Today's Blind Items - Lonely
This is a short but sad story about a celebrity who used to be close to A list. He was and still is a celebrity/actor/reality star. While most people in his position would be enjoying the fruits of their success and partying non-stop our celebrity lives alone and travels alone and stays in hotel rooms alone. Although he has some friends he doesn't interact and because of childhood trauma he just prefers to not interact unless he is on stage or being paid to do so. He is still in demand but as the years go by, he is less willing to face his demons and much prefers to just spend as much time as he can in his home, cut off from the world with just a television and a sofa and a bed and himself. In a world of excess and frivolity, this guy is the opposite. Whenever I see him wandering through the airport or hiding in the corner of an event alone and uncomfortable all I want to do is give the guy a hug.
You had me till you threw in reality star, now I got nada
ReplyDeleteditto @Marriott.. :( poor thing, maybe you should go give him a hug next time, Enty
ReplyDeleteAre we talking way back like Leif Garrett or an AI castoff?
ReplyDeleteNathan Lane
ReplyDeleteWas thinking the same, and trying to make it work, but he has no problem going to parties/after theatre events in NYC.
DeleteAnd he is A list, not close to, because of all the awards he's won.
Nathan Lane is on The Good Wife…
ReplyDeleteOr maybe he's just an introvert.
ReplyDeleteBill murray
ReplyDeleteHas a family..with his kids alot-lives in.town i grew up...pretty social
DeleteDave Chapelle?
ReplyDeleteTom Sizemore? Eric Roberts? I'm thinking someone from Celeb Rehab.
ReplyDeleteMaybe Gary Busey?
ReplyDeleteNone of men named above huggable.
DeleteOr Tom Green? No idea about the trauma, but there aren't too many people who fit the "at one time almost a list celebrity, actor and reality star" that fell off but still work.
DeleteI don't think wanting to be left alone equals "dealing with demons."
ReplyDeleteJoe Piscopo
ReplyDeleteWhat about Harvey Feirstein.
ReplyDeleteYes, but I LOVE HARVEY FIERSTEIN!! So your guess is awesome to me
Delete^_^* luv him too
DeleteNo way. He's super sociable. I know one of the producers of Kinky Boots!
DeleteRon Jeremy
ReplyDeleteWhich comedian has had a reality show? Jay Mohr?
ReplyDeleteMohr is still married to Nikki Cox, the hot chick who farmed up her face. He has a pretty popular podcast, still acts, two young kids, still big stand up draw.
DeleteI think that Wayne Brady guess is pretty great...otherwise, hmn.
No one would want to give Sizemore a hug. He's mean as a snake.
ReplyDeleteNow I've got "Lonely Boy" in my head...
ReplyDeleteAnd now so do I, Rhysie!
DeleteI'm switching my guess from Joe Piscopo to Artie Lange.
ReplyDeleteAnd thinking Andrew Dice Clay could also be the guy.
ReplyDeleteSandy, also not huggable. Rdj-yes, huggable.keanu-yes huggable. And dammmit, im just the one to do it, lol
DeleteI think Andrew Dice Clay is huggable, in a help-a-fella-out screw kinda way, auntliddy
DeleteNot sure what the big deal is with being alone. Some people like it that way.
ReplyDeleteDwight Yoakam? Was he on any reality shows?
ReplyDeleteHas JC Chasez ever been on a reality show?
ReplyDeleteAmerica's Best Dance Crew.
DeleteKeanu maybe?
ReplyDeleteJoaquin Phoenix. Trauma being River's death...he was a teenager when this happened, technically childhood??
ReplyDeleteUnknown-rivers whole life was one big trauma. His parents involved kids in batshit cult, and pimped out kids very very young to earn money. This is why they are all messed up. Rivers death not only thing he dealing with.
DeleteSo, could still fit? It just says, "because of childhood trauma", not one specific event...(ha, could be a typo though).
ReplyDeleteSad sad sad. Kittens pic badly needed.
ReplyDeleteJC Chasez is not alone. He has a girl group "Girl Radical" - he is always promoting them heavy on social media and out in L.A
ReplyDeleteObviously, this is Gabe Kaplan, actor, comedian, awesome reality show hero. Hello, "Battle of the Network Stars", anyone? They put the jiggle in reality.
