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By Acheron April 26, 2001 11:50 AM
(Fox) After his most recent drug bust, Robert Downey Jr. got the axe from the producer of the "Ally McBeal" show. ?I guess after the fifth(?) arrest, "they really meant it this time."
Downey was picked up by a cop in Culver City, California, and was taken in for being under the influence. ?He was detained a few hours, issued a citation, and was then released to his patrol agent. ?He'll be appearing in court (again) on May 4.
According to Emmy winning producer, David E. Kelley, they had planned to have a few more episodes with Downey, but are now calling those off.
Up until this last arrest, Kelley had been supportive of Downey. ?
"Robert is a unique talent and a very special person," Kelley said in the statement. "And we wish him the best and hope for his full recovery."
On the show, Robert Downey Jr. played Ally's (Calista Flockhart) boyfriend. ?The role got Downey Jr. a Golden Globe, and helped boost Fox's TV ratings.
According to the reports, he didn't go back to jail, as he could have had to. ?Instead, he checked himself in to drug rehab. ?No word on whether he'll have to go back to the slammer.
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LESS THAN ZERO 
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Posted by Mets Fan (mimibobo23@hotmail.com) on April 25, 2001 6:59 AM
Now wonder ROBERT DOWNEY JR. portrayed the junky in "LESS THAN ZERO". He just had to show up for work and be himself. He should focus on his recovery, and hopefully does some serious time in prison, before he worries about his career or celebrity status.
RE: LESS THAN ZERO reply
Posted by A random shemp (No Email) on April 25, 2001 8:24 AM
he sould not have to do seious time for using drugs.That is a personal problem.He should be just put in rehab.People who use drug have a psyclogical problem called addiction.IT happens when a person use an addictive drug.It become imbeaded in there head that they must use.So i see it as a illness not a crime.Going to jail and having to spend your time with a murder is not the solution to the problem.Because in most cases durg widley availble in jail more so than you know.So he should be put in rehab not jail.i dispise people like you who think people should go to jail for using drugs.People like you is the reason more things aren't being done to help people who use drugs.
RE: No Pity reply
Posted by 100% AMERICAN (hellskitchen_@hotmail.com) on April 25, 2001 8:39 AM
Recently this thesbian scaled the facade of his neighbors house climbed into the infants room, and was found sleeping in the infants crib. Thank Heavens the child was not in there at the time. I understand why you think living with terrible people will not rehab him or help him stop, but how many times must the State stop this addict from doing things which are incredibly dangerous. All drug users started doing drugs at some point, and I doubt this guy was forced into doing them. He wasn't a crack baby. He started doing drugs as a child, by his own free will. Enough of this pity crap, this guy was under the influence in public, not alone in his home or in a secure area. He deserves what he gets.
RE: RE: No Pity reply
Posted by A random shemp (No Email) on April 25, 2001 9:24 AM
Now there's the truth.
RE: RE: No Pity reply
Posted by halocybercafe (halocyber@hotmail.com) on April 25, 2001 9:41 AM
there is pity, then there is sympathy, and after that there is ignorance.... if you don't know what you speak of... maybe you should shut it and pray to god your not in his shoes. With the idiot drug laws in this country, there is no such thing as re-hab, only methods of lining the pockets of the corporation known as the correctional institute...the only thing they 'correct' is the balance sheet they reap from the taxpayers. He will be lucky to see 40 as a free man....what a waste of life
RE: those with weak wills reply
Posted by 100% AMERICAN (hellskitchen_@hotmail.com) on April 25, 2001 10:51 AM
I don't have to pray to any god I'm not in his shoes. When I was told drugs were bad for me in 1st grade, I became educated, that's all I needed to know.
I've had well over a dozen friends over the years battle with addiction from Booze to Coke, and all of are now clean. Thanks in large part to the rehabs they attended.
This man has been to rehab before, and prison. In his instance its a matter of having weak will-power. I can honestly say, I feel for anyone in that situation, but the moment this man took his drugs in a public area, instead of his home, and therefore becomes a menace to society ( just like Driving Drunk, or passing out in a babies bed ). He made the choice...he could have taken his narcotics in a secure area, but chose instead to endanger others. F*CK HIM.
