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06/02/2006: "Today's Celebrity Idiot"

As Scott Fitzgerald famously said, "Let me tell you about the very rich. They are different from you and me." The same could be said today, if you replaced "very rich" with "celebrity", and "different" with stupid.

Today's Celebrity Idiot is Michelle Rodriquez, recently blown away in Lost. She just got out of jail for the second time in the last month after serving 4 hours plus of a 60-day drunk driving charge (don't even get me started on that one. Later that evening, she was seen partying at a Hollywood club.

You'd think that two trips to the slammer and getting bumped off the top show on TV might be seen as a sign, but recent reports indicate not for this star.

When asked if she planned to curb her wild ways in light of her recent troubles, she fires back, "That's bullshit! I'll be spending most of my days in London or France and I'll just work there for the next couple of years." Rodriguez insists that she doesn't have a problem with alcohol stating, "My father threw up his liver. If I were going to be an alcoholic, I'd know it by now." The actress claims she's not worried about the future of her career. She adds, "I don't come and pretend to be some perfect broad. I am imperfect, but I get there. I do the job; I'm good at what I do and I go home. I'm not worried."

If she's headed for Europe, somebody better tip Interpol. I'd worry about the effect she'd have over there, but hey - France is where Jerry Lewis became a near-god. She just might fit in.