Video Diary of Casey Anthony Posted on YouTube
A.J. HAMMER, HLN HOST, "SHOWBIZ TONIGHT": News breaking tonight on SHOWBIZ TONIGHT. Casey`s act of desperation? Casey Anthony`s first-ever video revealed today.</s>CASEY ANTHONY: The good thing is that things are starting to look up and change.</s>HAMMER: Casey`s different do, leading to the SHOWBIZ business burning questions. Is her cover blown? Why did she make such a bizarre video diary? SHOWBIZ TONIGHT takes the tape straight to a body language expert. Marc Anthony sticks it to J-Lo. Marc Anthony`s in your face revelation about letter brand new 24-year-old girlfriend, after J-Lo goes public with her 24-year-old back-up dancer. Tonight, SHOWBIZ TONIGHT with the battle of the hot young playthings. Tonight, Melanie`s money. Brand new revelations from "X Factor" winner Melanie Amaro about her $5 million prize. What is she going to do with all that money? We ask her tonight in a must-see SHOWBIZ maker interview. TV`s most provocative entertainment news show breaks news right now. Hello, I`m A.J. Hammer in New York. And we have big news breaking tonight -- Casey caught on tape. Tonight SHOWBIZ TONIGHT can slow that although it seems Casey Anthony intentionally came out of hiding today, all is not that it seems to be. That was exactly six months ago today that Casey officially became the most hated mom in America. That`s when the jury acquitted her of the charges she killed letter daughter, Caylee. Ever since then, Casey has pretty much been a ghost. But today in the ghost of outrage past surfaced on YouTube, of all places. Let me bring you Jane Velez-Mitchell who covered the Casey Anthony trial just about every day in Orlando and hosts the fabulous show "ISSUES WITH JANE VELEZ- MITCHELL" weeknights at 7:00 p.m. eastern here in HLN. Also with us in New York is Sunny Hostin, legal contributor on "In Session" on Tru-TV. So Casey goes on for about four minutes this video in what seems to be the first of what may be many video diaries. But she never mentioned her daughter, Caylee. Let us watch there together.</s>ANTHONY: And I`m extremely excited. I`m extremely excited that I will be able to Skype and obviously keep a video log, take some pictures, and that I have something I can finally call mine.</s>HAMMER: First of all, it is just jarring for me to see her speaking today at all. But why did Casey release this video? Well, her attorney says Casey didn`t release the video. Here is what he told "In Session." "Casey has maintained notes and memoirs for her personal counseling. She did not upload or release this to YouTube. She doesn`t know how the video got to YouTube. She did not authorize it and therefore it had to be obtained illegally." Jane, all right, this may not have been for us to see initially. But when you watch this, it seems like she is desperate to talk to somebody.</s>JANE VELEZ-MITCHELL, HOST, "ISSUES WITH JANE VELEZ-MITCHELL": Oh yes. I think that, if she did release it herself, it is a sign of desperation, absolute desperation, A.J. Cheney Mason is saying no, this was obtained illegally, she had nothing do with it. But someone says they found it on a pay-for website where they were charging a couple of bucks. Who knows? When it`s Casey Anthony it`s like the abominable snowman or Big Foot. Who knows what`s real, who knows what`s fake? But bottom line, if she did release it for money, it is Lowest of the low.</s>HAMMER: Quite frankly, I`m one of those people who does believe in Big Foot.</s>HAMMER: But what a difference six months can make. We are talking about a major makeover here. Can we put up the side by side? Yes, left side of the screen, Casey on the video we saw today. And on the right side, that`s how she looked all those weeks when she was in the courtroom. When you see this, Sunny, because this is a radical change. I don`t know that I would have necessarily even recognized her. What does it say to you?</s>SUNNY HOSTIN, LEGAL CONTRIBUTOR, "IN SESSION": I mean, certainly, being in prison changes people. So we know she was in solitary confinement for a long time and under the stress after trial. We are talking about three years. Six months made a huge difference. She looks more relaxed. She looks pretty good. She is not as gaunt as she was before. But I also agree with Jane in that she seemed lonely. She seemed desperate. I wonder whether or not she released this to gauge public opinion, right, to sort of take our temperature, to see, is she still the most hated woman in America or not? I released, I commented, sent out a tweet, put it on my Facebook page. Instantaneously, I got hundreds of responses from people. And let me tell you, she is still the most hated woman in America.</s>HAMMER: That`s not surprising. But again, her attorney, Cheney Mason, saying, no, he`s didn`t release it. So right now that`s what we have to go on. And let`s not forget Casey was forced to go to Florida for probation on the bad check conviction. She didn`t want to go. In her video diary when Casey talked about her probation ending, I couldn`t help but notice she seemed to be looking at someone or something else that caught her eye while she was talking. Watch this with me and see what you think.