People need to stop blaming Criss for the fact his girlfriend didn't make it in the finals.
It was said that the women had already judged in the prelimeraries before he made his comment, about wanting his girl to get "high marks" So a decision was made already and it had nothing to do with Criss making a playful comment to the judges. The women felt uncomfortable because the decision was made and she knew his girlfriend was not going to be a finalist. I doubt Criss had that much influence in this contest, if he did, his girl would have been at least a finalist, if not the winner.

Pagents suck anyways. Anytime I've watched them, It's usually never the girl you think should win..Be it her body, her anwer to a question or her face. Half of the girls are already eliminated before the show even starts. None of the girls are that hot anyways. And the hottest one, usually doesn't win.

Nope, no way she would even be considered for a prize.
Criss screwed her over by being,... well Criss.

He tampered with the contest ran his yap to a judge and if anyone else heard and she did place the entire event would have been screwed.
(In fact I hear that he did the same on the NBC show and that it has screwed his chances of ever being on network TV)

So she can thank her dim wit magic boy for ruining all the work she has done over the years to get were she is.

Yep he ruined all of her work with his mouth.

And now all she has is some poser for a hump buddy.

J ack

i agree with keera...

The entitlement!!! what i'm curious to know is what the other 49 girls WHO WEREN'T CHOSEN EITHER think about veronica not getting picked? they must be deeply troubled by this! from what i understand the judges had already turned in their votes when Criss supposedly approached Mecca and made that egotistical comment, so the idea that she didn't make it through because of what a columnist reported is so lame. The girl never had the vote anyway!! Miss "Peanut Butter and Jelly" (as she so aptly described herself in sandwich form) obviously ain't all that if she can't get there on her own merit. Seems to me there were expectations from the two about this pageant and i guess if i were so conceited as to think that way, well..i'd threaten a one eyed man's other good eye too. who needs ethics when you have too much money and priviledge and a ego to match?
Who acts so tastelessly and expects to maintain public respect?
it doesn't take much to put together that this was a pathetic attempt to gain an advantage over the competition for his girlfriend because he has a little fame and fortune to throw around. Celebrities kill me how they die to be in the spotlight but when it doesn't shine to their liking, they throw a fit! Like he rules Las Vegas...please! Could it be the public is finally catching on to dude's bulls--t?

The NBC thing wasn't fake. Look here!
http://www.popscribe.com/2007/11/01/criss-angel-defended-our-souls-on-halloween/
Did Criss save our souls?
It was real and in a funny way showed exactly how Criss Angel works. He makes threats and then hopes someone else will do the dirty work. His fan base is an illusion also, created by Spark Art. The actual numbers are a fraction of what is suggested. Notice how the avatars are of young beautiful women? ... But when they show up at a meeting it is quite different.
Everyone in the Biz knows it's a fake!

Well you can slag Callahan but when push comes to shove he is holding up and Criss Angel is not.

Those are facts.

Callahan does what he says he can do and many think he scares Criss.

Houdini might have been able to deal with Callahan but Angle is no Houdini even though he wishes he were.

J ack

Agree with Lola and Violet!

When a celebrity wants to be in the spotlight, like Criss, they will use their status to get it. But when the tables are turned and someone insults their own integrity, watch out!!! Clarke is a gossip columnist. Take it with a grain of salt, Criss. I repeat, you are not god! You are a fabulous entertainer, but that's where the whole thing stops. And really, to promote your girlfriend is so lame as you seem to have a new girls everytime we turn around. So do you really think the rest of the public is going to fall in love with her as well? She holds a title of "Miss Nevada" not the girl who discovered the cure for cancer. Celebrities play it all up as do the media. But the tougher the skin the better reputation and effect you will have on the public. In my opinion your losing a bit of yourself everytime you play it up to the media that you are better than the entire city of Las Vegas. Really you are just a guy behind an empire, and at the end of the day your no better than the rest of us.

'whatever people.........it's time for everyone to put their big girl and boy panties on and get over it, move on.........and as for me being on mindfreak, lol as quoted

"Kelli who are you on Mind Freak? The girl that was walking by and just "happened" to get levitated, or the girl that was 8 and suddenly became 20?

Posted by: Craigg Angelo | April 15, 2008 at 09:10 PM"

craigg, dude, is that the best you could do to try to hurt, don't hate the playa baby!!!! i have been called worse, nothing offends me, i speak freely, you don't like it, don't look. BRING IT ON, I AM ALL IN!!!"

Kelli I wasnt saying anything mean. Obviously you dont understand. I was asking who you are on Crisss show?

that`s horrible ... all these bad press about criss ... makes me sad.
it sounds like everyone is trying to screw his carrier up ... it looks like the people are happy when criss is failing with his las vegas show and his mindfreak-show ... that´s stupid ... he worked for these things very hard ... so don`t be jealous ...

i have the feeling that the people are only satisfied when criss is dead so they have not to deal with him anymore ... i would really like to know how criss is feeling in these moments ... i would be very upset ... depressed ... sad ... don`t know ...

so be careful what you are doing/saying ... you are causing maybe more damage to criss than you wanted ... i don`t wanna be the person who drift him into suicide ... i don`t wanna be responsible for a persons death. And destroying everything criss has ... this is maybe where he will end: as a dead person ... and that`s absolutely horrible ...