ReplyDelete"Childhood" trauma: John Travolta
Hmmm, that's a good guess, Jennifer H. I am horrible at blinds, though, so I may have just jinxed you
DeleteEnty weird wording - he has some friends but doesn't like to interact... with his friends? Probably not.
ReplyDeleteThis guy could also be an introvert, that's all.
How is someone painfully shy an an introvert, voluntarily a "reality star" too, makes no sense given the setup.... dumb
ReplyDeleteHowie Mandel?
ReplyDeleteRichard Lewis?
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ReplyDeleteExcept for the "reality" part I'd Keanu.
ReplyDeleteWhat actor did reality TV and isn't married?
Big clue being "on stage". Theatre actor, comic, performer.
ReplyDeleteI'm thinking this could be the son on a reality show, who couldn't say no or was young enough not to know better. Jack Osbourne?
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ReplyDeleteJust because he wants to be alone doesn't mean he's unhappy. I don't know why so many people think this way. People who feel the need to be with friends all the time never seem to get criticized for being too reliant on other people, or whatnot. This dude probably doesn't want a hug from a stranger at an airport! I wouldn't.
ReplyDeleteGreta Garbo once said. "I never said 'I want to be alone. I said 'I want to be left alone. That makes all the difference." That's what you said reminded me of.
DeleteGreta Garbo once said. "I never said 'I want to be alone. I said 'I want to be left alone. That makes all the difference." That's what you said reminded me of.
DeleteSometimes...in the midst of all the screaming and diapers, this sounds AWESOME!!
ReplyDeleteSounded like Keanu until you threw "reality star" into the mix. And I think Keanu is more scarred by the deaths of his baby and girlfriend than anything else.
ReplyDelete@naughtynurse Keanu's been a private person for a while....not just since the girlfriend/baby deaths which happened around 2000 - 2001.
ReplyDeleteI don't think alone always equals lonely.
ReplyDeleteI also don't think alone equals lonely. I'm the same way. If I get the chance I just curl up in bed with a good book, I don't really like other people. People seem to be either needy or mean, so why bother? When I'm at my happiest alone?
ReplyDeleteYou know, with the guy being a reality star, this shouldn't be so difficult to guess, but I am STUMPED!
ReplyDeleteI don't know why I thought of Corey Feldman for this. Probably because I'm stoned out of my mind.
ReplyDeleteHow about Wayne Brady? I'd say he was close to A list during the days of Who's Line is it Anyway. He strikes me as someone who could be pretty quiet off camera.
ReplyDeleteHowie Mandel
ReplyDeleteHoward Stern
Ozzy Ozborn
I think it is Howie
Howard Stern does spend many lonely nights on the couch, as his wife is out stalking red carpets to trot down, but he doesn't technically live alone.
ReplyDeleteI thought it might be Keanu-- there's that whole Sad Keanu meme. But has he ever done reality?
ReplyDeletewhat exactly happened in his childhood enty!!!
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ReplyDeleteMost of these were not almost A list they were. I think Joaquin would be,or I'd say it was him. I think MaCauley Culkin also was.Otherwise thinking someone like Crispin Glover;but I have heard some about Tom Green and he might fit this well or how about Louie Anderson for another option. Steve Martin and Jim Carrey have also been known to be rather loners but A list.
ReplyDeleteI think the problem is most people don't know the actual definition of introvert and extrovert. An introvert is someone who acquires energy by having time alone, an extrovert acquires energy by spending time with people. I have an outgoing nature, but am an introvert and feel myself stressing out if I don't get enough alone time. Have plenty of friends yadda, yadda, just need to recharge my batteries on my own. Once I read the proper definitions I was able to understand my friends and myself so much better.
ReplyDeleteAs much as I love Crispin Glover (he was amazing in River's Edge), I can't see him as close to A list.
ReplyDeleteHowie Mandel? He has a separate house from his family and is a noted OCD sufferer.
ReplyDeleteWandering through the airport? Like wandering around a mall? Nobody does this. And "partying non-stop" isn't any indicator of success or happiness. The non-stop partiers are often real messes.
ReplyDeleteLouie Anderson
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