Kiefer Sightings

Oh Mr. Sutherland, what talent you wield to entertain on and off the screen. In fact, I find Kiefer Sutherland's real life portrayal of local drunkard oh so much more entertaining then his Jack Bauer character on 24.

Kiefer likes to get his drink on in the Silver Lake neighborhood, but more to the point; Kiefer LIKES HIS DRINK. A number of times I've seen the man stumbling in or out of one of our many drinking holes here in Stinkland. Occasionally I also see him seemingly sober noshing on Vermont, setting his stomach for a nights shenanigans.

A good friend of mine even managed to make some quality beer money by snapping a shot of Kief with his briefs around his ankles at a Burbank karoake bar. If I can coerce my buddy to let me post more on that, I will in the future.

Regardless, Kiefer makes news once again by making a fool out of himself at Ye Rustic Inn. This is a bar I am very aware of. I've spent many evenings and even mornings at this establishment. Its not a scene, this is a place where people go to get blotto, and they know that everyone else is blotto, so It's no big deal. And this was after drinking at the Drawing Room, which is well...scary, even for most drunks. Anyway, I have kept you waiting too long. The story goes as follows:

“24” STAR Kiefer Sutherland shocked staffers at the Ye Rustic Inn in Los Feliz, Calif., the other morning when he bellied up to the bar around 9 a.m. demanding to start a tab, reports Steppin’ Out magazine. Editor Chaunce Hayden says the normally thick-waisted Sutherland looked “rail-thin” when he entered the tiny dive bar with a group of rowdy pals and ordered a round of drinks. According to witnesses, when presented with the bill, Sutherland claimed his wallet was “indisposed” - “It’s been stolen! I promise I’ll come back and pay.” At that point, things got weird. “He started to go into a series of karate kicks in the middle of the floor while the bartender, waitress and several customers looked on,” Hayden reports. Thankfully, a star-struck fan agreed to buy him several J&B’s on the rocks. After devouring a plate of chicken wings and littering the floor with bones, the star left without tipping. Sutherland, it turns out, was winding down from a very long night at the Drawing Room across the street. A rep for Sutherland did not respond to a call for comment."

If you are unschooled in Mr. Sutherlands previous escapades, check out Defamer's accounting of Kieffer vs. the Christmas Tree.

Props to the Knaack for hitting me with this story as well as spellchecking.
Oh yeah, and the image above was taken from the New Zealand Herald in conjunction with yet another Kiefer sighting. The man makes the rounds.