien Jolie-Pitt, according to a decree signed Thursday by Superior Court Judge Gerald Rosenberg.
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June 7
The date Lorraine Bracco, who plays Tony Soprano’s shrink, will co-host “The View,” according to the New York Post’s Page 6.
