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Tuesday, November 18, 2008
Katt Williams “erratic,” under doctor’s care
Comedian and actor Katt Williams is under the care of a doctor after police in Sumter, S.C., where Williams has relatives, were called regarding his “suspicious behavior,” according to a report by TheItem.com in Sumter.
The report quoted Sumter Police Department Maj. Perry Herod as confirming that police responded to a call about Williams on Friday morning at the Mount Vernon Inn.
“And officers did talk with him, and then my understanding is he went on his own to Tuomey Hospital,” Herod said. The hospital would not provide any information on whether Williams was treated there.
MTV.com posted this statement from Williams’ spokesperson Yvette Shearer: “Following an arduous 300 shows and an 18-month touring schedule that left him incredibly fatigued, Katt, a veteran of MTV’s ‘Wild ‘N Out,’ felt compelled to be with his family in an effort to deal with his stress. While doing so, he is under a doctor’s care.”
Speculation that Williams’ behavior had become erratic intensified last month after he didn’t show for a scheduled appearance as host of the BET Hip-Hop Awards at the Atlanta Civic Center. Atlanta rapper T-Pain, who wound up filling in for Williams, said on the red carpet — and on the show — that he was called at 4 a.m. the morning of the show with the request to be Williams’ replacement.
That no-show led to a wild assortment of rumors — that Williams had lost the opportunity to host the show in a break-dance contest with T-Pain; that he had disappeared after a fight with his girlfriend; that he had been arrested. No one apparently ever confirmed any of the rumors.
The Atlanta episode was among a series of missed shows and rumors of bizarre behavior regarding Williams.
TheItem.com quoted Sumter attorney Garryl Deas as saying that Williams came to his office after his encounter with police. “He just said that he doesn’t trust anyone anymore,” Deas told TheItem.com. He said he thought everyone has turned against him. He wasn’t really coherent.”
According to TheItem.com, Deas said Williams complained about rumors that Williams had vanished — because of his failure to make some engagements — and especially about a persistent rumor that he had been killed in a plane crash.
Deas told TheItem.com that Williams’ family was seeking an order from a probate judge to force Williams to have a mental evaluation. Sumter Probate Judge Dale Atkinson, however, said neither he nor any of his staff issued a pickup order for anyone by the name of Katt Williams.
Earlier this month, Williams was arrested on a gun possession charge. Williams was born in Cincinnati and raised in Dayton.
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Scarlett dishes on girl kisses, Lindsay’s hate
The new issue of Allure is all about Scarlett, who is by turns flattered and confused . First, Ms. Johansson says she has no idea why Lindsay Lohan seems to hate her.
“I really don’t know that person. I only met her, like, three times,” she said. It’s been widely reported that Lohan wrote a vulgar comment about Johansson on a New York City bathroom stall, like 2 1/2 years ago. “That’s what I heard,” Johansson says of the incident. “I don’t know what the motivation was behind that. I remember it was something really vulgar—I mean, shockingly so, like, ‘Whoa, what, who are you?’ ”
On a nicer note, Johansson is pleased to learn that Katy Perry’s “I Kissed a Girl” song was written about her.
“I had no idea [about the song]; I should get a cut!” Johansson says. “That’s flattering, but my lips are kind of taken.” Johansson recently married actor Ryan Reynolds, but she doesn’t want to reveal too much about their relationship and how they met.
“Nobody knows,” she says. “It’s private. It’s our story.”
As is, she said, the story behind the tattoo on her forearm. “It’s kind of personal,” the star says. “It’s a sunrise, and it makes me happy when I look at it.”