RE: RE: those with weak wills reply
Posted by Mets Fan (mimibobo23@hotmail.com) on April 25, 2001 11:41 AM
I know all about addiction, but he has had many chances to clean up. He's now a known menace to society, he uses the cry of addiction for pity. Bullshyt, enough is enough! Although, I do agree his oncoming problems that it is truly a waste of life.
RE: RE: RE: those with weak wills reply
Posted by FredHater (fred_hater@hotmail.com) on April 25, 2001 2:04 PM
He's an idiot. Do your drugs at home, why do you want to risk other people's lives?
They really should have separate facilities for non-violent criminals. Why would you expose people who have not harmed others to that kind of danger? I think its unfair, if you broke the law you deserve to go to jail (even if some laws are probably unfair, its the law of the land we love) but you don't deserve to fear for your life or your rectum on a daily basis.
I know I will catch hell for the logistics, but its my opinion.
RE: LESS THAN ZERO reply
Posted by A random shemp (No Email) on April 25, 2001 3:26 PM
I totaly agree with this Mr. Downey Jr. is a complete screw up. He has all of his priorities invested in everything but his recovery.
RE: Downey Jr. Fired From reply
Posted by A random shemp (No Email) on April 25, 2001 6:08 PM
I don't think that firing him is going to help. I feel that he needs support not people trying to keep him down. He will eventually get it straight.
RE: RE: Downey Jr. Fired From reply
Posted by A random shemp (No Email) on April 25, 2001 8:04 PM
going to rehad on several occations obviously isn't working for him. No one knows what he personally is going through in his life. Only he knows why he keeps falling. But there are those who will be there to pick him up. Not catch him, He doesn't need that. But a good support sytem and therapy. Something else must be going on to make all those trips to reheb useless.
RE: RE: RE: No Pity reply
Posted by pellis214 (No Email) on April 25, 2001 11:15 PM
The comment about what a waste of a life was true...only Robert Downey Jr. is the one wasting his own life. He's a great actor. He was fantastic in Chaplin and I've enjoyed him in Ally McBeal. However, he's been given more than enough chances to clean up his act and has thrown all of them away. Let's be honest: If Robert Downey Jr. wasn't a famous actor, but instead Robert the bus driver, then he wouldn't have had all these chances. After about the 2nd time, he would have been doing serious jail time. He's been getting by on his celebrity. Because he's famous, the star-struck judges let him off with a slap on the wrist or rehab. Because he's a celebrity, he's also getting easy access to these same drugs as soon as he's on his own again.
Many people today also assign the term "sickness" to far too many problems in society. People who drink excessively and/or drink and drive have an "illness." People who abuse drugs are "victims." Smokers bear no responsibility for inhaling 1 or 2 packs a day worth of carcinogens...despite knowing the danger. This is ridiculous! People like Robert Downey Jr. are simply weak-willed. If they had more intestinal fortitude, then they wouldn't be hooked on whatever drug it is that's the source of their problems.
RE: RE: LESS THAN ZERO reply
Posted by A random shemp (No Email) on April 26, 2001 12:14 AM
The problem is our society keeps giving these drug-addicted losers 2nd, 3rd, 4th, and 5 chances to "get clean." Fox saw an opportunity to boost its ratings by getting a high profile actor to appear on Ally Mcbeal. All of the attention, good or bad did help boost the shows ratings. Why do you think the Yankees keep bringing Strawberry back? His skills left him 5 years ago, but he fills the stadium with fans and media. A nice long prison sentence will clean them up, look at Rick James.
RE: Downey Jr. Fired From reply
Posted by A random shemp (No Email) on April 26, 2001 5:12 AM
a junkie is a junkie is a junkie, hes no different then the crack whores, except hes got the $$$ to back his addiction
RE: RE: Downey Jr. Fired From reply
Posted by peacefrog (oneprimal@hotmail.com) on April 26, 2001 5:50 AM
does someone have to die before they lock his ass up for good? I hope its not an innocent bystandard
RE: LESS THAN ZERO reply
Posted by A random shemp (No Email) on April 26, 2001 7:17 AM
That is a cheep shot that movie was filmed over 10 years ago. how do you know what his state of mind was then? I think it's quite sad that such a talent has such enormus problems.
