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White House party crashers' appearance on "Larry King Live" cancelled
posted by Ralph Ranalli on November 29, 2009
A funny thing seems to have happened on the way to Michaele and Tareq Salahi's 15 minutes of fame.
Reality (not the TV kind) has reared its ugly head.
In the latest twist to the story of how the Virginia couple and aspiring reality TV stars crashed a receiving line at last week's White House state dinner, the Salahi's appearance on CNN's "Larry King Live" tomorrow night has been "postponed" by the couple, TV Newser is reporting.
CNN has responded by cancelling the appearance. But that hasn't stopped the couple from trying to sell their story for a mid-six-figures payment from the big TV networks, various news outlets are reporting.
Apparently between an egg-on-its-face US Secret Service and various commentators calling for their heads on a silver cocktail tray, it's finally dawned on the couple that anything they say on Larry King can and possibly will be used against them in a court of law. Yet others opining on the incident call it overblown and talk of charges against the couple vindictive.
What do you think of the coverage of the incident? Has the media been too hard on the Salahis? Too soft?
Comments
Allowing them to profit seems like an invitation for further stunts of this kind, which may become expensive, if not dangerous events for the Secret Service to guard against. I say media and public should exercise some restraint, and just say no to paying these turkeys in any way until the dust, legal and star, has settled.