Will real Regis please stand up?
Regis Philbin says he’ll return to his syndicated daytime talk show “Live With Regis and Kelly” April 26, about six weeks after having triple heart bypass surgery. But don’t expect him to be the same.
The last time Philbin, 75, called the show, he seemed to complain about not having sex for 3 1/2 months. On Monday, he clarified what he meant to say.
“I meant to tell you that I was hallucinating and saying weird things,” Philbin told his co-host Kelly Ripa. “I swear to God. I just would blurt out something in my sleep and so the last time I called you, before I made the call, (his wife) Joy Philbin said, ‘You know, you’re yelling out again.’
“I said, ‘What did I yell out this time?’ She said, ‘Well, you yelled out you didn’t have sex for 3 1/2 months.’ I said, ‘Well, that’s funny. I’ll tell that to Kelly. Well, I haven’t heard the end of that since I brought that up, like a dope!”
“What are you saying now?” Ripa responded. “Is it like – what are we talking about, every night, three times a week?”
“I’ll let it go at five times a week,” said Philbin. “Let’s not talk about it anymore.”
No jail for Village People cop
Prosecutors have dropped charges against Victor Willis, 55, the original policeman in ‘70s disco band The Village People, who was arrested last month after his girlfriend accused him of choking and threatening her. Willis co-wrote hits such as “YMCA” and “In the Navy.” He left The Village People in 1980.
Madonna returns to Malawi
Madonna flew to Malawi on Monday to continue her charity work in the impoverished southern African country, bringing along the Malawian boy she is adopting. The pop star, 48, carried a small boy down the steps of the jet, and a child’s seat was fixed into a waiting sport utility vehicle. Madonna visited Malawi last fall to pick up 1-year-old David Banda. That visit set off a controversy over concerns that regulations were being swept aside.
Kate Moss bares all for charity
Two nude photographs of Kate Moss will be sold at a May 31 auction in London next month among a series of other pictures of the British supermodel. A 1996 print by Irving Penn and a 6-by-6-foot square image by Albert Watson are expected to sell for about $44,000 and $30,000 respectively, the auction house said.
Gere earns India’s ire
Angry crowds in several Indian cities burned effigies of Richard Gere on Monday after he swept a popular Bollywood actress into his arms and kissed her several times during an AIDS-awareness event. The actor, 57, embraced Shilpa Shetty and kissed her only on the cheek, but India is a country where sex and public displays of affection are largely taboo.
The birthday bunch
Composer-musician Jan Hammer is 59. Actress Olivia Hussey is 56. Singer-guitarist Pete Shelley of The Buzzcocks is 52. Actor Sean Bean (“Lord of the Rings”) is 48. Singer Maynard James Keenan of Tool is 43. Actress Lela Rochon is 43. Actress Kimberly Elise is 40. Singer Liz Phair is 40. Rapper-actor Redman is 37. Actress Jennifer Garner (“Alias”) is 35. Singer Victoria Beckham is 33. Actress Lindsay Korman (“Passions”) is 29. Actress Dee Dee Davis (“The Bernie Mac Show”) is 11.