RE: Straw reply
Posted by 100% AMERICAN (hellskitchen_@hotmail.com) on April 26, 2001 7:59 AM
The Yanks stopped bringing Darryl back 2 years ago. They brought him back originaly due to the fact that he was an incredible hitter, and was a part of a team that treasured thier teamate and loved thier brother. Too bad it turned out the way it did, Strawberry was a great guy who gave away his 34 million to family, freinds, and unfortunately drug pushers, whores and other unsavory characters. He, like Downey has NO will power, and he threw away a life that most only dream of.
RE: RE: RE: Downey Jr. Fired From reply
Posted by TheUndeadChick (zombiebme@yahoo.com) on April 26, 2001 8:03 AM
I just wanted to comment to a post here that stated that an addiction is a psychological problem...that these people somehow have it in their heads that they must use. As if this is some kind of mental illness that is out of their hands. Please. Are YOU on crack?
If that were the case, even with a very small amount of will power, don't you think these addictions would be a hell of a lot easier to kick? While true, to a certain extent, these people are psychologically addicted, they are also (and mostly importantly) physiologically addicted. They physically withdraw when they don't have their particular drug of choice, which is a painful, harrowing, mighty damn uncomfortable thing to have happen.
Let's not equate this sort of thing with some sort of chemical imbalance in the brain.
RE: RE: LESS THAN ZERO reply
Posted by Mets Fan (mimibobo23@hotmail.com) on April 26, 2001 2:28 PM
DOWNEY JR admitted to using drugs since childhood. In an interview, he admitted to using while filming LESS THAN ZERO......So shove that in your crack pipe and smoke it.
RE: Downey Jr. Fired From reply
Posted by A random shemp (No Email) on April 26, 2001 3:27 PM
Push the cel door shut and throw away the key.
RE: Downey Jr. Fired From reply
Posted by A random shemp (No Email) on April 26, 2001 3:33 PM
Let's not let the criminal become the victim once again. Accountablity for ones actions is imperative. You can only control two things in your life.....actions and attitude. He can't seem to do even that correctly. I hope he gets charged for the meals he conumes in prison/jail. I am tired of underwriting high dollar criminals that get released to their 6/7 figure trust funds to get high again. Lock him up in general lock up and see if he "see the light" NO MERCY for this loser no matter how "talanted" he is.
RE: LESS THAN ZERO reply
Posted by flymetooz (flymetooz) on April 28, 2001 12:59 AM
It is always nice to have all the facts before saying nasty things about people. And in this case, none of you judgemental hypocrites know what you are talking about. Mr. Downey is Bi-Polar, he suffers from clinical depression. This is a real illness that effects the brain, not some bullsh*t excuse to be a bad boy. Jail time isn't going to help him, he needs real medical help to treat his illness. That is what they should be doing for him, not just drying him out, slapping him on the wrist and sending him on his way. He is an extremely talented actor and i for one find the whole situation very sad.
RE: Downey Jr. Fired From reply
Posted by bluepuff (no) on April 28, 2001 8:36 PM
I'm sorry to see Robert Downey Jr taking this path. I'm even sorrier to see him taken off Ally McBeal. That should be a blow to him as well as to the fans of the show. We'll have to check out the WB at this hour on MOndays!
RE: RE: RE: No Pity reply
Posted by wndtaz (accuse not excuse.com) on April 29, 2001 12:40 AM
your right, it is a shame not to mention the waste of a truly talented person. but the one thing that everyone agrees on is that, we choose our paths we may call it and illness or stupidity. but achoice nontheless. robert needs a support system and he needs disipline. drug addicts dont grow up during the time they use. so if he started at a young age then mentally and emotionly he is still whitin that frame of mind. dont judge him but dont enable him either. it has to start whitin himself or it will never change, he will never change. jail, death, aloness, whats the differnce. hes already in a prison of his own making. beleive me its worse than any jail human hands have built!
