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New York Republican gubernatorial candidate Carl Paladino has an interesting track record. His name is mostly associated with the lewd emails he sent his coworkers, a physical assault on a New York Post reporter, and an obsession with opponent Andrew Cuomo‘s sex life. Many have given up trying to understand. Rachel Maddow refuses to rest until she finds the answer.

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Rachel Maddow, who one was one of the first to highlight the utter nuttiness of Carl Paladino shortly after he snagged the GOP nomination for Governor of New York, is back with a new Paladino theory. She thinks his campaign might be performance art…of the Joaquin Phoenix kind.

A year and a half ago when Joaquin Phoenix made his famously disastrous appearance on The Late Show, everyone wondered if his haggard and apparently drugged up persona was all an act. Now that he and Casey Affleck’s film I’m Still Here has been released and we all know that it was, in fact, a hoax, many have eagerly awaited his return to the talk show. It happened last night and the interview was nearly as tense as the first one as David Letterman spent the entire time giving the actor a fairly harsh scolding.

David Letterman’s disclosure last night that he was being extorted for $2 million over the fact he’d had sex with women who’d worked for him made for was some serious must-see TV. Also, hello ratings! But it’s certainly not the first time Letterman has grabbed the morning after spotlight due to shocking behavior. Here’s a look at our Top Ten Most Shocking Late Night Moments.