OT, but probably of interest

[squiggle-bat.livejournal.com]

Craig Charles: crack addict?

Bloody Hell, I opened up the paper today and was confronted with a full page spread on how Craig Charles was caught doing crack cocaine and reading porno mags while being driven around.

The original article is here: Though it's from the Mirror, a red top shock-tabloid with intent to find the most slanderous gossip about soap stars possible.

The exclusive snaps show Charles on a four-hour bender in the back of a car travelling from London to Manchester after he completed his stint as host of a funk show for the BBC digital radio channel Six Music.

Evening Standard (where I found it) says this:

The grainy images show the Liverpool-born actor making a makeshift crack pipe from empty beer cans. He becomes gradually more wild-eyed and dishevelled and eventually slumps down across the car seats.

And the BBC site says:

And the BBC said Charles would not host his radio show on 6 Music while managers talk to him about the claims.

I'm not quite sure what to make of it. the poor guy, he's screwed himself over royally.

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Comments

[kahvi.livejournal.com]

I know... I was really angry this morning, an emotion quite alien to me. I don't quite know why. Now I'm just worried for him. :/

[zekkass.livejournal.com]

Bad Craig. Please don't get yourself into trouble...*is worried*

[merry-loon.livejournal.com]

.... Well. There goes my disgust, pity and betrayal rations for the day.

[shivvlan.livejournal.com]

Talking about shocking. o_O

[beetle-breath.livejournal.com]

Well, perhaps this will be a slap in the face? Some good may come of this.

*gives up trying to be optimistic & just hopes Craig doesn't fuck up royally*

[kirke-novak.livejournal.com]

*shakes head* Moron... middle life crisis, anyone?

[nessaancalime.livejournal.com]

Really, its his life, and I don't see it being anyones business. But of course, if he has done something illegal he needs to take the rap for it, celebrity or not. First and foremost, extremely stupid, knowing what kind of scrutiny his life is under.
Something in the BBC article made me curious and I just have to ask if anyone knows more about this: someone I know once told me that one of the RD actors had been accused of raping a woman, and that this was ridiculous because the actor in question was gay and he was therefore cleared (not that rape has anything to do with sex). The article says this was Craig? Wouldn't that have been all over the tabloids?

[nessaancalime.livejournal.com]

Ok, I checked myself. Apparently the usual, no evidence except woman's story and the jury didn't believe her. I also read somewhere that she later admitted telling a lie, but that was only one source.
Anyway, we should get back to our regular program. Sorry for derailing things further from topic.
Interesting thing I didn't know though, was that the rape case is part of the reason for the long delay in producing series VII. Question is what this event now may mean for the plans(?) of a movie.

[ekisa-himani.livejournal.com]

I hope Craig gets help too, although I can't really see him turning it away. He's not stupid and he'll know about the Kate Moss scandal, how something like this can damage his career. I still feel a bit put out, though, that he was daft enough to do it...