Has MTV Newsman John Norris Been Axed?
The Global Financial Hobo Apocalypse knocked on the door of Viacom today as the media giant laid-off 850 employees, which includes, according to an unconfirmed anonymous rumor made to Gawker, perpetually angry-face MTV correspondent John Norris.
Norris has been with MTV for 15 years (making him the MTV equivalent of Tom Brokaw) and he’s hosted everything from a program on the death of gay student Matthew Shepard to interviews with former Secretary General Kofi-Anan and Mariah Carey.
Like many of you, we know Norris as that guy who tried to take us home from the Limelight when we were nineteen. We still remember sitting at the banquette, phalanxed on both sides by MTV interns and being told by Norris “You know who I am” before watching him pass out on the table.
One of the interns turned to us and intoned seriously, “You know not to tell anyone about this”, to which our younger, twinkier self replied “Who would we tell?” totally unawares that one-day we would wind up the Internet’s go-to gay.
While our heart goes out to the Viacom folks let off today, we can all take small consolation in a silver lining: There’s at least one MTV intern today who’s delirious that his weekend plans have suddenly opened up.
@Darth Paul: I remember him being there in the late ’80s, I think.
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Yeah, I remember the same thing going down with me. I was at the Limelight and he kept coming on to me. I kept saying no, he had a fresh bottle of poppers, and he kept kept getting me high….in fact he got me rocky mountain high…
oh that’s right, it wasn’t john norris, it was
john denver.
i always get them confused.
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I’m laughing at reading all this… mainly because I met him at Limelight back in MY twink days. He was blitzed out of his mind and kept asking ME in a slurred voice “Do you know who I am?” The music was loud; I couldn’t make out half the things he was shouting in my poor ear. I went off to get a drink. I returned just in time to see John being carted away by another twink.
Oh well…
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Thank god if it’s true. John Norris is one of the worst things ever to happen to MTV.
I do miss the Limelight. Good times.
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LOL
I was in High school In Orlando Florida And well ya Know a beer is a beer! :)~LOVE JJ
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@samhain: Not a single one of the posts saying he hit on them has been insulting, just reporting the facts. You’re the one reading negative connotations into that.
You’re right, everyone does it. The point here is that he’s a (slightly) public figure, which makes it a matter of interest. And what’s the point of being a celebrity if you can’t use it to get ass?
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I saw him in one of Nardicio’s backrooms.