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Former Access Hollywood host Pat O’Brien was in Iowa recently, communing with the common folk, when he had a revelation: the average Iowan couldn’t care less about entertainment shows like The Insider and ET. Upon his return, O’Brien wrote an email to the staff of both shows telling them just that. He writes: ”I was approached a hundred times by people asking, ‘Can you help us?’ I tried to tell them we care, but they didn’t buy it. They wanted to, but watching Anya and Lara [Spencer] pick out accessories makes the viewers want to vomit.” He adds, “I’ll get killed for this, but I’m actually the one not afraid for my job. I want people to be happy.”

You may remember O’Brien from the series of sexually explicit voicemails that were leaked in 2005. He’d left a string of cringe-inducing messages on a woman’s voicemail. Listen to them here.

The object of his affection was never revealed, but the messages were played on The Howard Stern Show and across the internet. O’Brien entered rehab for alcoholism and substance abuse and later returned to The Insider as a correspondent. He was in rehab again in 2008. His righteous email seems to signal that he’s suddenly turned serious journalist, or more likely, he’s off the wagon. According to reports, he’s also out of a job. A rep for the show confirmed to Page Six that O’Brien had been fired.

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