David Cross Snorted Cocaine Near Barack Obama and Brags About It

I really enjoy the work of David Cross. I think he was brilliant on Arrested Development, but I have some questions about his judgment. For example, would you snort cocaine in a room with a bunch of secret service agents?

I would not. I wouldn't do this for several reasons including (but not limited to): a distaste for prison, being a Mom and therefore responsible for the lives of children (who are, as Whitney Houston said, our future, people), an addictive personality and the fact that I am not a fucking moron.

But wait - there is more. Let's say you are stupid enough to do Schedule II drugs in the same room as THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES, would you brag about about?

I would not. My reasons this time include not wanting to look like a jackass, wanting to secure more work, not feeling the need to advertise my illegal behavior and the aforementioned (and really obvious) not wishing to spend time in the clink.

Now if I were David Cross...

I would say Screw You, Authority! Hey DEA, look over here! I do felonious drugs 40 feet away from the President of the United States and I boast about my accomplishments. Please arrest me! Come search my house. I love that shit.

The real quote?

"But it's crazy and there's security, Secret Service is standing there... I've got photos of all this. ... I'm there and the president is right here and with all these people at the table" Cross snorted some coke "Maybe 40 feet from the president of the United States!"

Cross said he texted his friend to say, "No way you can ever top that."

Oh and David, I think this time you are going to have to pronounce it "anal rapist".

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Comments

[indycitygirl]

Ummm,yeaaahhh,ummm,hell I dont know what to say except WOW,.Gotta give him the big brass balls award for admiting something so frigging stupid.Just WOW...

[megs]

First of all you're right DC here. Yikes.

I know that it's Arrested Development (which I love)'s joke and not yours to start with, BUT: we have got to stop laughing at prison rape. And anal rape in general. When we start designating some rape as funny and some rape as not, we're leaving the door open for rapists, courts, governments, culture to decide that some actions are rape and some actions are not, some No's are Yes's, some victims are accomplices, etc.

It seems overly dramatic but I really mean it; no crime should mean signing over the right to one's body. Incarcerated and free men in the US are dying of AIDS because our country turns a blind eye to prison rape.

When we make jokes about it in movies and on TV and in everyday exchanges we are making it that much easier to not do anything about it.

We wouldn't joke about sexual violence in this way if we were talking about women. Like any form of sexism or racism or classism we need to reject this way of thinking and joking. It's such a common joke we hardly notice the real issue--but we should start.

Sorry for the rant, it's important to me to point this out when I come across it; and I've got to start somewhere.

[iambellaluna]

Jackass.