"Instead of interviewing, for example, Renee Zellweger on her movie," O'Brien told Page Six, "[the show] instructed me to ask her if she's ever been depressed. Then she'll say no, and the show goes on and says, 'Was Renee Zellweger depressed?' Of course the answer is no."
"They would demand at the end of the day that I ask [a guest] about anorexia, depression, suicide . . . to get that headline."
An "Insider" spokesperson responded, "Pat has an interesting memory of his time at 'The Insider.' Our production team does a quality show, and the work speaks for itself."
Exactly.
Expect O'Brien's memoir, which for now is called "I Love Your Work," in the fall of 2011.
Royalty on the cheap
If you're anti-monarchy in England, you can furiously claim today that the British government spent $57.8 million in the last fiscal year in support of its monarchy.
If you're pro-monarchy you can claim that budget is relatively small potatoes considering all the tourism dollars the monarchy engenders.
Additionally, Queen Elizabeth II hasn't gotten a raise in 20 years.
Who besides a journalist can say that?
Granted, the 84-year-old queen does receive about $12 million of public money annually, so it's not as if she's living white-gloved hand to mouth, but that $12 million also has to pay for staff and other costs of being queen, and being queen is not cheap. Still, it's not as if she's going to have to sublet a room in the palace or sell off jewels on eBay.
* In other royal news, jam allegedly made from one of Princess Diana's hairs is up for sale at an art exhibition in London.