</s>ANTHONY: Seven months, marks my birthday, just either way. Whether it`s six months, or it`s a year from now, or a year from the middle of August, I don`t know. It has just been such a blessing in so many ways. And now I have someone to talk to even though I`m by myself, so I`m not bothering the poor dog that I`ve adopted and I love. And he is as much my dog as any of the other pets I`ve ever had.</s>HAMMER: OK, looking at that I`m thinking, maybe a therapist. Her attorney does claim Casey was using this for personal counseling. I`m going to bring under a body expert, a body language expert in just a second. I`m dying to find out exactly what Casey may have been thinking. We will figure that out. But Casey talks about letter birthday in March, talks about getting a dog, obviously rebuilding her life. Jane, do you think in any way, this may hurt chances at big time payday? You know, networks are supposedly going to come calling one day. Will this get in the way of that?</s>VELEZ-MITCHELL: I think this may have been a response to the fact there was no payday. It almost looked to me like coming up attractions trailer, like she announces there will be more videos. Again, Cheney mason saying this was a personal memoir, it was hacked. But it is almost like a coming up attraction. You can`t underestimate the fact she is wearing a tank top. She is revealing those shoulders.</s>HAMMER: And she looks pretty styled as well. Great to see you both as always. Still so much mystery surrounding Casey Anthony`s video diary that surfaced today on YouTube. What about the way that she acts? What does her body language tell us? I want some answers. Patti Wood, you can help us. Patti is a body language expert. She is with us tonight from Atlanta. Patti, in the video, you hear Casey say she is excited. But what does your body language tell you? I want to watch together and you tell me what is going on in her head. You tell us.</s>ANTHONY: I`m extremely excited. I`m extremely excited that I will be able to Skype and obviously keep a video log, take some pictures, and that I have something that I can finally call mine.</s>PATTI WOOD, BODY LANGUAGE EXPERT: All right, Patti, stay with me. Put up the side by side, if you would, Charles. I want you to look, patty, of the side by side video. We have Casey new video, Casey in the courtroom. How has her body language changed?</s>WOOD: What is interesting and yet disturbing about this video is for the first time we see her be present in her body. She is feeling an emotion then expressing it, which is authentic communication. So we see true emotion. She actually sounds like a college girl doing a video diary out to the world and to her parents. It is very, very unsettling.</s>HAMMER: I think there is a lot that she reveals about what is going on in her mind. And I`m no expert, that`s why you are here. But I keep thinking about the videotape when Casey talks about her probation and upcoming birthday in March. It`s like she is looking way. It is like she is looking at someone. Let`s watch that again.</s>ANTHONY: Seven months, march my birthday, just either way. Whether it is six months, or it is a year from now, or a year from the middle of August, I don`t know. This has just been such a blessing in so many ways.</s>HAMMER: Patti, I`m trying to figure out what`s going on. When I`m thinking about what I`m going to do next -- oh, look, I just did it. We off then look away. Is that it, or is someone in the room?</s>WOOD: I don`t think someone is in the room. She is so consistently looking just before and just after. Her baseline, she typically looks to the right, that`s her right in this picture, when she is thinking about the past. I think she is reflecting back to previous birthdays just before she makes the statement about the birthday coming up in the future.</s>HAMMER: OK.</s>WOOD: What is also unsettling, that when she talks about this being truly a blessing, and that`s an absolutely authentic, honest communication. That`s a true statement to her.</s>HAMMER: So you are watching this, and are you thinking, at least in her mind, she is actually in a good place?</s>WOOD: Well, she`s trying to be in a good place. That`s her wish. That`s her desire. You hear her wistfulness and her voice and tempo speaking, right. But then you recognize how she goes back it what she typically did in the courtroom. She has a cover when she gets scared. She goes to another age and another personality.</s>HAMMER: Right. It is so fascinating. I appreciate your expertise. Thank you very much.</s>WOOD: My pleasure.</s>HAMMER: Tonight, Casey Anthony surfaces in a YouTube video. Did she blow her big interview payday? What do you think? Let us know at hln.com/SHOWBIZTONIGHT. We`ve got more big SHOWBIZ true crime stories tonight you cannot miss. Heart-throb Rob Lowe turning the tables. He is taking on a role that I never thought would he do, the creepy accused killer Drew Peterson.</s>ROB LOWE, ACTOR: Clearly, where these young beautiful women are continually attracted to him. And so he clearly has some kind of swagger going.</s>HAMMER: This coming from man with major swagger. So Rob saying real life murder suspect drew Peterson actually has sex appeal? You don`t want to miss this. It`s a must see interview with Rob Lowe. And the shotgun mom. This is a wild story. She called 911 to ask if she could shoot an intruder. Then the teen mother did what she to do to protect her son. 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