# Worst excuse by famous person caught doing bad?
**URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/t/worst-excuse-by-famous-person-caught-doing-bad/348753
**Category:** In My Humble Opinion
**Created:** [March 17, 2006, 3:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/worst-excuse-by-famous-person-caught-doing-bad/348753 "2006-03-17T15:30:22Z")
**Posts on this page:** 20
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### Author:  [@Jacob\_Silj](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jacob_Silj)
#### Post date: [March 17, 2006, 3:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/worst-excuse-by-famous-person-caught-doing-bad/348753/1 "2006-03-17T15:30:22Z")
Second place would be Eddie Murphy, caught with TV prostitute- “I was giving him/her a lecture on why being out on the street was bad”- can’t find exact quote.
First place would definitely be Michael Irvin, caught with drug pipe in car- brother had pipe at house, Irvin took pipe to keep kids from seeing it. Instead of hiding it somewhere in his huge house, he chose to hide it in his car of all places. Why not wrap it up in old newspaper and put it in the GARBAGE CAN?? Would that not have made more sense? Very hard to believe ESPN apparently bought this.
What would top even this would be the politician from maybe the 60’s who said that being tired, hungry and overworked caused his mind to wander or something and thus seek out a gay tryst, but I can’t recall his name or specifics…
Does anyone else have any I am missing? Granted any of the above could be TRUE- often crazy excuses for something are indeed true.
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### Author:  [@Winston\_Smith](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Winston_Smith)
#### Post date: [March 17, 2006, 3:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/worst-excuse-by-famous-person-caught-doing-bad/348753/2 "2006-03-17T15:32:42Z")
_“I didn’t inhale.”_
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### Author:  [@Annie-Xmas](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Annie-Xmas)
#### Post date: [March 17, 2006, 3:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/worst-excuse-by-famous-person-caught-doing-bad/348753/3 "2006-03-17T15:34:47Z")
_The bitch set me up_
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### Author:  [@Malacandra](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Malacandra)
#### Post date: [March 17, 2006, 3:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/worst-excuse-by-famous-person-caught-doing-bad/348753/4 "2006-03-17T15:41:54Z")
Gillian Taylforth, minor soap actress, was caught blowing some guy in a Range Rover. Her excuse for his trousers being round his knees was that he was suffering an attack of acute pancreatitis, and she was rubbing his abdomen to relieve the pain. This added “a Taylforth” and “administering acute pancreatitis relief” to _Private Eye_’s list of euphemisms for a good few years. 😃
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### Author:  [@corkboard](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/corkboard)
#### Post date: [March 17, 2006, 4:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/worst-excuse-by-famous-person-caught-doing-bad/348753/5 "2006-03-17T16:16:08Z")
_“I had that kiddie porn on my computer for research purposes.”_
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### Author:  [@Kalhoun](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kalhoun)
#### Post date: [March 17, 2006, 4:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/worst-excuse-by-famous-person-caught-doing-bad/348753/6 "2006-03-17T16:16:30Z")
Kevin Spacey had a pretty unbelievable excuse when he got rolled by a trick. I forget all the details, but as I recall, it was pretty unbelievable to folks around here.
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### Author:  [@Annie-Xmas](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Annie-Xmas)
#### Post date: [March 17, 2006, 4:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/worst-excuse-by-famous-person-caught-doing-bad/348753/7 "2006-03-17T16:46:29Z")
[I was just using the bathroom](http://psychology.ucdavis.edu/rainbow/html/Paulk-Southern%20Voice.html)
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### Author:  [@Tevildo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tevildo)
#### Post date: [March 17, 2006, 4:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/worst-excuse-by-famous-person-caught-doing-bad/348753/8 "2006-03-17T16:51:50Z")
I see **McNew** has pre-empted me on Mr Townshend’s proclivities. 🙂
How about Ron Davies’ “moment of madness”?
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### Author:  [@Kalhoun](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kalhoun)
#### Post date: [March 17, 2006, 6:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/worst-excuse-by-famous-person-caught-doing-bad/348753/9 "2006-03-17T18:15:56Z")
> [@Tevildo](#):
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> I see **McNew** has pre-empted me on Mr Townshend’s proclivities. 🙂
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> How about Ron Davies’ “moment of madness”?
