Burn Notice Actor Charged with DUI

[Kestra]

Jeffery Donovan, the actor who plays the main character in the show "Burn Notice" has been charged with a DUI.

Illusions shattered! The character can work his way out of any situation but the actor gets caught after almost hitting a police cruiser. Celebrities, why must you disappoint so?

 

[Michael Chris]

Everyone has their problems.. :/ I hope and pray that this was a one time thing that does not indicate a problem with alcohol. If he does have a problem with alcohol then I really hope he is cured and can find the help he needs.

 

[barnaclelapse]

Or he becomes the next Nick Nolte.

 

[Michael Chris]

Or he becomes the next Nick Nolte.

He got clean? Wow, didn't hear about that. That's awesome.

 

[Aragorn]

"When you're being pulled over for a DUI and you're guilty, you need to act quickly between the time the flashing lights come on and the police officer asks you for your license. Raw onions or papayas are one way to mask a breathalyzer test. But if you don't have any on you, faking an illness can explain away your inability to pass the simple motor skills test. Faking a serious illness and claiming that you were driving yourself to the emergency room buys you some time, especially if you play the foreigner tourist card."

 

[Harvey]

He'll probably pull a Kiefer Sutherland and serve his time during hiatus.

 

[Captaindemotion]

"When you're being pulled over for a DUI and you're guilty, you need to act quickly between the time the flashing lights come on and the police officer asks you for your license. Raw onions or papayas are one way to mask a breathalyzer test. But if you don't have any on you, faking an illness can explain away your inability to pass the simple motor skills test. Faking a serious illness and claiming that you were driving yourself to the emergency room buys you some time, especially if you play the foreigner tourist card."

 

[sidious618]

"When you're being pulled over for a DUI and you're guilty, you need to act quickly between the time the flashing lights come on and the police officer asks you for your license. Raw onions or papayas are one way to mask a breathalyzer test. But if you don't have any on you, faking an illness can explain away your inability to pass the simple motor skills test. Faking a serious illness and claiming that you were driving yourself to the emergency room buys you some time, especially if you play the foreigner tourist card."

Well played.

 

[Kronos]

"When you're being pulled over for a DUI and you're guilty, you need to act quickly between the time the flashing lights come on and the police officer asks you for your license. Raw onions or papayas are one way to mask a breathalyzer test. But if you don't have any on you, faking an illness can explain away your inability to pass the simple motor skills test. Faking a serious illness and claiming that you were driving yourself to the emergency room buys you some time, especially if you play the foreigner tourist card."

I could almost hear his voice saying this...nice work

On a serious note I'm glad he didn't hurt anyone while doing something foolish.

 

[Captaindemotion]

Interestingly enough, I remember reading an interview with Bruce Campbell where he was ranting about inconsiderate drivers who use handheld mobile phones while driving - as a father, he reckoned they could be putting his children's lives at risk. Wonder what he makes of his co-star's actions here. Might well be putting a burn notice on him...

 

[God Magnus]

In an ideal world, drivers would never drink and everyone would put their lights on when it's raining. In the real world, people misjudge how much they drink. From what I've read, he took medicine and drank wine. Stupid? Sure. But he probably overestimated is ability to handle the combination. Some people can, some can't. I'd say if he was a raging alcoholic he would probably have handled the situation quite differently.

My take is I hope he goes through the system, and if he needs help he gets it. If there is a punishment (fines, community service etc.) he should just do it quietly and be thankful no one was hurt.

 

[God Magnus]

"When you're being pulled over for a DUI and you're guilty, you need to act quickly between the time the flashing lights come on and the police officer asks you for your license. Raw onions or papayas are one way to mask a breathalyzer test. But if you don't have any on you, faking an illness can explain away your inability to pass the simple motor skills test. Faking a serious illness and claiming that you were driving yourself to the emergency room buys you some time, especially if you play the foreigner tourist card."

Wow, well done. I can hear his voice saying this!

 

[Kestra]

^^^ Yeah, I can totally hear him saying that too.