RE: LESS THAN ZERO reply
Posted by A random shemp (No Email) on April 29, 2001 5:17 AM
I guess you've been blessed enough not to know what it's like to have an addiction. I think you should be grateful for that because you'll never know the pain this man know's on a daily basis.I could be wrong because their has to be a reason that you feel the need to down someone else to make you feel better about yourself.
RE: RE: RE: Downey Jr. Fired From reply
Posted by A random shemp (No Email) on April 29, 2001 5:29 AM
This comment is exactly why we'll never win the WAR on drugs.Not enough money spent on education and too much on prison.I find it interesting that uninformed people feel the need to comment on a subject they obviously know nothing about.Addiction is a disease NOT lack of will power! If this idea makes you feel better about yourself because you think you have more will power than addicts maybe you should explore that.
RE: RE: Downey Jr. Fired From reply
Posted by A random shemp (No Email) on April 29, 2001 5:43 AM
Then you think we should spend $60,000 a year to prison him to what end? This mentality has created a prison system that saps our national resources and produces NOT one shread of return. I think so far he has harmed himself and those that love him but he hasn't posed any great threat to society. How much longer do you think we could afford to lock up people with a disease instead of putting our resources into finding a way to treat them. Addiction can't be cured by hiding the evidence of it away in our prison system. Wake Up America and face the problem don't turn your back because it's not you.Stop the denial that this is not a medical issue but a legal one because your sending good money after bad results.
RE: RE: LESS THAN ZERO reply
Posted by A random shemp (No Email) on April 29, 2001 9:11 AM
you might try a grmmar class
Less Than Zero reply
Posted by A random shemp (No Email) on April 29, 2001 10:16 AM
Looks like Robert's truly Julien and he needs Clay...
RE: RE: RE: LESS THAN ZERO reply
Posted by A random shemp (No Email) on April 29, 2001 3:51 PM
Oh, that was rich. Grmmar? Good one, buddy.
Robert is of great talent, however should not have special consideration just because he is an acting sensation.
I wish him the best.
RE: RE: Downey Jr. Fired From reply
Posted by A random shemp (No Email) on April 29, 2001 3:52 PM
I agree
RE: Downey Jr. Fired From reply
Posted by ibdreamy69 (ibdreamy69@yahoo.com) on April 30, 2001 10:00 AM
I just want to say that robert downey is a drug addict not a criminal and I do agree some of the things he has done are wrong but what he needs is medical care for his bi-polar status and then maybe he will stop self medicating. I know what I'm talking about because I've been there I to have had an addiction to herion and it was awful, lonely and painful. I fell into a downward spiral of shame and guilt. So to feel better I would do the only thing that worked for me to feel numb and that was Heroin. I feel for him and I hope he decides to get clean for himself because that is the only way he will.
RE: RE: RE: Downey Jr. Fired From reply
Posted by ibdreamy69 (ibdreamy69@yahoo.com) on April 30, 2001 10:10 AM
Thank you for your comment. I'm a drug addict and I have been treated like a criminal when all I really needed was help. Drug addiction is so ful of shame because we now we are not supposed to be doing what we are doing and it hurts to see our familys hurting. Shame , shame, and more shame until we just hate ourselfes and continue to self destruct. Prison does nothing for drug addiction but change us into even worse drug addicts. We give up on ourselves. I'm a young single mother of two babies and I'm clean now, thanks my children and my family and thanks to treatment. Prison would of not have worked for me and it does not work for Robert either.
RE: RE: Downey Jr. Fired From reply
Posted by ibdreamy69 (ibdreamy69@yahoo.com) on April 30, 2001 10:17 AM
I wish you knew what you were talking about but you don't. Have you ever even seen a "crack whore" as you say? Its true he is just as bad but the truth is they both need help not prison. But all the tax payers money is spent on incarceration not rehibilitation. Thanks to ignorant people like you. Thank you!
