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Confirmed: Rachel Maddow Is Not In Creepy Buzzfeed Video Of Creepy Guy Videotaping Sunbathers

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Recent visitors to the front page of viral trend aggregator Buzzfeed, which recently added Politico’s Ben Smith to its staff, have been “treated” to a Silkwood shower-worthy YouTube video of a super-creepy guy videotaping a pair of sunbathers, one of whom the site alleges (but can’t confirm) is MSNBC star Rachel Maddow. The woman in the short video does bear a striking visual and aural resemblance to the Forward-Leaning liberal icon, but Mediaite has confirmed that the reluctant star of the video is not Rachel Maddow.

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In the brief clip, apparently shot in the early aughts, the woman sunbathing notices the voyeuristic videographer, and immediately says, “No.”

“No what?” the guy wittily replies.

“I don’t want my picture taken,” the Maddow ringer says.

The jerk pervert zooms out, pauses, and says “I don’t want your picture anyway.”

I’m guessing his next line would have involved inviting her back to his place to check out his handsomely-bound collection of restraining orders.

The Buzzfeed post reads, “Filmed on South Beach in the early 2000s. Footage sent to us by Comedy Wizard. We cannot confirm this footage, but she’s certainly a dead ringer for the MSNBC pundit.”

I have to admit, the video had me going for a bit, partly because the woman in the clip was reading from a clipboard on the beach, which is the sort of geeky, offbeat thing you might expect Rachel Maddow to do. We checked with the star of The Rachel Maddow Show, and thankfully, it wasn’t her. She also pointed out a great reason why it should have been obvious it wasn’t her.

“Hahahahahahaha! No!” she said, via email. “That is neither me, nor my butt, nor would there be a peaceful ending to a conversation that started with some dude sneaking up on my butt with a camera. No, no no no no no god no.”

That’s a really good point, and it’s worth keeping in mind that there’s an excellent chance the next clip on that guy’s camera was of an impromptu, involuntary colonoscopy.

Ben Smith seems to have his work cut out for him. Videos of people stalking fake celebrities doesn’t strike me as the best way to win the morning.

Here’s the clip, though be warned: you may feel a strong urge to put the lotion in the basket, lest you get the hose again:


 

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  • Anonymous

    Early 2000′s looking at the pic quality & those coolers I’d go with mid 90s. Creepy stuff

  • http://pulse.yahoo.com/_VK7U6RFTAUIPW2JR2NGPBP2IYA super

    sounds like maddow too

  • Anonymous

    It can’t be Rachel- his camera didn’t break.

  • Anonymous

    Creepy. 

  • Anonymous

    If you’ve ever seen Rachel in person she would die to have that body. Her bottom half is disproportionate to the top half.

  • Anonymous

    Have you lost your mind?
    The woman did not want to be filmed. She did not consent to be filmed. She did not give you her consent to post the video here.

    What part of decency don’t you understand?  (You’ve already answered that, by your actions.)

    You’re no better than the jerk pervert.

    Take it down.

  • david r

    Sick:

    . . . you may feel a strong urge to put the lotion in the basket, lest you get the hose again . . .

    **** (4/5).  You are on a roll.  Time to go in a bar and tell a young lady you are a writer.  Or go home and hug the wife.

  • shonangreg

    You listen to Maddow? I watch most of her shows, and it does not sound like Maddow to me. This woman’s voice is deeper and does not have the creak or twang of Rachel.

  • Anonymous

    The women doesn’t want to be on camera… now Mediaite is broadcasting this clip for the whole world to see….

  • Anonymous

    Anyone who has seen Rachel in person knows that her butt isn’t that big. She’s very svelt from head to toe. Stupid controversy to start.

  • Anonymous

    Well, Duh.  Susan is much bigger and older than that.

  • Anonymous

    “but Mediaite has confirmed that the reluctant star of the video is not Rachel Maddow.”

    I’m assuming this is shorthand for “In a panic I, Tommy Christopher, tearfully called up Rachel and asked her if this was her in the video. She assured me it was not, which stopped me from ingesting another Xanax, and asked if I was going to make our weekly barbeque. Relieved and calmed by  the fact that Rachel was safe from conservative attacks (or maybe it was the Xanax), I assured her I would be there and that I would bring last weeks transcripts of my articles that she can sign off on”

    “We checked with the star of The Rachel Maddow Show, and thankfully, it wasn’t her.”

