Friday, July 1, 2011

To Catch A Hypocrite

I don't source the National Enquirer as being too credible, but with other news organizations picking it up, I have to believe that it's accurate - perv baiter Chris "To Catch a Predator" Hansen has been played at his own schtick.

Hansen (51) has allegedly been having an affair with Florida journalist Kristyn Caddell (30) for the last four months, and last week the two were secretly filmed . His night ended at her Palm Beach apartment (bang!). Hidden cameras tracked the couple as they arrived at the Ritz-Carlton hotel for dinner, and later drove back to her apartment.  The pair left together carrying luggage, the following day.

Though spending time in South Florida investigating the disappearance of James 'Jimmy T' Trindade, Hansen has apparently also been investigating the privates of Kristyn Caddell. I hope it's true, just for the irony. Ah, if only she was 17...

2 comments:

Keir said...

"Shtick" is the bon mot to describe his 'work' on TCAP, a show I have to admit to being addicted to. Whenever I go to bed hating life and feeling miserable for myself, this is just the ticket. Hansen kept prefacing the trial by humiliation as the latest set of his "investigations" which seem to involve little more than having a bunch of vigilantes pose as 13 year olds to entrap people through false pretences and do all the work whilst he then emerges from the shadows, reads the transcript provided to him, repeats whatever the suspect says with a measured tone of sarcasm, and then asks penetrating questions such as "Help me understand- what were you thinking?" (Um, they wanted to have sex with a young girl usually legal enough to get married in Italy). We established this the first series). He then asks them to spill their guts, all on national TV, before having them leave to be violently taken down by 20 obese bubbas wearing police uniforms (or fake tree costumes). Of course, there are no lawyers present and they admit everything without any trouble with Miranda whilst every word is recorded. What is shown on TV is heavily edited to limit embarrassment for Hansen and play up the goon-factor for the masses.
I write all this after having recently seen an interview with him by ABC or some such competitor and he was completely unconvincing about the sober merits of his show.

Keir said...

UPDATE: Apparently Hansen sent explicit photos of himself to this woman "and is now terrified they could be leaked." As a result, plans next month to have him named "Dateline" anchor have been dropped.