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Chris Hansen has allegedly been caught cheating on his wife, Mary Hansen, with whom he has two children, in a videotaped sting by a tabloid. The ever-imaginative people behind The National Enquirer claim to have footage of Hansen cheating on his wife with Kristyn Caddell, a Florida news reporter and former NBC intern, 21-years his junior, with a hidden camera. It’s further claimed that Hansen, 51, should go take a seat on that jacked-up swivel chair because last weekend, he went to dinner with Caddell at the Ritz Carlton Hotel in Manalapan, Florida, and then spent the night at her Palm Springs apartment; they left at 8 a.m. the next morning, carrying luggage. Hansen is best known for his work on hidden camera news show To Catch A Predator from 2004 to 2007.

In news that will surprise no one who’s been paying attention, the first time Bristol Palin touched bumps she was drunk on wine coolers. Excerpts from Palin’s autobiography have been released. Let’s glaze over the fact she’s a 20-year-old with no story to tell except the time she decided to open her legs and drink underage and she derped both. From the shortest book ever written, we learn that Palin was drinking, during a camping trip, the first time she slept with anyone; in this case, ex-boyfriend, Levi Johnston. The following morning, she woke up to find he’d left the tent so he could talk ‘with his friends on the other side of the canvas.’ There was some vague intention not to bump again until married. But they kept sleeping together, using condoms, and Palin got knocked up in what would have been a precursor to joining Teen Mom were she not a Palin. It took eight tests to convince her she was pregnant; Johnston’s reaction… ‘Better be a f**king boy.’ His reaction to being asked to cut the baby’s cord, ‘Gross,’ was no better. In Not Afraid of Life: My Journey So Far, the second-worst title after Johnston’s, we also learn Johnston’s nickname is ‘The Gnat,’ he is self-involved, self-promoting, and he cheated multiple times.

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The two dudes who were suspected of trying to murder Joss Stone, in what read like a convoluted and unnecessary nod to CSI, were even crazier than first thought. We learned, when the news broke, that they had ‘detailed maps and aerial photos of her rural property in east Devon… [after they] travelled from the Manchester area 200 miles away,’ with ‘swords, rope, a body bag and forensic-style overalls.’ So, it was premeditated and they came prepared to take measures to cover up their planned crime. It’s just all so random and crazy, I think I need the Criminal Minds guys in on this one. I got nothing. The men, currently in custody without bail, charged with conspiracy to rob and plotting grievous bodily harm with intent, who will return to court to face trial on July 1, were named today as Junior Bradshaw, 31, and Kevin Liverpool, 30, both from Manchester. Police found handwritten notes in a vehicle used by the men which said ‘Find Joss Stone’s address on Google,’ and ‘rob and kill, money in the safe, Joscelyn rob,’ Stone’s government name is ‘Jocelyn Eve Stoker’. The popo also found a Samurai sword, knives, a hammer, a body bag, gloves and balaclavas. Another note read, ‘find a river to dump her in.’ The two men, who have the nerve to look shocked at their arrest, can be seen in a photo here. Stone’s apparently on the promotional trail for her new album. Asked how she’s doing, she replied, ‘I’m fine… don’t worry… I’m all good. People are crazy, but that’s OK. Hey, I’m carrying on: I paint my bathroom. I bake my cakes. All is well.’

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Jon Hamm has spoken about his sex symbol status. He’s given a couple of similar interviews in which he seems bemused by his own fame and reluctant to live up to his Don Draper character. I’m all for him remaining one of the mole people during his down time, if I’m honest. Try as I might to enjoy Mad Men, I didn’t like it. Not at all, toward the end of season four. It’s cleverly-written but there’s something so unlikeable about too many of the characters to make it worth watching. Also, as the owner of a 100% genuine vagina, it made me want to start drinking in the mornings. And not in a good way. Speaking about people who aren’t me, Hamm said of the attention, ‘It all feels sort of ridiculous and crazy. In my mind, I’m literally the same goofy little kid from St. Louis, Missouri. So, the fact that all of this has happened, while it’s very exciting, it is also very surreal.’

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