Archive for 'Honesty'
New Excerpt From Andre Agassi’s Book Hits The Internet, Agassi Lied To Tennis Officials About Crystal Meth Use
Posted on 28. Oct, 2009 by CSS.
Andre Agassi’s upcoming autobiography, Open, available Nov. 9, contains the revelation that the eight-time Grand Slam champion used crystal meth in 1997 and lied to tennis authorities when he failed a drug test.
According to an excerpt of the autobiography posted online Tuesday, the eight-time Grand Slam champion writes that he sent a letter to the ATP tour to explain the positive test, saying he accidentally drank from a soda spiked with meth by his assistant “Slim.”
“Then I come to the central lie of the letter. I say that recently I drank accidentally from one of Slim’s spiked sodas, unwittingly ingesting his drugs. I ask for understanding and leniency and hastily sign it: Sincerely,” Agassi writes. “I feel ashamed, of course. I promise myself that this lie is the end of it. The ATP reviewed the case — and threw it out.”
In reality it was “Slim” who introduced the now-retired Agassi to the substance, dumping a small pile of powder on the coffee table, which both snorted:
“I snort some. I ease back on the couch and consider the Rubicon I’ve just crossed,” Agassi writes. “There is a moment of regret, followed by vast sadness. Then comes a tidal wave of euphoria that sweeps away every negative thought in my head. I’ve never felt so alive, so hopeful — and I’ve never felt such energy.”
“I’m seized by a desperate desire to clean. I go tearing around my house, cleaning it from top to bottom. I dust the furniture. I scour the tub. I make the beds.”
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Andre Agassi Crystal Meth Confessions In Autobiography ‘OPEN’
Posted on 27. Oct, 2009 by CSS.
From the confines of a page-turning autobiography premiering next month, tennis legend Andre Agassi will reveal that he used crystal meth during his tennis career, according to a publicist for Knopf Publishing House, a division of Random House.
In Open, available Nov. 9, the eight-time Grand Slam champion admits using the illegal drug just before his marriage to former model Brooke Shields in 1997.
The admission will appear in excerpts of the book that are scheduled to appear in Sports Illustrated and PEOPLE later this week.
“Those excerpts contain revelations about Andre’s use of crystal meth when he was a tennis player,” said Paul Bogaards, director of media relations at Knopf.
The information was first made public this morning on the Twitter page of Sports Illustrated writer Richard Deitsch.
“FYI: There’s an off-the-charts book excerpt from Andre Agassi in the forthcoming SI: He admits to taking crystal meth during his career,” said the message, posted at 10:36 a.m. It was shortly after deleted.
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Jodie Sweetin Memoir, ‘unSweetined’ Hits Stores November 3
Posted on 25. Oct, 2009 by CSS.
Jodie Sweetin, who grew up before our eyes playing Stephanie Tanner on Full House, was high on cocaine even at appearances where she claimed to be sober, she says in a new memoir.
The one-time child star comes clean in her new autobiography, unSweetined, recounting nights of endless partying and almost constant drug use. The twice-divorced mother of one is telling the truth about her life outside the spotlight for the first time.
Jodie, then 14, says she had her first glass of wine at the 1996 wedding of Full House co-star Candace Cameron-Bure. The incident, coupled with a rash of bombed auditions, sent young Jodie into a downward spiral of addiction. Even her first marriage to a police officer couldn’t curb the actress’ addiction to meth.
“I did a few key bumps and headed to the lecture hall, where a sold-out crowd waited to hear me speak,” Sweetin writes in the excerpt. “I thought for sure that one of the professors would take one look at me and kick me out. But none did. They wanted to hear about the trials and tribulations of Jodie Sweetin, or at least the Jodie Sweetin I had created,” she continues.
“They didn’t think I was coming from a two-day bender of coke, meth, and ecstasy,” she writes of a speech she gave at Marquette University in Wisconsin. “And they didn’t think I was lying to them with every sentence that came out of my mouth.”
Sweetin, used the money from her appearances to pay for $700 a week habit.
“Even I started believing my own lies,” Jodie explains. “No one grilled me on my sobriety or questioned the facts in my story.”
Her lowest point came when she drove drunk with her infant daughter, Zoie, in the car. “I am not perfect, but perfection does not make a parent. Love does,” the 28-year-old mom writes in a letter to her now 18-month-old daughter.
Jodie is currently embroiled in a bitter custody battle with Zoie’s dad, former husband Cody Herpin.
“Life isn’t like a Full House episode,” Jodie writes. “Uncle Jesse isn’t going to come into that courtroom and convince the judge to rule in my favor by singing a Beach Boys song….But that’s life, and I think I’m finally starting to get it.”
unSweetined hits bookstores Nov. 3. If your interested in pre-ordering you can head on over to Amazon.
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Ozzy Osbourne Tested Positive For HIV
Posted on 06. Oct, 2009 by CSS.
Did you know that Ozzy Osbourne was once diagnosed HIV positive? The results were wrong, of course, but the Black Sabbath legend was told he had contracted the deadly virus, until further investigation revealed the results were due to the damage drug and alcohol abuse had caused.
“When I used to get f*ng loaded I would get myself into all kinds of situations,” Ozzy explains in an interview with the November issue of Glamour UK. “It turns out that because I was drinking and using drugs so much, my immune system had dropped so that it was a borderline result. When I went back to be tested again it was negative.”
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If You Date Taylor Swift Prepare To Be Stalked
Posted on 05. May, 2009 by CSS.
Taylor Swift stalks her former boyfriends.
The “Love Story” singer – who once wrote a song blasting former flame Joe Jonas of The Jonas Brothers – likes to spy on her exes — just to keep up with what they’re doing.
“In my spare time I like to drive past my ex-boyfriends’ houses. I’m not like throwing eggs – I just like to check up on them. Everybody does that – it’s just that nobody admits to it!”
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Robert Pattinson Got Into Acting For The Ladies
Posted on 27. Apr, 2009 by CSS.
In a new interview with the UK’s Independent, Twilight heartthrob Robert Pattinson confesses that he only became an actor because he wanted to meet pretty girls.
“[My dad] saw a bunch of pretty girls who were going to it,” Robert explains. “[He] said: ‘Hey Rob, you’ve got to go to that.’ That’s the reason I still do it!”
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Jenny McCarthy 'Shape' Cover Shot Airbrushed
Posted on 15. Apr, 2009 by CSS.
In an interview on The Ellen DeGeneres Show Tuesday, actress/model Jenny McCarthy confessed that her stunning bikini-clad cover shot on the May 2009 issue of Shape Magazine was altered.
The former Playboy centerfold, who dons a red two-piece on the current issue of the fitness guide says, “It’s eating healthy and also a crap load of airbrushing… I keep myself in very good shape… but it is definitely a little touched up.”
“I have freckles… and stretchmarks that you do not see here, and they add a little shadowing to make these muscle things happen that don’t exist on my body.”
I love her honesty!
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Jenny McCarthy Loves Botox:
Posted on 12. Mar, 2009 by CSS.
Ah-honesty, it’s so refreshing. Jenny McCarthy has confessed to her love for Botox, but insists she does not go overboard.
In the new issue of Michigan Avenue Magazine, the former Playboy model admits she swears by the Botox needle and sometimes uses the neurotoxic protein to prevent lines and wrinkles
from taking up residence on her famous face.
“I love Botox, I absolutely love it. I get it minimally, so I can still move my face. But I really do think it’s a savior.”
