Blago’s Bathos: He Desperately Wants to Be as Famous as Sanjaya
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In a tragic, yet politically astute move, disgraced former governor Rod "Illin’ Noise" Blagojevich showed up at NBC Universal Summer Press Day in Pasadena, Calif., per the New York Post and glad handed everyone he could find. Blago’s plea to a judge that he be allowed to do the show, which shoots in Costa Rica, was denied earlier this month. Blago claimed he needs the money since he and his wife are now unemployed.
Stephen Baldwin showed his support for Hot Rod, wearing a button that read
Leggo my Blago
Blago might be out-famed on the show though, had he gotten the chance to do it: Other names appearing on the show, which premiers June 1, include newleyweds Heidi Montag and Spencer Pratt from The Hills, American Idol contestant Sanjaya Malakar, Baldwin and the win-at-any-cost supermodel/TV star Janice Dickinson.
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Matthew’s mother was in the gallery when this was said.