Kate`s Revenge; Michael Jackson Death Investigation
A.J. HAMMER, HOST: Now on SHOWBIZ TONIGHT, Kate`s revenge. Kate Gosselin`s most revealing confessions yet. Does she think Jon`s a bad father? Why police were called to her home. And is Kate ready to date?</s>LARRY KING, CNN ANCHOR: Don`t you want companionship?</s>KATE GOSSELIN, REALITY TV STAR: I`m lonely but I`m very busy.</s>HAMMER: SHOWBIZ TONIGHT with the great Kate debate. Are Kate`s revelations bad for her kids? Chris Brown bombshells. Brand-new, explosive details about Brown`s history of domestic violence just as he`s sentenced for beating Rihanna. Did Rihanna hit Chris? And why he has to stay away from Rihanna for five years. Plus, they`re rich, they`re famous and they are over 40. It`s a "SHOWBIZ Special Report", Hollywood`s richest women over 40. TV`s most provocative entertainment news show starts right now.</s>HAMMER: Hello. I`m A.J. Hammer broadcasting tonight and every night from New York City. And tonight, it`s Kate`s revenge. "Jon & Kate" star Kate Gosselin opens up in her most revealing interview since her dramatic split from Jon. And I`ve got to tell you, for all the talking she`s done, this is the first time the walls are really tumbling down and we are getting brand-new insight into her fury, her heartache and her hopes for the future. As if that`s not enough, she`s also firing back at Jon on all cylinders and there is no question Kate`s explosive new smackdown, it is making big news right now.</s>GOSSELIN: For the sake of my children, I only speak positive.</s>HAMMER (voice-over): On "LARRY KING LIVE," Kate Gosselin had not a bad word to say about her earring-wearing, globe-trotting 20-something-dating ex, Jon Gosselin.</s>GOSSELIN: It`s about choosing to see the positive and working with the negative.</s>HAMMER: But in the new issue of "People" magazine with the headline," Kate Strikes Back," it`s a different story. About her ex, Kate says it seems like, quote, "Aliens have taken him away." She adds, "Sometimes I feel like it`s a 15-year-old I`m getting divorced from."</s>JO PIAZZA, ENTERTAINMENT JOURNALIST: Now in the "People" interview, she`s finally let her guard down and she`s ready to say, Jon has screwed up and I`m any with Jon.</s>HAMMER: SHOWBIZ TONIGHT can tell you in two months of headlines, talk show interviews and awkward co-parenting scenes on their TV show where they take turns being at home with the kids.</s>UNIDENTIFIED FEMALE: Daddy knows everything about it.</s>GOSSELIN: It`s a clover flower. He`s not here.</s>HAMMER: The private pain of "Jon & Kate Plus 8" is now on full public display. In Kate`s most revealing interviews yet.</s>PIAZZA: And that`s what made her seem real in this interview is that she`s pissed and she`s showing it.</s>HAMMER: In an interview with Larry King, Kate says her eight kids are doing OK considering.</s>GOSSELIN: They`re working through it the same that Jon and I are. They`re doing remarkably well.</s>HAMMER: And she sets the record straight about that whole flap when the cops were called to the house in a dispute over who was watching the kids.</s>GOSSELIN: It actually was not this huge fight. It was just a thing where I wanted to be there with the kids and -- as opposed to a babysitter. And he wasn`t fond of that idea, and I left peaceably knowing that it`s true, it was his day to be there.</s>HAMMER: Plus, Kate complimented Jon`s parenting kills -- sort of.</s>KING: Is he a good father?</s>GOSSELIN: He is.</s>KING: Why the pause?</s>GOSSELIN: His decisions right now are not ones that I would necessarily make, but down deep in his heart, I know that he is.</s>PIAZZA: Obviously in that pause, you could tell that she just wanted to shake her head and be like, oh, hell, no, he is not.</s>HAMMER: But in "People" magazine, Kate doesn`t hold back. She goes after Jon`s very public carousing after their split.</s>PIAZZA: Jon really has been acting like a 15-year-old post-pubescent boy. He`s running around, hooking up with girls in their early 20s.</s>HAMMER: About her ex`s behavior, Kate tells "People," quote, "I`m just very disappointed. It has caused so much stress. I am so emotionally spent and he is so emotionally unavailable and I worry. How in the world are my kids going to turn out."