RE: RE: Downey Jr. Fired From reply
Posted by ibdreamy69 (ibdreamy69@yahoo.com) on April 30, 2001 10:21 AM
and to anyone who has someone in their family who has a drug or drinking problem. Please reach out to them instead of pushing them away.
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Posted by ibdreamy69 (ibdreamy69@yahoo.com) on April 30, 2001 10:24 AM
sorry for all the typos i was typing to fast and forgot to proof read I'm not really stupid well sometimes. lol
RE: RE: Downey Jr. Fired From reply
Posted by ibdreamy69 (ibdreamy69@yahoo.com) on April 30, 2001 10:28 AM
Dude make up your mind do you believe he should be put in prison or in rehab? You are looney, double personality or what?
RE: RE: LESS THAN ZERO reply
Posted by The walking dead (robertdowneyjr@jail.com) on April 30, 2001 2:43 PM
Give him PAXIL while he's in the pokey......or a long, long, long time.
RE: RE: RE: Downey Jr. Fired From reply
Posted by The walking dead (robertdowneyjr@jail.com) on April 30, 2001 2:53 PM
Robert Downey Jr. chose his own path. He chose to break the law. He was given many chances. He can get help while in prison, where he can role play as a "b*tch". He needs to spend years in prison. So, quit defending a CRIMINAL! He should be locked up for good in solitary confinement! I hope he OD's, that way we can get this loser out of society for good!
RE: Less Than Zero reply
Posted by The walking dead (robertdowneyjr@jail.com) on April 30, 2001 2:55 PM
His role is now reality. Remember the end.....when he died in the car? That was hilarious!
RE: RE: RE: Downey Jr. Fired From reply
Posted by TheUndeadChick (zombiebme@yahoo.com) on April 30, 2001 3:21 PM
I have to pose this scenerio.
A man takes a hammer and repeatedly hits himself in the head, as hard as he can, for as long as he can, before his loses consciousness and is hospitalized. When he heals and is released, he does it again. He does this a number of times. Now, exactly how are we supposed to feel about this? Do we say "Gee, it's a shame what happened to Frank, with all that hammer business"? Or do we say something more like "Dang, what the hell is wrong with Frank? Doesn't he know that hammers are hard and they hurt and cause blunt force trauma when applied to the head in such a reckless manner"?
Please note that Frank is not insane. He does not have any predisposition to any sort of mental illness that would cause him to do something like this. He just made an honest choice to hit himself in the head with a hammer.
In all honesty, I would find it difficult to be sympathetic towards Frank. I would probably be inclined to say something along the lines of "Frank, I like you and all, I mean, generally, you're a swell guy. But this hammer thing. What do you expect from us? Do we have to knock you down and take the hammer from you by force every single time you decide to go on one of your hammer binges? Is this our responsibility? Do we have to put our lives on hold because we have to watch you every second of every day for fear you might break into the tool shed again and bash yourself stupid? Come on Frank. I'm sorry Frank, like I said, I like you alot, but I just don't have the time nor patience for this sort of thing, and frankly (pardon the pun), I resent you for being so selfish, inisting that others take responsibility for you. Bash away Frank, do what you have to do."
RE: RE: RE: Downey Jr. Fired From reply
Posted by A random shemp (No Email) on April 30, 2001 6:40 PM
crack, no crack,
downey was easily the single best batman
RE: RE: RE: Downey Jr. Fired From reply
Posted by peacefrog (oneprimal@hotmail.com) on May 1, 2001 4:33 AM
perhaps you should explore the fact that fukin junkies are junkies and dont deserve the skin they walk around in, its people like you, whining and crying , that let these freaks back on the street to do MORE damage
RE: RE: RE: Downey Jr. Fired From reply
Posted by peacefrog (oneprimal@hotmail.com) on May 1, 2001 4:40 AM
hahahahaha, yeah right, coming from a self-proclaimed junkie that means a whole lot..., mabye if you had gone to prison in the first place you wouldnt have put the burden on your KIDS and FAMILY for soo long, prison wouldn't have helped? how would you know, sounds like you were ho'n anyway..bla bla bla...
