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Naomi Attacks Again?!; Madonna Adoption Mess
Aired October 26, 2006 - 19:00 ET
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A.J. HAMMER, CNN CO-HOST: It is the nasty SHOWBIZ TONIGHT divorce court. Charges of porn, abuse, drugs. Country Star Sara Evans faces her husband.
And the shocking new allegations in the ugly David Hasselhoff split.
I`m A.J. Hammer in New York.
BROOKE ANDERSON, CNN CO-HOST: And the Dixie Chicks` President Bush bashing controversy. Will these country gals be heading to Iraq? We go one on one with them.
TV`s most provocative entertainment news show starts right now.
HAMMER: On SHOWBIZ TONIGHT, a Naomi Campbell shocker. She`s arrested again.
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UNIDENTIFIED MALE: You got to -- you got to duck and roll with Naomi.
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Tonight, the super model with the super bad temper is suspected of possibly attacking swung again.
Tonight, SHOWBIZ TONIGHT, asking the tough questions, should Campbell be canned? Banned from the runways? SHOWBIZ TONIGHT with Naomi`s greatest hits. Ouch.
Addicted to plastic surgery. Tonight, SHOWBIZ TONIGHT, with a controversial question, is Hollywood making people fixated on fixing themselves?
Plus, one star`s very scary story about her breast implants and liposuction.
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UNIDENTIFIED FEMALE: ... came out terrible.
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HAMMER: SHOWBIZ TONIGHT, with a disturbing look at junkies, the beauty junkies.
Hello, I`m A.J. Hammer in New York.
ANDERSON: Hi there, everybody. I`m Brooke Anderson in Hollywood.
And get out of the way. Naomi Campbell might be nearby.
HAMMER: Yes, Brooke, we could hardly believe it ourselves when we heard the news. Has Super Model Naomi Campbell turned into a nightmare again?
Campbell, whose greatest hits include allegedly slapping around a couple of her workers, may have let her notorious temper get the best of her once again.
Tonight, a little advice from SHOWBIZ TONIGHT, Naomi. Try decaf.
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HAMMER (voice-over): Naomi Campbell, the long legged but short tempered British beauty, is used to cameras flashing in her face. She is, after all, one of the most successful models on the planet. But it`s probably safe to say that she could do without these shots.
This was Naomi Wednesday night in London, tucked away inside this Mercedes SUV, leaving a London police station where she was questioned for possibly attacking someone.
HARVEY LEVIN, MANAGING EDITOR, TMZ.COM: Well, the buzz is that she may have gotten into it with a drug counselor -- her drug counselor -- and that this drug counselor`s face may be all scratched up.
ANGELA SHELTON, "FRANGELA" COMEDY DUO: She must have said something like, Naomi, you need to stop doing drugs -- bam!
HAMMER: With a rap and slap sheet as long as Naomi`s, this latest incident almost sounds like a joke. But Campbell`s lawyer says it is all a misunderstanding. He says the whole thing will be resolved once police investigate.
Angela V. Shelton and Frances Callier, who make up the comedy duo, "Frangela," aren`t buying that one.
SHELTON: That`s a misunderstanding. See, when I hit you...
FRANCES CALLIER, "FRANGELA" COMEDY DUO: Uh huh?
SHELTON: ... did you misunderstand that?
CALLIER: No, I got that, that you were upset and angry.
HAMMER: This isn`t the first time Naomi has been suspected of assault. The model, who once dated Boxer Iron Mike Tyson, has a long history of lashing out at those around her.
LEVIN: Naomi Campbell has had issues with anger in the past, no doubt about it.
HAMMER: In fact, the super model has been accused of assaulting at least six other people who have worked for her as assistants or housekeepers. A trial is pending in New York, where Naomi was charged with second-degree assault for allegedly throwing a cell phone at her housekeeper`s head.
Naomi is accused of flying off the handle after a pair of her designer jeans went missing. And she could be modeling prison wear for as long as a year, if convicted.
CALLIER: If you see a cell phone come out...
SHELTON: Something glint in her hand.
CALLIER: Yes, just jump out of the way.
SHELTON: Jump. You got to -- you got to duck and roll with Naomi.
HAMMER: In June, Campbell was sued by another former maid who claims the superheated supermodel tried to attack her. The problem -- another missing pair of jeans.
