Las Vegas Weekly

April 1, 2010 · 5:12 PM

Strip Scribbles: Las Vegas TV star caught in sex scandal

By Robin Leach

The Strip.

Photo: Tom Donoghue/www.donoghuephotography.com

A TV star with strong Las Vegas ties was involved in one of the wildest showbiz stories I’ve ever heard, and, believe me, I’ve heard many of them. I thought I’d heard everything until this one! It’s way too explosive and scandalous to identify all the players, but if you can guess the identities, then the next time you see me and tell me who everybody is, the champagne is on me.

The story starts with a singer who became embroiled in an embarrassing incident involving a racial slur. A fast fade from popularity resulted in the unkindest form of notoriety. How better to solve that problem by marrying a major sports star and at the same time prove his status as a ladies’ man -- even though he isn’t! How to end a marriage and leave all parties convinced that their reputations are intact?

Voila! Catch the new husband in a one-night-only compromising situation with a couple of ladies rather than his preferred partners. Then fly to L.A. pretending to be in shock that the marriage had gone kaput and wind up being consoled by our friend from Las Vegas.

“Mr. Las Vegas” (no, it’s not Wayne Newton!) was there for her in her time of need, and gossip writers promptly linked them together -- and the heat was off all concerned. The master planner of this elaborate scheme, which everybody swallowed, now plans to bring the singer under his management wing and make her the co-host of his new TV show launching here this summer.

I know it’s April Fools Day, but I assure you that this story is completely true.

*America’s Got Talent finalist 75-year-old Grandma Lee will headline the month of May uncensored and uncut at Bonkerz Comedy Club in Palace Station. After the NBC show, Grandma Lee appeared in America’s Got Talent Live hosted by Jerry Springer at Planet Hollywood. “We’re so excited to have Grandma Lee at Bonkerz for all of May,” Bonkerz owner Joe Sanfelippo said in a press release. “It’s a great chance for her fans to see her in an intimate venue and hear the jokes she couldn’t do on TV.”

*Who better than The Amazing Johnathan to turn to for advice on the world’s best practical jokes. He’s written a 123-page book titled Every Trick in the Book -- and it does! A.J., who stars nightly at the Harmon Theater alongside Planet Hollywood’s Miracle Mile, has nailed down pranks from bad to worse and from messy to frightful.

STAR SURVEILLANCE

Numb3rs star Rob Morrow had a night out with his daughter at Viva Elvis at Aria last night. Rob’s friend and his three children joined them. Rob is an Elvis fan and recently wrapped filing The Good Doctor in L.A. with Lisa Marie Presley’s daughter Riley Keough.

TONIGHT'S TIPS

Actress turned rocker Juliette Lewis headlines an industry night performance at Haze in MGM CityCenter’s Aria. … Celebrity blogger Perez Hilton celebrates his birthday at Tao’s Worship party in The Venetian with a tweet-up and sounds by DJ Five. … Motocross star and tattoo entrepreneur Carey Hart presents Cash’d Out in his Wasted Space at the Hard Rock Hotel. … The Venetian Poker Room welcomes the return of the 2010 Deep Stack Extravaganza series, with DES II running April 1-26. While no-limit is the primary game, DES also offers PLO, Omaha H/L and HORSE events. Single table satellites will be held everyday from 8 a.m. to 2 a.m.

TOMORROW’S TEASES

We’re getting ready for another incredible weekend of parties on the Strip with reality TV star Audrina Patridge at MGM’s Wet Republic and British singing sensation Leona Lewis at Pure in Caesars Palace. Plus, boxers Bernard Hopkins and Roy Jones Jr. settle an old score in a middleweight bout at Mandalay Bay, and Peepshow’s platinum perfect Holly Madison auctions off not only her Holly’s World co-star Laura Croft, but also nine other Las Vegas bachelorettes.

Robin Leach has been a journalist for more than 50 years and has spent the past decade giving readers the inside scoop on Las Vegas, the world’s premier platinum playground.

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