Gary Busey is a red carpet menace!!!
A few years ago, I saw Gary Busey on the red carpet at the Academy Awards and he was pleased to not have to remind me that he had once been nominated for an Academy Award for "The Buddy Holly Story." Since then, he hit his head in a motorcycle accident (without a helmet) and now seems no longer capable of controlling himself at the Oscars. In the video above, he interrupts Ryan Seacrest's interview with Jennifer Garner and Laura Linney and flusters (and probably grossed out) Garner a bit when he kissed her on the neck! It looks like he later tried to kiss Seascrest too.
I wonder if he's going to be banned from the red carpet next year.
Greg Hernandez has covered the entertainment industry for the Daily
News since 2001. He's considered a bit odd by some for his obsession
with box office numbers, has been known to camp out near the kitchen
at premieres for first crack at the hors d'oeurves, and Greg's never
seen a red carpet he didn't want to stroll down.
Comments
Gary Busey is a hugely talented actor worthy of respect. Jennifer Garner obviously didn't recognize him, since Busey became famous decades ago, before her time. Had she known who he was, she would have been less fearful of him, since stars who have never met but who know each other by reputation often kiss each other on first meeting. On the video, it's clear that Busey said hello to Garner only on prompting by Seacrest, and said hello with a kiss, as Hollywood people do. It's impossible to know whether Mr. Busey's brain injury in a motorcycle accident years ago affects his behavior in any way. But let's show a little compassion, here. And certainly in this instance, I believe this incident was just a misunderstanding, based mostly on the fact that Ms. Garner was too young to recognize Gary Busey. She reacted as if some "civilian" had slipped past security and accidentally crashed the Oscars, which wasn't the case at all. Gary Busey's performance as Buddy Holly was one of the great ones of all time, he's an amazing talent who later suffered a tragic accident, and he deserves our compassion and better treatment by the press.
Posted by: Staton Rabin | February 27, 2008 6:02 AM