Here’s a public service announcement that tragically comes too late for one well-respected news anchor: Meth does not belong in a human body, and certainly not inserted anally.
Longtime KTLA personality Chris Burrous’ cause of death has been officially attributed to methamphetamine toxicity, according to the Los Angeles County Coroner’s Office.
Meth use among men who have sex with men has seen a resurgence in recent years, and it’s something we need to talk about in the open. It’s easy to villainize users, to blame people for their problems, but something continues to lead men towards the unbelievably harmful substance that must be addressed.
Burrous, 43, was found unconscious in a motel room in Glendale, California on December 27, and died after being transported to the hospital.
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A man had called Glendale police and told them “an individual he was with had passed out and was possibly not breathing.” The man, who said he initially met Burrous on Grindr and had seen him four times previously for sex, tried to perform CPR on Burrous before paramedics arrived.
Before Burrous had fallen unconscious, he’d inserted two rocks of crystal meth in his rectum.
The other man was not charged with a crime and the death was ruled accidental.
Burrous appeared on KTLA since 2011, co-anchoring the weekend edition of KTLA Morning News and acting as a correspondent for other affiliate telecasts. He was well-known for his “Burrous Bites” segments featuring local restaurants.
He is survived by a wife and daughter.
woodroad34
Maybe we shouldn’t villainize people with a meth addiction; but I’m going to villainize him for cheating on a wife and daughter, at the very least 4 times. His selfishness has left a widowed wife and a daughter without a father, who are going to not only live with his death, but also the emotional effects of his unfaithfulness. I’ll say Burrous bites.
stanhope
It is not for you to judge and surely when you are not in possession of the facts. How many the number of married men who have hit me up where the wife knows.
Chrisk
I play with a married guy every now and then that has a wife and she knows.
ModeI
I think that cheating is not right
Jacques
You are certainly quick to judge. First of all you are presumptuous about him cheating. With all the different things going on you do not know what their relationship was or whether they were both aware of his lifestyle and acceptance of. So get off your high horse and know you are in no place to judge, none of us are.
batesmotel
Well yeah I think too many people let cheaters off the hook, but I wouldn’t go as far as to brand them with the Scarlet Letter. I just wouldn’t get involved with them in a relationship. The problem with that is you don’t know that they’re cheaters until you get to know them. Unless someone you know knows them and warns you.
Vince
Can you imagine that news hitting the wife and daughter. Yikes. I mean of all the ways of dying in life I that would probably be right up there with the worst. Died from shoving too much meth up his ass.
I’ve done it myself in my wayward past but I would never put a rock of meth up my ass. That shit would burn a hole in it. Not to mention it’s going straight into your bloodstream not unlike slamming it. Of coarse when your tweaked out of your mind and up for days anything is possible I guess.
Vince
Oh and it’s funny how no one’s blaming the other guy in this story unlike Ed Buck. Oh that’s right. It’s just two white guys. No story in that.
Blackceo
Ummm no. I hadn’t even heard of Ed Buck until the second man died. Point being….there were TWO men who died in his apartment. Also, allegations that he got off on shooting them up to see their reaction. But sure….go off.
Brian
Yeah, having it happen twice makes a huge, huge difference. Plus it sounds like Ed was the one supplying the drugs, where in this case it seems like the other guy had nothing to do with the drugs. Making it a racial issue is just dumb.
Jacques
No that’s not true. Again you only know the part that is reported, you don’t know all the facts. I imagine that if there were grounds for charges to be laid, there probably would be. Also who’s to say who provided, decided and volunteered to do it? I’m so surprised by how quickly people judge nowadays. People, stop judging others. You are entitled to your opinion but make it an opinion and not a judgment.
Brian
Or you could MYOB and stop telling us what to do. We are just entitled to judge as you are not to.
Kangol
Well, they weren’t in the other man’s house, and this guy put two rocks of meth in his @ss and he also had on a mask saturated with poppers (amyl nitrate), but hey, use this to defend Ed Buck. As far as I know the other guy also hasn’t been linked to the death of anyone else, but you had to go ahead and racialize this, because as usual, you have to show your racist colors. Just disgusting!
Vince
@Kangol. Honestly I don’t know or even care about Ed Buck but I’m so confused. I’m racist if I notice racism. I’m racist if I don’t notice racism. Lol All I see is one party that likes his drugs and money. The other that likes black guys to get high with. Spare me your BS outrage though.
@BlackCeo. Tweakers love to watch other tweakers get high. There are hundreds of videos of guys slamming meth on the various tube sites.
mz.sam
BLAST reports: “The two (men) allegedly met on Grindr and had hooked up multiple times in the past. Burrous allegedly answered the door fully nude with S&M toys, lub jelly and a message bench. 43 year-old Burrous allegedly inserted crystal meth into his body (anus)…a syringe full of GHB and a bottle of Gatorade…before engaging in more sexual activity. Burrous allegedly told his companion he was feeling fine until the man noticed him making a strange noise, and flipped him over to realize had vomited inside his S&M mask. The man call 911 and began to perform CPR on Burrous until emergency responders arrived.” By Gary Trick, Liz Walters, Ryan Naumann.
