Pat O’Brien and Lara Spencer 

Pat O’Brien, the anchor-cum-correspondent (he got a demotion) for The Insider, has a history with oversharing. Mostly, it’s been in the form of voicemails, like when he tells a woman that he wants to get crazy, get some coke, and do things to her that eventually appeared in Verne Troyer’s sex tape. And now, the sometimes-recovering alcoholic ups the ante with a staffer email that takes shots at Lara Spencer, who’s solo-hosting the show.

Pat sent off an e-mail to several staff members claiming Lara is making viewers sick, because she only cares about fashion. Pat says he cares about important things like helping the poor and saving the world.

In his e-mail, Pat writes:

“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.”

And by Pat wanting “people to be happy” he actually means he wants his old job back so he can be happy. At least, that is what we suspect.

A source said that Pat is jealous of Lara, because she has his job. Pat shrugged off those claims and explained his e-mail: “I’m trying to create a discourse. The American people want honesty. I just raged against the machine. We can change the world.”

Yeah, because with Pat hosting The Insider, the world would surely change.

Is Pat off the wagon again?  Seems like it.