RE: RE: RE: Downey Jr. Fired From reply
Posted by peacefrog (oneprimal@hotmail.com) on May 1, 2001 4:52 AM
thats the most sensible comment sofar.... bash away robert...
RE: RE: RE: those with weak wills reply
Posted by A random shemp (No Email) on May 1, 2001 5:24 AM
He was walking home. What danger was anyone in?
RE: RE: Straw reply
Posted by A random shemp (No Email) on May 1, 2001 5:31 AM
It was his life to throw away. Maybe everyone
wants something different and to them it's not throwing things away. He is living the way he wants to! Not like everyone else wants him too. You people need to get a life and go have some fun by doing what you really want to. not what someone else thinks is right for you.
RE: RE: RE: Downey Jr. Fired From reply
Posted by A random shemp (No Email) on May 2, 2001 7:00 PM
I totally agree with this senerio. I mean come on how many times do we have to see "ROBERT" bash himself before someone says enough is enough. He does not deserve REHAB anymore. I believe he should just be put away for a long long time. People with a drug habit should be given a second chance. But once you screw up again, then you should be put away. They teach DRUG education in school, there are plenty of sources out there teaching to just say NO. But if for some idiotic reason you don't get it the first time. Then to be taught again a second time is sufficient. But come on 3 strikes your OUT! And last count I took of "ROBERT" he should of been out a LONG time ago. As for being supportive of people with DRUG problems. YES, I will be supportive, but not to the point of just giving a slap on the hand and sending them on thier way. I say send him to JAIL, where he belongs. I am tired of seeing so called "ACTORS" getting away with laws that US ordinary folks would never get away with.
RE: RE: RE: Downey Jr. Fired From reply
Posted by A random shemp (No Email) on May 3, 2001 10:03 AM
u r all a bunch of wankers with noithing better to do with ya lives than talk sh*t about someone u dont know personally and therefore can only presume what he is like and therefore base ya judgements on the crap u r fed through the press etc. y dont u f*ck off and get lives
RE: RE: RE: Downey Jr. Fired From reply
Posted by The walking dead (robertdowneyjr@jail.com) on May 3, 2001 6:37 PM
Excellent scenario Undead. But, you have to consider the fact that he's a celebrity. Some morons can't seperate television from real life. He deserves everything he's getting. If they would just lock him up, like they are going to, don't cut him anymore breaks, he'll learn that he has been disposed of like all of the common people. If you do drugs......you break the law. You know the routine. Make him a habitual offender and end it all on his sorry ass.
Robert, it's been real. But, you gotta go! CIAO!
RE: RE: RE: Downey Jr. Fired From reply
Posted by The walking dead (robertdowneyjr@jail.com) on May 3, 2001 6:43 PM
YOU TELL 'EM.....HAHAHAHA
RE: RE: RE: Downey Jr. Fired From reply
Posted by The walking dead (robertdowneyjr@jail.com) on May 4, 2001 4:07 AM
Hey Ibcreamy, go panhandle some money and feed your crack babies.
RE: Downey Jr. Fired From reply
Posted by A random shemp (No Email) on June 12, 2001 7:33 AM
i think that robert downey jr. should get in trouble for what he did. and learn from it. hes a good actor and he brought good things to the set of Ally Mcbeal. i think that if ally is with anyone it should be larry.
RE: Downey Jr. Fired From reply
Posted by A random shemp (No Email) on March 31, 2003 1:29 PM
that's ignorant.
RE: Downey Jr. Fired From reply
Posted by A random shemp (No Email) on March 31, 2003 1:34 PM
Ignore what everyone says. I don't know you and never will, yet I still somehow feel proud of you and your accomplishments. Sharing your story was trully inspiring.
Downey jr. reply
Posted by A random shemp (No Email) on June 7, 2003 2:22 AM
Id like to say that Robert DOWNEY JR. is a great actor, arrested or not. He's gorgeus, cute, funny and great at acting. Who cares if he got arested?
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