Vince
Okay thanks for adding more to the story. Sounds like he died of a GHB overdose more than the meth. The meth is more incidental that they found in the autopsy.
Bob LaBlah
Thanks for that report. Back in my day it was simple: pot, blow and beer. Oh my god, how times have changed.
Kangol
He probably died from the combined effects of meth, GHB and amyl nitrate in his bloodstream. He also allegedly had hypertension and heart issues, so that was a potentially deadly combo under the best of circumstances, and the mask didn’t help.
Jackrabbit
His wife got a big surprise…………..
Chrisk
Yeah really. Someone made the comment that he just beat David Carradine out of the #1 spot of embarrassing ways to die.
stanhope
Maybe not so big..there are many women, especially with children, who accept an arrangement permitting the parties to pursue liasons outside of marriage. This guy was just irresponsible and not smart. We had an anchor who was at a sex party, methed up the saturday night before he was due on air sunday morning. I joked that he’d better put a towel on the anchor desk chair he took so many loads. As it turned out, he was fired for failing to appear.
mz.sam
Now she realized the broader meaning of weekend news feature, “Burrous Bites”.
Heywood Jablowme
“but there’s a cultural shift that continues to lead men towards the unbelievably harmful substance that must be addressed.”
Cultural shift? What is the cultural shift? Is there something or someone in the culture saying lately that meth is NOT really harmful? (For instance, porn is often blamed for these mysterious “cultural shifts,” but I’ve never heard that porn is pushing meth, and it hardly seems photogenic.) Can you be more specific?
Brian
I think the cultural shift is the refusal by a lot of people to blame idiots for their idiotic choices.
Brian
43 years old and has a family? You better believe I’m judging him hard.
Sanjo
I hope your judgement of others doesn’t interfere with your weekend.
Brian
Not at all. It only took a few minutes.
Juanjo
Don’t worry honey. When you died in some horribly disgusting and embarrassing manner, we will all take a couple seconds to judge you as well, assuming your death even makes the news.
Jacques
And you are wrong in doing that. You are in no place to judge.
MarathonBoy
@Jaques – Your second sentence contradicts your first sentence. Sort yourself out.
Brian
If I die in a horribly embarrassing and disgusting manner, feel free to judge me and make jokes about it at my funeral. The more tasteless the better. But it definitely won’t be while doing something that I am way too old to be doing in the first place. By 43 you really should be way beyond PNP.
DuMaurier
@Juanjo, if someone dies in an embarrassing manner we already know that judgments, jokes and ridicule will flood the Internet. There is plenty of precedent. No one has to be given permission to do it.
WindsorOntario
Normally I’d be right with you on that but with gay men or closeted/whatever, age-appropriate stuff goes out the window. These are guys who stopped developing emotionally around age 14. They never seemed to grow past that. They also never had the courage to deal with their same-sex attractions so what seems ‘normal’ for a 19-yr-old ‘normal straight’ person is what a lot of gay guys do at 40. The gay male community is still full of late bloomers, and unless you’re addicted to online porn, it’s rarely a horde of 18-19 year olds running around with that much confidence. It’s mostly 30’s-50’s guys just finally getting out there and discovering who they are. And that includes sex and drugs for sure.
Chrisk
@WindsorOntario. Thanks for adding some levity to this. Most gay men miss the important formative dating and socializing experience taken for granted by their straight peers. I’ve always said that gay men mature about 10 years slower than the average. Twenty somethings act like teenagers and forty somethings still act like twenty somethings. As the say. 40 is the new 30. Of course there are exceptions but very few from what I’ve seen.
Sowing your oats is so important in development as a human being. Add in Marriage and kids and you have a mature adult with a still juvenile mind. I’ve seen it over and over and it’s always the same.
Things will change in the future but for today it’s not at all surprising to see.
MarathonBoy
Another heartwarming tale of love, laughter, and liberation from the land of promiscuity.
Curtispsf
You’re such a sad little queen. You never miss an opportunity to pass judgement on others, especially gay people. What are you? A closet case who lurks on Queerty just so you can read the articles, render judgement and feel you’re better than others? I think that promiscuous people are those people who wouldhave sex with one more person than I would.
Chrisk
Marathongirl used to be Danny595 till queerty banned it for trolling.
Girls got a one track mentally ill mind. Promiscuity this and promiscuity that. Squawk, squawk, squawk..
Billy Budd
Instead of taking something rock hard up his butt, he took a hard rock up his butt.
BGinBigD
Yep!
Kangol
Supposedly he was getting fisted, so he was taking something rock hard up his butt in addition to that hard rock!
oilburner
Well , at least he got good dope. Could you imagine shoving some low grade , stepped on door up ur bum and barely getting a lil buzz instead of completely spun out. Sucks the dude died he sounds like he knew how to party and have a good time. Can we find out who his hookup was? I wannna see a pic & get dick deets.
