Pat O'Brien Meets Real People

As a correspondent for The Insider -- the tabloid show he used to host -- O'Brien wrote a scathing e-mail to his staff, decrying the plight of the poor Iowans he met while on location (who can't afford "food, gas...or movies"), before lambasting one of the show's fluffier recurring segments about accessories, which he claims "make [people] want to vomit."

O'Brien says he's just trying to "create a discourse." And he will, right after the segment about Brooke Burke dancing.