</s>PIAZZA: It was a really moving moment in the interview where she says, I`m worried about the relationship choices my daughters are going to make when they grow up. She just kind of showed the cracks in her armor for the first time and I think America really appreciates that.</s>HAMMER: So the big question, when are we going to see Kate in the tabloids with a new boyfriend? Sorry, boys, she tells Larry King, she is not looking.</s>KING: Would you date?</s>GOSSELIN: No, too busy, sorry.</s>KING: Don`t you want companionship?</s>GOSSELIN: I`m lonely but I`m very busy. And actually I`m all right.</s>PIAZZA: She came across as woman with real issues and real pain that`s been hurt and that is just trying to put her life back together and go on living like the rest of us.</s>HAMMER: I`ve got to tell you, Kate`s interviews have a lot of people now feeling a bit more sympathetic towards her and others -- well, they still have plenty of bones to pick with both her and Jon. Coming up on SHOWBIZ TONIGHT, we`ve got "The Great Kate Debate." Tonight, the Michael Jackson blame game. There is brand-new evidence in the Michael Jackson homicide investigation showing that Jackson`s personal physician, Dr. Conrad Murray, wasn`t the only one supplying the king of pop with drugs. Tonight, at least seven doctors, including Dr. Murray and Jackson`s long- time dermatologist, Arnold Klein, are now under investigation. Are they all to blame? Also new tonight, what about Michael Jackson`s role? How much was his superstar status to blame for his rampant drug use and sudden death? We have the shocking insight into the dysfunctional relationship between celebrity patient and doctor. Joining me tonight in New York is Jami Floyd who`s an anchor for "In Session." Tonight in Hollywood it`s Carlos Diaz who is a correspondent for Extra. A whopping seven doctors, guy, being investigated for meds they prescribed to Michael Jackson. And I`ve got to tell you, the list of sedatives and anti-depressants and anti-anxiety meds found in Jackson`s home is really shocking. Jackson`s personal physician, Dr. Conrad Murray, of course, we`ve been talking about him. He`s the main doc in the hot seat here. But Jami, let me start with you. What could happen to these other doctors if investigators can prove that they prescribed unnecessary meds to Jackson?</s>JAMI FLOYD, ANCHOR, IN SESSION: Well, first of all, there are laws against prescribing unnecessary medications. That`s the first and most basic kind of crime that can be alleged. And there are also violations of the health code, even if you don`t get to the criminal law. And then of course, there`s the possibility of being roped in to some sort of manslaughter or possibly even -- I think it`s a long shot, but people are talking about possibly even second-degree murder charges. So it`s looking pretty bad for a whole bunch of doctors, although the real focus has been and continues to be on Murray, who everybody calls Michael Jackson`s personal physician. I think of him as the doctor who worked for AEG. But either way, yes, he`s the guy who`s really in big trouble.</s>HAMMER: Yes. He was on AEG`s payroll, to be sure.</s>FLOYD: Yes.</s>HAMMER: You know, it`s really interesting, since Michael died, a lot of people, I think, particularly diehard fans, have been in denial about any kind of a drug problem that he had. It`s pretty obvious he had a real problem with prescription meds. Frankly, it seems like these doctors really did enable him. In fact, Dr. Drew Pinsky tells CNN`s Anderson Cooper that this is actually more of a problem in Hollywood than people realize. Watch this.</s>DR. DREW PINSKY, "CELEBRITY REHAB": This happens all the time that people have a lot of money and a lot of power. They feel the need to have special care. They don`t accept the standard of care. They find physicians that collude with them, people who like to bask in the glory of celebrity, for instance. And thereby they end up getting substandard care rather than what is the best care, which is standard care. This is a classic example that where there`s an adulteration of the patient/doctor relationship, where money and power has gotten in the way of it and affected someone`s judgment and here now the outcome is a dead patient.