 

[Barbados Slim]

"When you're being pulled over for a DUI and you're guilty, you need to act quickly between the time the flashing lights come on and the police officer asks you for your license. Raw onions or papayas are one way to mask a breathalyzer test. But if you don't have any on you, faking an illness can explain away your inability to pass the simple motor skills test. Faking a serious illness and claiming that you were driving yourself to the emergency room buys you some time, especially if you play the foreigner tourist card."

I was coming in to write my own Michael Weston handy DUI advance but this is far funnier than anything I would've come up with.

 

[Chrisisall]

"When you're being pulled over for a DUI and you're guilty, you need to act quickly between the time the flashing lights come on and the police officer asks you for your license. Raw onions or papayas are one way to mask a breathalyzer test. But if you don't have any on you, faking an illness can explain away your inability to pass the simple motor skills test. Faking a serious illness and claiming that you were driving yourself to the emergency room buys you some time, especially if you play the foreigner tourist card."

*Presents Aragorn with the "Most awesome post of the week" award!*

 

[Chrisisall]

Everyone has their problems.. :/ I hope and pray that this was a one time thing that does not indicate a problem with alcohol. If he does have a problem with alcohol then I really hope he is cured and can find the help he needs.

"Cured"???
He has a few too many & makes the dumb decision to drive, and you pray for him to be cured? LOL, the last time I got a sunburn, I don't recall peeps asking if I had a "problem" with abusing my levels of sun exposure.
Really, I can find shade whenever I want to- I just didn't want to.

Let's wait for a pattern before we start going there, okay?

 

[Teelie]

He got drunk and drove. That's bad. It's not a sign of being an alcoholic and I know several people who would take offense to the implication merely being drunk is a "problem." In this case it certainly was but to blast it as alcoholism is premature and blatantly wrong.

If it turns out he is an alcoholic, then it's still wrong because it's just a blast at anyone who drinks and you got lucky on a guess.

On the topic, I am disappointed to hear he got drunk and drove. It's always sad to hear about someone doing something so stupid but even more so when it's an actor and someone so likable.

 

[Chrisisall]

On the topic, I am disappointed to hear he got drunk and drove.

I did it once or twice myself in my younger years. Not proud of it, wouldn't do it again, but we learn by doing, and not always in the best way.
And just FYI, I've been rammed into 3 times in my driving career, all three were sober, and more dangerous than I ever was drunk (I didn't HIT anything). Idiot drivers are bad news in whatever condition.

 

[paudemge]

On the topic, I am disappointed to hear he got drunk and drove.

I did it once or twice myself in my younger years. Not proud of it, wouldn't do it again, but we learn by doing, and not always in the best way.
And just FYI, I've been rammed into 3 times in my driving career, all three were sober, and more dangerous than I ever was drunk (I didn't HIT anything). Idiot drivers are bad news in whatever condition.

They were more harmful than you, that doesn't mean you driving drunk was less risky, it just means you got lucky.
I've head people say similar things like 'I can drive drunk better than most people can sober'

 

[Chrisisall]

They were more harmful than you, that doesn't mean you driving drunk was less risky, it just means you got lucky.

EHHHNNNN, wrong answer, Hans.

I was a professional driver for five years in Manhattan, Brooklyn & Queens; My driving ability came to be amazing- no accidents even on the BQE 2- 4 times a day, every day. So if you take that ability & severely handicap it with say, six beers, that ability is STILL better in quality than the average driver that has trouble even parallel parking their own vehicle after years driving it. NOT condoning drunk driving, just saying that driving is a SKILL, one that not everyone can master, yet nearly ANYONE can obtain a liscense. Ever drive while sick with a fever? With a sudden migrane? Severe cramps? In a sudden torrential downpour? Late at night when sleepyness kicks in? Good drivers can compensate in most cases. Bad drivers that have trouble hitting nothing under normal circumstances just need a little bit of ANYTHING to make them take out a telephone pole.

I got lucky that no idiot him ME out of nowhere those couple of times I was legally inebriated behind the wheel, that would have made it MY fault no matter that I'd not made the mistake.

EDIT TO ADD: But it sounds like Mr. Donovan was a little drunker that what I was just describing. People tend to drive the way they walk after consumption of alcohol. Sounds like he might have staggered to his car the way he had to swerve to avoid hitting a vehicle NOT in motion.
Definitely not good.