Then in July, a former personal assistant filed suit, claiming the super model smacked her around, threw a cell phone at her head and stole her passport, stranding her in Morocco.
SHELTON: That`s a bad job. That`s a bad working environment. You should call OSHA.
CALLIER: Yes, yes. Or monster.com. Go someplace and get another job.
SHELTON: Yes, send your resume out.
HAMMER: Naomi has had so many anger management run ins that designer chip and pepper came out with this T-shirt, Naomi hit me and I loved it. Naomi seemed to find humor in it. She was snapped wearing one herself. Who says you can`t laugh at yourself?
SHOWBIZ TONIGHT went right to Mike Fisher, who is the director of the British Association of Anger Management. He says Naomi, who has had anger management training in the past, needs to just get a grip.
MIKE FISHER, DIRECTOR, BRITISH ASSOCIATION OF ANGER MANAGEMENT: Being who she is, a celebrity, a figure, she clicks her fingers and she gets a response. And if she doesn`t get the response she wants or likes, then, of course, she`s going to react. And I think she kind of forgets the effect that her anger might have to people around her.
SHELTON: What I don`t understand about Naomi, what is it that`s setting her off?
CALLIER: Like that one woman in Morocco, her assistant.
SHELTON: Right.
CALLIER: You know, I mean, she was hit with a phone.
SHELTON: Hit her in the face.
CALLIER: Yes, she took this poor woman`s passport, tore it up and threw it in the pool.
HAMMER: Sure, it`s good for a laugh or two, but you know what? SHOWBIZ TONIGHT is here to tell you the joke may be on us. These run ins aren`t stopping Naomi from remaining one of the most sought after models in the world.
LEVIN: I have two words for anybody who wonder why Naomi Campbell could possibly still work. Kate Moss. I mean, just because you`re a bad boy or a bad girl, doesn`t mean you are unmarketable.
SHELTON: Do you want to say something?
CALLIER: (UNINTELLIGIBLE) on Naomi?
SHELTON: Sure.
HAMMER: Naomi, if you are out there, we at SHOWBIZ TONIGHT want you to listen up. We beg you, please, stop the madness. It`s for your own good.
CALLIER: We don`t want to see you go to jail.
SHELTON: No.
CALLIER: You can`t get your hair done.
SHELTON: You really can`t. Or your nails.
CALLIER: No, no, no. Not good skin care in there.
SHELTON: No exfoliating.
CALLIER: No, no. Stop it.
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HAMMER (on camera): Okay, well, Naomi is going to need to hire a scheduler -- that is, of course, if anybody would actually take a job with her without hazard pay. Her date book is filling up past. She`s going to have to appear in front of a judge here for the New York charges against her. And now she has a court date for this latest incident, and that date is in December.
ANDERSON: A.J., it`s clear that Naomi has not learned from her past mistakes. So we want to find out where does this not so model behavior come from.
With us tonight in Hollywood, Roshumba Williams, model and author of "The Complete Idiot`s Guide to Being a Model." Roshumba, good to see you again.
ROSHUMBA WILLIAMS, MODEL: Thanks so much, Brooke.
ANDERSON: Of course, now, you grew up with Naomi.
WILLIAMS: Yes.
ANDERSON: You and she entered the business around the same time. You literally met on a runway.
WILLIAMS: Yes.
ANDERSON: Can you give us some insight as to why she acts so angry so often?
WILLIAMS: Well, Naomi and I basically met at a fashion show in Paris for Eason Laurent (ph), back in the early 90s. And at that time she wasn`t the Naomi Campbell that we know today.
But if you look at her family history, first of all, she comes from a broken home -- which many of us do, and that`s not an excuse. And she didn`t really have a lot of discipline growing up. I mean, her father wasn`t there, her mother was an artist. And she had basically raised herself. And she started in the industry so young, I think about 14 or 15 years old.
ANDERSON: Very young.
WILLIAMS: And, I mean, you take that young age, not a very strong family background, and you add accolades of money and fame and men cherishing you and being able to get away with so many things, plus her own admitted drug use, and wow, I mean, you`ve got what`s happening today.
ANDERSON: Yes, being catered and coddled for so long.
Did you ever see her exhibit unsteady behavior or an angry temperament when she just lost it on people?