    Glad those Xanax kicked in and “thankfully” you didn’t have a full blown panic attack over this.

  • Anonymous

    You have quite the imagination.

  • Anonymous

    We can surmise by the lack of rape threats that the cameraman is definitely not James O’Keefe. 

  • http://twitter.com/Samuel_Bun Samuel_Bun

    Gloves, when did you get a video camera?

  • Anonymous

    She was in public fair game …as long as she is over 18n in thye state (which with that ass she obviously was) no harm …no foul…..keep the cameras rolling…..I don’t agree w it …but it’s the law…..say good night Gracy!

  • Anonymous

    welcome to the good old USA….you guys and gals get pissed at this… yet we still have idiots marching at dead soldiers’ funerals in protests….I’m all for the1st amendment …but lets get a little clarity here….Hmmmm???…it’s a half naked chick on the beach ….what’s next ?,….she’ll be pissed if guys LOOK at her?…..think about it ladies!!!!….go back to the penthouse and lay out on the roof…same sun …no ogling eyes…..(point Made)…she wants to be on the sand …..(maybe not filmed….but I DON’T THINK SHE MINDS THE ATTENTION)…IMHO…..~5150-

  • Anonymous

    svelt……..awesome word….kudos for having a vocabulary!….~5150

  • Anonymous

    Sorry,son,  O’Keefe is interested in women only.

  • http://twitter.com/Nietzschean John Smith

    She looked good on her side from the back. Nicely curvaceous.

  • Anonymous

    Who’s more creepy, the guy who shot the video or Tommy for posting it on Mediaite? I say both!!

  • Anonymous

    The person who posted this story broke no criminal laws, as far as I know, and I didn’t suggest he did. He might get the chance to learn about civil liability for invasion of privacy, if we’re lucky. Ask yourself, “Why do all those television shows blur out the faces of people even though they’re out in public?”

    I’m just talking about decency and respect, and the lack thereof.

  • Anonymous

    How would you know that?

  • Anonymous

    Because I tried, son. I tried. You libs are too busy on your knee pads to understand but I don’t even need pads, son. 

    Winning. 

  • Anonymous

    I think that was Gingrich looking for his next victim. errr wife

  • theodore williams

    Posting this video is almost as skeevy as recording people on a clothing-optional beach without permission. However, had it BEEN Rachel, the ensuing reaction would have been priceless to watch (assuming the cameraman /footage survived).  Naked people can in fact inflict grievous bodily harm, given sufficient motivation. 

  • Anonymous

    God that’s creepy…..is there any more footage?

  • Anonymous

    Is Maddow stating, that is indeed her in the video?

  • Holistic

    The fact that its not Maddow was a no brainer!!

  • Anonymous

    Both are creepy him and her. She is on a public beach topless and in a g string.  She knows that will bring attention to her. She knows guys will take photos of her. Should not be a big surprise to her. I bet if the guy was hot she would not say a word.

  • Anonymous

    You tried it with O’Keefe?   Now we know the truth about you.  And you don’t even use knee pads, TMI!

  • Anonymous

    When I saw the subject I knew tomtom was part of it.  No need to read what was written as we all know it’s BS.

  • Anonymous

    Damn, you had such a good run here, but you broke the automatic banning rule! Buh-bye.

  • http://www.scoamf.com/2011/08/hitler-realizes-obama-is-stuttering.html Unicon

    What is the “automatic banning rule” BTW ?

  • 12voltman1

    Good Question.

  • Anonymous

    Nothing like waving your homophobic ignorance for all to see. Rachel is a fine looking woman. Just because she’s not buying what you’re selling doesn’t change that…son.

  • http://twitter.com/Darr247 Darr Darr

    I *think* she was saying she wouldn’t be caught dead in a thong on a public beach.

  • http://twitter.com/Darr247 Darr Darr

    Geee…  I interpreted that to mean he was vertically challenged.

  • http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100002668791815 Hank Moody

    This is South Beach. Everyone is topless in a g-string.

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