</s>HAMMER: Carlos, when you hear this kind of explanation, at the bottom of all of this, is it possible that Michael Jackson is really the one to blame?</s>CARLOS DIAZ, CORRESPONDENT, "EXTRA": Of course. And we`ve been saying all summer long that doctors need to start saying no to celebrities. Well, that would imply that celebrities are the ones asking. I mean, A.J., you and I know -- we both know that there are not doctors walking around Santa Monica Boulevard going, hey, I`ve got some Diprivan, you want some Diprivan? I got some Diprivan. You know what I mean? The celebrity has got to be the one who asks for it. So yes, the celebrity is the one to blame initially. And then the doctor is the one to blame for saying yes.</s>FLOYD: Yes.</s>HAMMER: Well, it certainly seems like an easy trap for some doctors to fall into, if not only the money, it really is this brush with fame. And then you look at somebody like Michael Jackson, the biggest star in the world, you can almost understand how somebody could slip. But CNN`s Anderson Cooper actually spoke with one anesthesiologist who turned down Jackson`s request to be his doctor. Take a look.</s>JAYSON HYMES, ANESTHESIOLOGIST: A number of years back I was called to see if I would be interested in working with this gentleman`s pain problems. I had known one or more of the physicians involved in his care. And I decided that it was probably not in my best interest.</s>HAMMER: And he went on to say that he`s seen a lot of his colleagues fall into this really slippery slope with celebrities. Jami, do you think that is part of what happened here.</s>FLOYD: Yes.</s>HAMMER: . with suspect number one, Dr. Murray?</s>FLOYD: Yes. Look, I think there`s so much blame to go around here. And I think -- look, I think Murray is presumed innocent, right, until proven guilty, as are any of these other doctors who are suspects at this point or persons of interest, really. And certainly the celebrity and Michael Jackson isn`t the first. There`s Anna Nicole Smith, we could talk about Heath Ledger. We could talk about - - we could probably go back to Elvis Presley and Marilyn Monroe, right? And we know that prescription drug abuse and overdose is the fastest growing form of drug abuse and addiction in this country. It`s not just celebrities. This is a problem across the board. But I think that we have to be honest about the problem and if anything can come out of this, A.J., maybe an honest conversation about this problem.</s>HAMMER: Yes.</s>FLOYD: Is the one good thing that can happen.</s>HAMMER: Yes. I think a lot of people are being schooled in an area they never were before.</s>FLOYD: Right.</s>HAMMER: Jami Floyd and Carlos Diaz, thanks, guys. I appreciate it. Well, a lot of you were furious that Chris Brown didn`t get any jail time for beating Rihanna to a pulp. Tonight, brand-new outrage over details of Chris Brown`s abusive past. You have got to hear this. We`ve got details on Brown`s history of domestic violence and it involves Rihanna. Has he beaten her before? Did Rihanna actually hit Chris? Tonight, the outrageous new bombshells in the Chris Brown/Rihanna saga. And is Farrah Fawcett`s son Redmond getting his own reality show? You`re not going to believe the new TV deal Ryan O`Neal reportedly just made for his jailed son. We have got the details. And have you ever heard of reverse pick-pocketing? Well, I want you to open up your purses because the put-pocket is on the prowl.</s>JEANNE MOOS, CNN CORRESPONDENT: This guy used to be a pickpocket.</s>UNIDENTIFIED MALE: Now I`m a put-pocket. This means I`m putting money back into people`s pockets.</s>HAMMER: Yes, I`ve got the absolutely fascinating story behind this former pickpocket who wants to give you money. This is SHOWBIZ TONIGHT on HLN. Now the SHOWBIZ "News Ticker," more stories from the SHOWBIZ TONIGHT newsroom making news right now.</s>TEXT: Best-selling author Dominick Dunne loses battle with cancer at 83. Georgia judge says Miley Cyrus stalker is a threat to society.