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.

xposted to my journal

Comments

[nessaancalime.livejournal.com]

Well, at the time I heard it, I didn't really have much idea who any of the actors was, had only seen a few episodes, and I just assumed this was general knowledge. At one point when I knew the series better, I thought about who of them it might be, but I have to admit as candidate for being gay, Craig was at the bottom of my list. Haven't thought about it for a long time and would never have asked around here if it hadn't been for the article hashing up the old story, and I just got so surprised I had to ask. You don't know what it was that cleared him? It must have been more than a mere accusation behind the charge if he spent months in jail.

[kahvi.livejournal.com]

I read up on it when I found out about it about - hm - a year ago, I suppose, but I can't remember if the articles I found said anything spesific.