Chrisk
I think he did a tad too much G though. That and his trick wasn’t watching over him. Probably too involved with the porn.
JackieOMG
Is that what’s known as a “booty pop”?
Chrisk
Booty bump.
gemini93534
Unfortunate.
Josh447
Life review is going to be tough regarding the people he hurt with his actions. Even if his wife agreed it’s still very sad he died. That is never the plan. I hope he’s doing well with his recovery upstairs.
batesmotel
Meth is a dangerous drug that so many gays use, but not all. I’ve tried it and it’s horrible. It’s the devil’s drug, but I can see how someone would get addicted. One friend said if you want to do meth then just go sniff some bleach in Home Depot, because that’s basically what you’re doing.
Chrisk
Actually if you wanted to scare someone away try battery acid or draino since they’re both sometimes used as ingredients. You’re one of the fortunate few that tried it and had a negative reaction.
It causes your brain to dump massive amounts of Dopamine. The pleasure is beyond anything you’ll ever experience in life. The sex is just unbelievably good. Like normal sex multiplied by 500% and you get the idea.
Yes I’ve tried it too and took it much further as many dumb twenty somethings do. Somethings should never be experienced though because your brain will never forget. Many years later I still J/O to the memories of doing it. It is understably the most addictive drug ever invented.
jonathanseer
This sounds very suspicious or, something has been lost between generations meth-heads on the right way to booty bump! Inserting actual crystals of meth in any orifice is a surefire way to burn an ulcer into whatever it comes into contact with and it should also trigger the slow build of excruciating pain that not even tweaking can’t mask. As I recall, the crystals needed to be liquified in something (vodka perhaps) or powdered and then mixed into water as a suspension and then used to avoid the nightmare result of inserting tissue destroying meth crystals into the rectum.
Chrisk
Yes you either wrap it up in tissue paper or in a liquified form and inject it. Damn. Of all things to be an expert in. Shoot me now. Lol
LostMyClothesAgain
A proper booty bump mixes a modest amount of meth crushed into powder with lubricant (cum lube) and blasted into the rectum using a lube injector. Or so I’ve been told.
Gary Q VV
I’ve read all of your comments and you all have the right and freedom to voice your opinions, judgements, whatever you want to call them. Just remember that one of our fellow gay brothers has died. He may not have been participating in sexual and drug activities that are safe, but he’s dead, his wife has no husband, his daughter has no daddy. And our LGBTQ+ community has another headline stain. Don’t make things worse by bitching; do something constructive to help others avoid such catastrophic events.
PLAYS WELL WITH OTHERS
Inserting crystal meth rocks in his butt??
Clearly this guy misinterpreted the whole “get your rocks off” thingy. …
Morrisson
I guess this is one of those cases where the old adage ‘up the bum, no harm done’ wasnt necessarily true!
Geeker
Sometimes the phrase “Too stupid to live” can be literal.
Bryguyf69
From Blast:
“When the companion arrived, Burrous allegedly answered the door fully nude, and had set up the room with DJ style lighting, S&M toys, lubrication jelly and a massage bench. The two men allegedly engaged in various forms of sexual activities.”
Wow, that’s pretty epic for a motel tryst. So this guy carries “DJ style lighting” and a massage bench with him? I wonder how he managed to bring the bench in without being noticed. I don’t know much about gay sex, but are there positions that require a massage bench? A comfy bed — and maybe some scented candles — is good enough for anything my girlfriend and I can physically achieve. And with all those drugs, does he really need DJ lighting???
PS – I’m actually skeptical about the lighting and bench. It’s just too weird — way too much trouble for a tryst. So I’m waiting to read the actual police reports.
Pete le meat
It’s dangerous to do things to your body that aren’t healthy.
MadMaxB
This may rub a few of you the wrong way but it needs to be sead. One of our greatest addictions is our need for a higher high. Sex is a high, risky sex is a higher high and mixing intoxication, risk and sex it is the highest high. The problem comes at the point we turn our will over to that high. Looking for that highest and higher high. I know that I am addicted to sex and love. The alcohol and drugs just made it the highest high. I my eyes sex was my gateway drug. I am in recovery from my addiction from sex and love. I still have cravings to act out. Sex and love addiction is no joking matter. How about the statement… “Bareback feels much better” = but we all know it killed many men and there wife’s. How about the young kid that is head over heels in love and is dumped and takes there own life. No this is no joke it is addiction!
wburgmick
Addiction is a disease. Whether alcohol, sex, food or methamphetamines. The latter being the most addictive of all. To judge a man’s morality based on disease is neither fair nor smart. I pity this man and the family he has left behind.
LetsGetLit
Don’t be fooled by the rocks that I got.
Topman60640
So, booty-bumps are back apparently.
Thank god he was DOA at the hospital, or else the shame would surely have killed him.
According to Radaronline he was being fisted when the OD happened.
At least the trick did the right thing, called 911 and stuck around. 99.9% of Grindr trash would have bolted.