This taken from RJ
Angel publicist Steve Flynn responded Friday: "Criss has been friends with Sandy and Mike Mecca for years and was absolutely joking around with her when he said that. The fact that it happened two days after Mrs. Mecca had completed her judging, I fail to see the relevance."

Asked whether Angel had contact with any other Miss USA judges or executives, Flynn said, "That's ridiculous."

I'm an amatuer magician, so I am probably more aware of Criss Angel than the average person, but I'm no Loyal and I'm not even a big fan... I don't keep track of every move C.A. makes, nor do I care... I have a life.

Criss seems to be a nice guy who is trying to maintain a "bad boy" image. Anyone who knows anything about the history of magic knows that it takes an ego and an attitude to rise to the top. Houdini was hated by many people, like spiritualists and clairvoyents, because he exposed their phony methods and lies. He was also loved by many many times more people - hence his popularity as one of the greatest magicians (if not THE greatest magician) in history. It's no secret that Criss idolizes Harry Houdini and models much of his career after the exploits and achievements of Houdini. But he does it in his own way. Whenever anybody achieves great popularity, there are always those who will try to drag them down by exagerating anything the celebrity does that can even remotely be construed as negative. I say that they are jealous because someone else's success is merely a conviction of their own lack of success.

Lies for entertainment purposes is one thing (actors and comdedians do it all the time, so do magicians) but for people like Jim Callahan (who is a poor hack mentalist AT BEST) who try to rip people off by claiming he can channel dead people, the "lie" steps over the line. Jim is just desparately trying to stir up some controversy to keep his lame career (if you can call it that) alive, while others who appear on that show, like Guy Bavli, Angela Funovits and the winner Mike Super have gone on with style and class and have continued to build their careers based on the publicity they gained by their appearance on Phenomenon. Jim's appearance on Phenomenon just revealed what a non-talent he really is, and when "called" on it by Criss, he struck out like a cornered wounded animal. He is still desparately trying to stir up some controversy by stalking articles about Criss Angel to which he can post negative comments (just search his name on youtube...). This guy needs to move on and build a career based on his own (non-existant) talent and stop trying to drag down someone else in order to make himself look and feel better. That's enough said about Jim C.

As for you haters cutting down Miss Nevada, you don't know her OR her personality. She obviously had to beat out a bunch of other contestants just to win the state title, and the fact that she didn't make it to the finals means nothing. There were 48 other contestants who didn't win either. I'm sure any of you other basement dwellers who are criticizing her would give your left arm to have a woman of her calibre as your girlfriend. Losers....

Now, for the "journalist" who Criss supposedly threatened, we have to remember that his career is based on trying to create sensationalistic stories to justify his job. Really, people, with all of this controversy, you would think that this was two world leaders threatening each other with nuclear annihilation. Knowing Criss's personality, the remark he made to the judge sounds more like a joke by Criss than any attempt to influence the voting. His "threat" against the journalist just sounds like something someone would say when he was pissed-off. I think he is doing the right thing by ignoring the whole situation. This reporter is just trying to stir up even more negative controversy like some little whiny bitch. Everybody is trying to feed off of Criss' success and ride his coattails to their own little piece of fame and fortune.

Like I said, I am no huge Criss Angel fan, but I do know that he has worked long and hard to earn his own success, and I predict that his show at the Luxor will be as big of a success as his top-rated show on A&E. He is an entertainer, a good one, or he wouldn't be where he is now. As for him being a mid-aged goth kid - has anybody seen Keith Richards, Ozzie Osbourne or Gene Simmons lately? What's the difference between how they look and how Criss looks?
... get real people, it's all a part of their image... anybody who thinks it's any more than that is a naive idiot...

WHY SOULD HE COMMENT TO TRASH. HE NEVER DOES. PEOPLE KNOW THEY WILL MAKE MONEY TALKING ABOUT HIM THAT IS WHY THEY DO IT. THEY DONT CARE ABOUT THE TRUTH.............SO LINE THE BIRD CAGE WITH THE LIES CRISS.....KEEP DOING WHAT YOU DO..............................WE LOVE YOU

I think you're right, Uahhha! Someone is writing for Criss as David!!

Whatever...if Criss wants to walk the walk he better prepared to have his feathers ruffled a bit. I am a huge fan of his, but honestly, I'm a fan of his magic. His attitude and ego lately are just getting out of control. Really. The show he is doing is not totally about him, Cirque is his partner. That makes it great right there. As far as Callahan goes, he wanted to defend the public by defacing a fraud, however, why make a spectacle out of yourself? And why tell Alicia Jacobs, "He'd be in a hospital right now"?? What? What gives him the right to say that? Criss is coming across as a god. He also told Alicia Jacobs when discussing David Copperfield and what he felt about him, Criss responded by saying, "It's great to king!" Another form of arrogance. If Criss would just pipe down and do his magic like in Season One and part of Season Two in Mindfreak (whereafter he started turning egotisical) then maybe the public would appreciate some of his comments better. He brings a lot of this on himself, gossip or no gossip. This isn't about the press slamming him, it's about building himself up with such an attitude that eveyrone wants to bring him down no matter what. TThe media knows exactly how it works, but in turn, so does Criss. Without the media he would be nothing, so he needs to take it with a grain of salt.

I think everyone is taking the "putting Callahan in the hospital" comment out of context. I believe what Criss was saying is that if Callahan had not been held back Criss would have naturally defended himself. Given his martial arts training, Callahan would most probably have been in the hospital. And he would have deserved it, too.