Katherine Lester, Dieter’s Gay Pride Debacle, Lauren Harris from Blender and DJ Jazzy Jim’s secret delivery
Katherine Lester, the 17 year old Michigan native who attempted to run away to the middle east, has been a frequent topic of discussion on the show as of late. Katherine met Abdullah Jimzawi, a 20 year old man on social networking site Myspace.com. Katherine told her parents she wanted to go to Canada to get a passport, then attempted to fly over to the West Bank to meet up with Abdullah but was stopped in Jordan and sent back.
Katherine Lester appeared on Good Morning America with her father and step-mother. A taped segment from Jimzawi was played and Katherine began to weep. She responded with:
It’s true, I love you. That’s all I can say.
Her father, Terry Lester, says that at first they tried to shelter Katherine from Jimzawi who she chats with on internet phone for five hours a day. Terry now says that they are truly in love and that they should be together. Rover was not a fan of Terry’s comment. Rover remarked that Katherine needs to “get porked”. While I’m not sure that is true, I’m sure we can all relate to being young and in love. It would be a shame if her parents let her move over there and possibly ruin her life.
Dieter gave an update on his mission to keep a 10 year old boy who lives in his apartment from going to the Gay Pride Parade yesterday in Chicago. Dieter said he had been out late drinking on Saturday night. He woke up Sunday morning and put on his Emilio Estevez / Billie the Kid halloween outfit, complete with assless chaps. He walked down to the apartment with the kid lives with his mother. The mother answered the door and after telling Dieter that her son was still going to the parade, Dieter turned around and flexed his butt checks, showing the mother his bare ass. The mother proceeded to call the police, who arrived at the same time as the father (who was taking the boy to the parade). Dieter was cuffed and taken out of the building. The officer drove him around the block and told him that he was doing a good thing although he might be going about it the wrong way. Dieter was not arrested but the kid did go to the parade.
Lauren Harris, editor from Blender magazine, was on the show this morning. She went over several of the big concerts coming to Chicago this summer. These included the Warped Tour, Lollapalooza and Ozzfest. Lauren said she thought the Warped Tour, which is going to include Joan Jett, would be the biggest concert this summer. That surprised me, I went to Lollapalooza a couple years ago and it was great. There were tons of great bands and a great atmosphere.
DJ Jazzy Jim was supposed to make a “secret delivery” this morning. Rover called him with only about 15-20 minutes left in the show. Jim was already supposed to be in position (which is 5-10 minutes from the studio). Instead, Jim said he was still 10 minutes away. This is the exact same thing that happened when he went on the hunt for Brian Peppers. Jim said he had forgotten the package when he left the studio the first time. He then stopped and ate a bagel because he thought he had extra time. Maybe he can make the delivery tomorrow.