WILLIAMS: Well, I haven`t personally seen her do anything of that nature. I mean, obviously, it`s going on, but she`s not behaved in a negative way towards me because we have a really good working relationship as well as personal relationship together, so I have not seen it. But, I mean, something is going on, and I really do think it has a lot more to do with her background.
ANDERSON: You know, a lot of young girls try to emulate those that they see in the fashion industry.
WILLIAMS: True.
ANDERSON: Here you`ve got Naomi Campbell and, as Harvey Levin mentioned in the piece, you`ve also got Kate Moss. Beautiful women, really expressing some alleged ugly behavior. You know, the smacking people over the head with phones and then the reported drug use. It seems to be a really unhealthy industry.
WILLIAMS: Well, I cover that in my book, "The Complete Idiot`s Guide to Being a Model." I`m doing the second edition. And in the second edition, I really touch on a lot of it.
In one way, it`s very sad that this is happening, and ort of Naomi Campbell is sort of the poster child for the bad behavior. But this is not new to the industry. It`s just kind of coming out now that the industry does cater to not the most healthy lifestyle.
And as a parent, I think it`s good that you get a chance to see that it`s not all glamour, glitz, runway and high heels. There is a side of the industry that`s very dark. There are drugs that exist, there are playboys. There are a lot of things that don`t necessarily nurture or create a positive human being.
But at the same time, it`s kind of sad for Naomi that she`s the person who`s, you know, you know, out there.
ANDERSON: Who`s putting a spotlight on all the problems.
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WILLIAMS: But it does happen. It`s been happening forever.
ANDERSON: What message does it send? Someone who allegedly assaults people over and over and has gotten away with it thus far. Kate moss, the reported drug use, and then she`s more successful than ever. $17 million in endorsements now.
WILLIAMS: True.
ANDERSON: What kind of message is that sending? It`s scary.
WILLIAMS: Well, Brooke, the truth is, the fashion industry is not law enforcement. If a person is doing something illegal, it`s up to law enforcement to make sure that they pay the consequences for their behavior. And the fashion industry is a very elitist group of people behind the velvet rope, who make beautiful clothes, who do beautiful things and just and create an illusion and an image for people to want to copy and to follow.
And for young girls, that`s not a good thing because they see wonderful shows like "America`s Next Top Model," and they`re dreaming of all the glamour and glitz. But you have to have a really strong foundation, and you have to be a solid person to begin with.
ANDERSON: As you seem to be. And it`s very impressive that you have stayed grounded with a good head on your shoulders. Very frightening, though, that there are so many impressionable young girls who see these things.
We are going to have to wrap it up there, though. Rashumba Williams, great to see you.
WILLIAMS: Thank you so much, Brooke.
ANDERSON: And the second edition of "The Complete Idiot`s Guide to Becoming a Model" is due out in February 2007.
And now we want to hear what you think about it. It is our SHOWBIZ TONIGHT question of the day. Naomi Campbell arrested again. Should she be banned from working in the United States? Vote at cnn.com/showbiztonight. Send us an e-mail at showbiztonight@cnn.com.
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Startling new words from the father of the baby boy Madonna wants to adopt. And SHOWBIZ TONIGHT is the only entertainment news show in Africa with the latest developments. That`s next.
HAMMER: Also, it`s the nasty SHOWBIZ TONIGHT divorce court. We are talking charges of porn, abuse, drugs. The show down, as Country Star Sara Evans faces her husband.
And the shocking new allegations in the ugly David Hasselhoff split.
We`ve also got this.
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TARA REED: I need to get my body in tiptop shape. And I need -- this is what I need to do. And unfortunately (UNINTELLIGIBLE), the surgery came out terrible.
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ANDERSON: One star`s very scary story about her plastic surgery. Is Hollywood making people fixated on fixing themselves? SHOWBIZ TONIGHT with a disturbing look at beauty junkies.
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HAMMER: Well, hello. Welcome back to SHOWBIZ TONIGHT, TV`s most provocative entertainment news show.
I`m A.J. Hammer in New York.
Time now for a story that made us say, "That`s ridiculous!" Talk about using your assets to get votes. Listen to this. I`d like to you meet 32-year-old Loretta Nall. She is a write-in candidate in the Alabama governor`s race. She`s not shy about using her breasts to get voters to check off her name come election day. That`s right. You heard me correctly. I will not repeat myself.
