WHO'S THE STALKER?

From the Vaults!

Emily Gould's performance on "Larry King Dead" was notorious. She was called a little girl caught in the headlights, an idiot with her overly-mobile mouth and eyes.

Seems clear she was unprepared for the question, she was nervous, and she was 24, for Christ's sake (although her little bouncy hairdo didn't help-- she looked even younger). It didn't help she was piled on by the panel, although she was able to get in a few clear and coherent words.

Bloggers and responders ripped her a new a-hole, but luckily that human colostomy bag, Jimmy Kimmel, was there to stop the overflow. Kimmel wanted her there because he was pissed Gawker noted an occasion when he was drunk. His defense? "I was with youngsters and elderly adults!" Oh, of course-- I never get drunk around the elderly, either. And never babies, not cute little babies!

It's also hilarious to note his get-up-- the Larry King signature white collar and suspenders. Is the guest host obligated to dress as the host? He should have worn a death mask.

It seems strange the other hosts are talking about celebrity murders by crazed fans as though they're so common. Who was the last-- Selena? And that was before the internet.

What's the appropriate response? Perhaps it's not the system that facilitates information, but the society that doesn't care for its mentally ill, or allows guns to be purchased so readily. Or the ambulance chaser mentally that goes after not the insane (and penniless) perpetrator, but the rich institution that somehow enabled him.

Strange, too, the topic is about celebrities feeling endangered by unhinged fans-- and yet Kimmel's personal gripe is that his sobriety was questioned. Shit bag.