Brian Balthazar: The Nice Boy of Gossip

Brian Balthazar loves cooking, traveling, designing and music. A friend of Charo, he also loves dogs and Diet Coke. However, for people who know him from television like The Today Show (USA), MSNBC, VH1, CBS and his spot on "Fashion Week" coverage, he is a comedian, television presenter and the creator of PopGoestheWeek.com appearing to talk celebrity gossip…and not a hair model, just the way he likes it.Brian Balthazar

"While I'll admit sometimes the comic in me really wants to take a jab at a celebrity whose being ridiculous, I try really, really hard to be nice. I don't always succeed! I mean, Charlie Sheen, come on. I can't resist a few comments about him now and then! I go back to my mindset that the site is 'just between us friends!' What's a little juicy conversation between millions of friends?" he says.

"I am really fascinated by how something can become a phenomenon online. Whether it's a video of Maru the cat or Susan Boyle, it's really amazing that something can start out as a random link on the web, and get forwarded around until tens of millions of people have seen it."

Balthazar has seen celebrities come and go in popularity. "Celebrity buzz can be very short lived. It seems like it wasn't so long ago that Paris Hilton was the one getting all the tabloid attention. Now, it's Kim Kardashian. When it comes to fame, the reality is you never know when you've peaked. The spotlight is only so big, and there is a long line of people ready to take your place."

"Fame is even more fleeting for reality stars than it is for actors and actresses. The public knows reality stars for one thing: being themselves. Kate Gosselin stopped being surprising and interesting. I think if I were in her situation, I would have saved as much money as possible along the way and found a really good financial planner."

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