She`s selling these t-shirts that`s say, more of these boobs, with a picture of her cleavage, and then it says, less of these boobs, with pictures of the candidates she`s running against.
All right. Nall`s platform happens to include legalizing marijuana and not complying with Patriot Act. Need a little bit of her background. Cleavage, using your cleavage to make a boob out of your opponents, now that`s ridiculous.
ANDERSON: Now, more stunning developments in the Madonna adoption mess. And SHOWBIZ TONIGHT is the only entertainment news show right on the ground in Africa, where all this is going down.
Tonight, the father of the baby boy Madonna is trying to adopt is telling human rights groups to leave him and his son alone. Yohane Banda is afraid that all the fuss they are causing will make Madonna mad, give up the adoption and bring the boy back to Malawi.
He says, "These so-called human rights activist are harassing me every day, threatening me that I am not aware of what I am doing. I`m afraid David may be sent back and the orphanage may not even accept him back. So where will he end up? Here? He will certainly die. I hid from them. I didn`t want to see them. They want me to support their court case, a thing I cannot do for I know what I agreed with."
These adoption groups are angry. They think Madonna skirted laws because she`s a celebrity.
SHOWBIZ TONIGHT, the only entertainment news show in Malawi, CNN`s Koinange joins us now from Malawi -- Jeff.
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JEFF KOINANGE, CNN CORRESPONDENT: We managed to track down Yohane Banda all the way to his sister`s village, about seven kilometers from where he lives. He`s been hiding out from the world`s press for about a couple of days now, saying that they are hounding him. He`s tired of the controversy. He wants to set the record straight. He insists that Madonna can raise his son any way she can. He also insists that he was pressured by various civil society groups to say that he didn`t understand the fine print. He does understand it. He wants what`s best for his son and he insists Madonna will be the best person to raise her new son.
He intends to go to the high court in Malawi on Friday to tell the judge that this case should be thrown out and that Madonna is free to raise her son the way she wants to.
Jeff Koinange, CNN, Ajojo (ph) Village, in western Malawi.
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ANDERSON: And that baby boy is so beautiful. CNN`s Jeff Koinange will continue to follow this story in Malawi for SHOWBIZ TONIGHT, the only entertainment news show right there in the African country where all of this is happening.
HAMMER: Now onto the nasty SHOWBIZ TONIGHT divorce court showdowns. "Baywatch" Star David Hasselhoff and his wife, and Country Star Sara Evans and her husband.
Evans and Hubby Craig Schelske are appearing in court in this video you`re looking at here in Nashville today. Looking a bit uncomfortable and awkward. They were forced to sit next to each other. Not so great. The judge made some surprising rulings regarding their very public split.
So tonight, we take to you showbiz divorce court. Presiding over it, "Court TV" Anchor, the Honorable Ashleigh Banfield. No gavel in hand, but will do fine just the same.
ASHLEIGH BANFIELD, "COURT TV" ANCHOR: Pressure is on.
HAMMER: Yes, the pressure is on.
All right, let`s talk about one of the more sensational charges in the Sara Evans divorce case, which is that she is saying that her husband slept with their nanny, her former best friend, co-president of her fan club. She was right here on SHOWBIZ TONIGHT, denying that affair the other night. But the judge actually made a ruling regarding the nanny today, didn`t he?
BANFIELD: Well, Craig had a motion in court saying I want that name removed from all of the court paperwork. And that was agreed upon. So, for what that`s worth. I mean, it doesn`t really necessarily mean there was anything, but it is at least what they have agreed to do, take her name of the documents.
HAMMER: So maybe she doesn`t have to continue to go around trying to clear her name if it`s not in there.
All right, but let`s talk about some of the other sensational allegations, because they are wild. Pictures of him having sex with other people is what Sara Evans says he has on the computer, that he was into pornography. In court they agreed to make it a little more civil, because thus far it really hasn`t been at all.
BANFIELD: No. And there are three kids involved here too. It`s been very public. So, obviously they have tried to do something and they did accomplish a lot. They have agreed not to air their dirty laundry in public anymore. That`s probably the best thing. They`ve agreed to psychological testing. They`ve agreed not to physically or verbally abuse each other anymore. They have agreed not to use excessive alcohol. He`s agreed to find somewhere else to live. They are going to agree on some kind of a visitation plan. And they are going to split about a quarter million dollars that`s in a joint account.
