The Insider's Pat O'Brien Fired

Pat O’Brien, who was demoted from host of “The Insider,” after several stints in rehab, has been fired after an email sent Monday to his staff stating that middle class Americans “want to vomit” watching his replacement, Lara Spencer, picking out accessories. 

The e-mail read:

“Hi, folks, I just spent a couple of days in Iowa – I’m a little bit of a favorite son there – and I spoke with maybe a thousand people and was very hands-on. Even Joe Biden said, ‘You should be running (for president)!’ But what I came away with was, these people can’t afford gas, books, food or schools or movies!

“I was approached a hundred times by people asking, ‘Can you help us?’ I tried to tell them we care, but they didn’t buy it. They wanted to, but watching Anya and Lara [Spencer] pick out accessories makes the viewers want to vomit. I’ll get killed for this, but I’m actually the one not afraid for my job. I want people to be happy.”