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'Arrested Development' star arrested By Lex Goldman, Entertainment correspondent
March 25, 2008--Police say Hollywood actress Portia de Rossi was tousled and disoriented when they apprehended the former “Arrested Development” star outside Rockefeller Plaza Saturday morning. De Rossi was wearing burlap and sporting a recently shaved head when she threatened political commentator Chris Matthews from a crowd gathered outside NBC Studios for a taping of the Today Show. Witnesses said the actress appeared to be angered by Matthews’ well-publicized appearance on Ellen DeGeneres’ talk show Wednesday. De Rossi and DeGeneres have been domestic partners since 2005. During DeGeneres’ show, Matthews clumsily danced with the host, draped his arm around her neck and playfully fondled her tiny breast before dropping her to the floor. DeGeneres laughed off the episode during the show but a drunken De Rossi caused a commotion at the Laugh Factory in Los Angeles late that night. “She was shouting, stupid stuff like ‘Spay the sprayer,’” longtime DeGeneres friend Sandra Bernhard told Entertainment Tonight. “She had scissors.” De Rossi’s whereabouts were unknown Thursday and Friday but she reappeared Saturday pushing her way to the front of the Today Show crowd then shouting on camera, “Matthews will be ‘Dancing with the Scars.’” As popular weatherman Al Roker approached the actress, she held up the scissors and screamed, “Here’s what’s happening in the folds of your neck!” De Rossi, best known for her role as ditzy Lindsay Fünke on “Arrested Development,” is scheduled to appear before a New York City magistrate Monday. The award-winning comedy about the dysfunctional Bluth family ran on Fox from 2003 to 2006. “Portia’s got some range as an actress but her true claim to fame is she’s one good-looking lesbian,” said Jeffrey Tambor, who played family patriarch George Bluth, Sr. on the show. “She doesn’t wear flannel, yet she doesn’t like men. I’ve always thought of her as a somewhat tragic figure.” The News Lampoon--Twisted News, Humor & Satire
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