Each has accused the other of having affairs. Where they are going to go with that, I don`t know.
HAMMER: So this should quiet down though a bit because basically it`s kind of like a gag order, and so they will effectively be in contempt of court if they violate any of this, any of the judge`s rulings?
BANFIELD: So to speak, especially with that we agree not to air our dirty laundry.
HAMMER: All right. Well let`s move on to something indeed that has not been civil and could stand a ruling like that one. David Hasselhoff, Pamela Bach. This thing has been nasty. Salacious details of this divorce now somehow leaking out.
Listen to some of the things that Hasselhoff is saying in his allegations, that his wife was intoxicated or on drugs during their daughter`s birthday party and that she used cocaine. And Bach has claimed physical abuse from Hasselhoff.
Now, this stuff is not supposed to get out there, Ashleigh.
BANFIELD: No, it really isn`t. And we are not sure exactly how it happened -- 66 pages worth of all of this dirty stuff. Hasselhoff`s people are saying this is an accident of the court. This was something that was in a private pleading. It made its way into public domain. He says he feels horrible about this and that it only hurts their children. She, through her attorney, says this was all a direct attempt to sully my name and besmirch my character.
HAMMER: I don`t see how this helps anybody because bad stuff is being said about both of them here.
BANFIELD: It is. But I think if you look through all 66 pages, I think she comes out the loser here. I mean, he talks about a telephone conversation in which she claimed, I`m not going to be another O.J. Simpson situation. I`m not going to let you kill me.
HAMMER: Wow.
BANFIELD: It`s ugly. And then there`s more conversations whereby he accuses -- and I hate to bring up nanny again, but A.J., it`s another nanny story. He accuses her of being crazy about their nanny and suggesting that this nanny is going to replace her as wife and mother. I mean, it just sounds a lot the same.
HAMMER: And again, stuff we`re not even supposed to know.
Ashleigh Banfield, from "Court TV," thank you so much. This is certainly ugly.
Well coming up, addicted to plastic surgery. Tonight, SHOWBIZ TONIGHT has the controversial question to ask, is Hollywood actually making people fixated on fixing themselves?
We`ve also got this.
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TARA REED: I need to get my body in tiptop shape. And I need -- this is what I need to do. And unfortunately (UNINTELLIGIBLE), the surgery came out terrible.
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ANDERSON: Tara Reed`s very scary story about her breast implants and liposuction.
SHOWBIZ TONIGHT, with a disturbing look at junkies, the beauty junkies.
HAMMER: And the Dixie Chicks` President Bush bashing controversy. Of course they dissed him on the war in Iraq. And they`re still not ready to make nice. But will these country gals actually be heading to Iraq themselves? They set the record straight with me when I go one on one with the band.
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HAMMER: Well, it looks like NBC is trying to recreate its magic of must see TV on Thursday nights. The peacock network is moving "30 Rock" to Thursdays, "Scrubs" also coming back. The loser here is John Lithgow and Jeffrey Tambor`s comedy, "20 Good Years." It`s only been on for two bad weeks. And it was critically panned as well. So it`s being yanked after November 8th. No word yet on when it will return, if ever.
So beginning November 30th, here`s what you are going to see on NBC Thursdays. "My Name is Earl" at 8:00, followed by "The Office" at 8:30, "Scrubs" at 9:00, "30 Rock" at 9:30, and then "E.R." at 10:00. Of course, you remember NBC used to own Thursdays with "Friends," "Seinfeld," and "Cheers."
ANDERSON: Addicted to plastic surgery. Tonight, SHOWBIZ TONIGHT, with a controversial question. Is Hollywood making people fixated on fixing themselves?
Plus we have got this.
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TARA REED: I need to get my body in tiptop shape. And I need -- this is what I need to do. And unfortunately (UNINTELLIGIBLE), the surgery came out terrible.
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HAMMER: Tara Reed`s very scary story about her breast implants and liposuction. SHOWBIZ TONIGHT has a disturbing look at the beauty junkies, coming up.
ANDERSON: And the Dixie Chicks` President Bush bashing controversy. We go one on one with the country gals, coming up.
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