Is the general concensus that he lied about that? I thought he was totally believable. I think the law believed him, too.
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### Author:  [@Kalhoun](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kalhoun)
#### Post date: [March 17, 2006, 6:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/worst-excuse-by-famous-person-caught-doing-bad/348753/10 "2006-03-17T18:17:07Z")
That was referring to the Townshend portion of that post. Sorry if that wasn’t clear.
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### Author:  [@romansperson](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/romansperson)
#### Post date: [March 17, 2006, 7:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/worst-excuse-by-famous-person-caught-doing-bad/348753/11 "2006-03-17T19:05:38Z")
Charles Robb - when he said all Tai Collins was doing in that hotel room with him was giving him a massage (of course he didn’t say what part of her was massaging what part of him, so …) .
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### Author:  [@Ethilrist](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ethilrist)
#### Post date: [March 17, 2006, 7:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/worst-excuse-by-famous-person-caught-doing-bad/348753/12 "2006-03-17T19:13:54Z")
“What is ‘truth?’ Hey, I gotta go wash my hands…”
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### Author:  [@pseudotriton\_ruber\_ruber](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pseudotriton_ruber_ruber)
#### Post date: [March 17, 2006, 7:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/worst-excuse-by-famous-person-caught-doing-bad/348753/13 "2006-03-17T19:18:21Z")
> [@Ethilrist](#):
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> “What is ‘truth?’ Hey, I gotta go wash my hands…”
Is this Pontius Pilate, or George Costanza after his mother catches him and says “Oh, my gawd, is it true what my eyes are telling me you’re doing?”
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### Author:  [@Governor\_Quinn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Governor_Quinn)
#### Post date: [March 17, 2006, 7:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/worst-excuse-by-famous-person-caught-doing-bad/348753/14 "2006-03-17T19:26:21Z")
“_What can I say? I’m a night owl_”
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### Author:  [@Bosda\_Di\_Chi\_of\_Tricor](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bosda_Di_Chi_of_Tricor)
#### Post date: [March 17, 2006, 7:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/worst-excuse-by-famous-person-caught-doing-bad/348753/15 "2006-03-17T19:28:30Z")
_If the President does it, it is not a crime._
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### Author:  [@ratatoskK](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ratatoskK)
#### Post date: [March 17, 2006, 7:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/worst-excuse-by-famous-person-caught-doing-bad/348753/16 "2006-03-17T19:31:08Z")
“The Devil made me do it.”
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### Author:  [@Tevildo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tevildo)
#### Post date: [March 17, 2006, 7:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/worst-excuse-by-famous-person-caught-doing-bad/348753/17 "2006-03-17T19:51:54Z")
> [@Kalhoun](#):
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> Is the general concensus that he lied about that? I thought he was totally believable. I think the law believed him, too.
He was acquitted. He didn’t have any porn on his machine, just a subscription to a porn site (which he paid for with his own credit card - bloody fool). As far as the “general consensus” goes - to quote from _Monkey Dust_…
“Town’s End? King? Glitter? Those are all PAEDOPHILES! Except the first, for legal reasons.” 😉
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### Author:  [@Ghanima](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ghanima)
#### Post date: [March 17, 2006, 7:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/worst-excuse-by-famous-person-caught-doing-bad/348753/18 "2006-03-17T19:58:56Z")
The twinkie defense - junk food made me do it!
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### Author:  [@Annie-Xmas](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Annie-Xmas)
#### Post date: [March 17, 2006, 8:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/worst-excuse-by-famous-person-caught-doing-bad/348753/19 "2006-03-17T20:05:52Z")
> [@Ghanima](#):
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> The twinkie defense - junk food made me do it!
Debunked by [Jill, SDSAB](http://www.straightdope.com/mailbag/mdimcapacity.html)
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### Author:  [@vibrotronica](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/vibrotronica)
#### Post date: [March 17, 2006, 8:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/worst-excuse-by-famous-person-caught-doing-bad/348753/20 "2006-03-17T20:50:44Z")
Ripped from todays headlines: White House aide Claude Allen’s [“evil twin” defense](http://www.talkingpointsmemo.com/archives/007891.php).
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