BlindGossip – There’s a pharmacy in Los Angeles that is frequented by lots of actors who live in the area. Like many pharmacies, they have a tape line on the floor set about six feet away from the pharmacy counter so that the customer is ensured some privacy. The person behind the counter on this occasion, however, was apparently not well-trained on the concept of privacy.
“Do you need a consultation with the pharmacist for the Denavir?” they asked rather loudly. “No,” responded the actor, who signed something, grabbed the bag, and quickly walked away. Hopefully the piles of money he’s making on this successful drama will dull the pain of having the gift that keeps on giving. We also wonder if his co-workers have a clue.
Denavir is a topical antiviral medication used for recurrent cold sores (herpes labialis) on the lips and face in otherwise healthy adult patients.The more you know!
Isn’t it just cold sore medication? Big deal.
I have no idea who this is, but per my google search:
Apparently, the original gift that keeps on giving was the phonograph
or “talking machine”.
An intrepid researcher on the newsgroup alt.usage.english discovered
that the phrase “The Gift That Keeps on Giving” was first used in
commerce to promote “talking machines”, “talking machine records”,
etc. in 1924, and was registered as a trademark in the United States
in 1927.
… and Denavir is for Herpes. Hmmm ….. I’ve no idea. I guess I read more than I watch t.v.
lol smart@$$
The phrase ‘the gift that keeps on giving’ generally refers to an STD. No-one EVER uses that phrase in relation to a machine! You overthunk that a bit!
There is more in Heaven and on Earth, Sundaeg1rl; than is dreamt of in your philosophy.
Good one. I agree atlantic!
No disrespect, but Sunny isn’t all that out to lunch. Consider your audience here. This is a gossip site where we anonymously speculate about the private lives of people we don’t know and will never meet. Were we all wearing tweed and gathered on the commons @ Harvard, we could explore further the heavens (& hell) and such. For the here and now, it’s an STD.
he he. well put.
HERPES remember they lways say paris has the gift that keeps on giving with her new hubby, they both have herpes.
I’m going to guess Michael C Hall. The “six feet” comment alluding to Six Feet Under and the “We also wonder if his co-workers have a clue” comment having to do with the fact that Dexter is a detective.
dexter isnt a detective, he is a blood spatter analyst. just saying, but i see where you are getting your clues from
I don’t know if the “six feet” is really a clue either… the law in California says the line has to be at least that far away.
STD’s are commonly referred to as “the gift that keeps on giving” in the US. No idea who it is. Rob Lowe??? He does have a wild past.
I use Denavir for cold sores not for an STD. Maybe the actor is doing the same.
cold sores are herpes, yo. of course so are chicken pox.
The virus that causes oral herpes (which caused “cold sores” or “fever blisters”) is NOT the same virus that causes genital herpes. Although I believe the viruses can be cross-transmitted. My sister (a nurse) once had a strapping young patient with genital herpes in his esophagus. The virus was also affecting his heart.
kiefer sutherland. isn’t he the highest paid actor on the television?
Michael C. Hall from Dexter?
Clues-”6 ft”-when he starred in 6 ft under.
“tape-line”-what police use to block off a crime scenes
“wonder if his co-workers know”-he married the actress that plays his sister on Dexter.
And I personally think both him and his new wife are gay…so there
Hope this isn’t Michael C Hall…
“six feet”…Under…his old show…
“have a clue” – murder mystery drama…sounds like Dexter to me.
He and Jennifer Carpenter just got married last year. That would suck.
Only well paid drama actor I know is The Dempster. I started to say Chris Meloni but he films in New York.
Are piles of money and dull the pain clues? Too early for me to think clearly.
I thought the gift that keeps on giving is a female kitten…
gross.
Its used for reoccuring Herpes…nice.
Could be either of the below, these being the highest paid male drama stars. Even Saint Hugh!
Kiefer Sutherland
Hugh Laurie
Mark Harmon
Tim Roth
Simon Baker
Tom Welling
Denis Leary
Successful drama sounds like House and dull the pain- House’s character is addicted to pain medication. The piles of money…not sure…but House is supposed to be the most successful drama from what I’ve read. It’s syndicated in a number of countries. There are lots of successful dramas (Grey’s is also in a hospital setting, too), but House is a money machine from the little I’ve read.
Probably overthinking, but well-trained may be directed to the residents in training. The issue with co-workers is that there is a romantic arc on the show with kissing, etc. I enjoy that show, but it is jumping the shark a bit.
Season six of house just started and it’s in 66 countries. Too many sixes? The line is six feet away. Just kidding…
That person should lose their job. I take six different medications for a chronic condition and I’m very private about who knows it. I’d be extremely pissed if the clerk had broadcast it like that. At a minimum, the pharmacy manager would get a phone call.
Agreed. As a doctor myself, I’m appalled by the clerk’s disregard for HIPPA privacy regulations. My compassion is for the star and for any patient who relies on the professionalism of their medical providers. Best to you, Just Wrong.
Not Hugh Laurie! He’s a happily married man and this blind item sez ‘wonder if his co-workers have a clue’ – what, HL is tapping his House co-workers??? I refuse to believe this. Someone else on House, maybe – Taub (Mr. Potato Head plastic surgeon)? lol
Anonymous-good points. I have trouble believing Mr. Laurie would stand in line for his own pickup vs. arranging something at the doctor’s.
As far as happily married, Hugh Grant was in a relationship with Elizabeth Hurley when he was caught being stupid.
Yeah, pretty sure Hugh Laurie admitted to having an affair some years back? I don’t think it’s him though. I’d have to go with Rob Lowe, I’ve got no better guess.
“We also wonder if his co-workers have a clue.” this sounds like an important clue to me. Why should they? Are they doctors? (->Medical drama?) Are they all sleeping with each other? Does he maybe sometimes show them his er, ’symptoms’? So many questions.
Then again, there was this House MD episode that was called ‘Clueless’in which House diagnoses a clinic patient with herpes and he and his wife both swear they never were unfaithful. Maybe this particular actor also contracted it from a dirty toilet seat…
dotdotdot, very funny and insightful. I still like the Dexter guess because of six feet under, but have no idea how pain works into that guess.
maisoui, or it could all be one big coincidence. I am useless at Blind Items…
How about David Duchovny? The X in RX made me think of X-Files. Plus ON line, instead of IN line made me think of his On-line porn addiction. But I don’t think the rest of the clues fit…ha.
I just looked up and denavir is a cream, like abreva. Why would the picture have yellow/red pills and RX (other than RX is of pharmacy and that’s where it happened). Other random clues for House are that he stole a prescription pad from his best friend and he is known for speaking loudly.
I still like Dexter, but just thoughts.
“We also wonder if his co-workers have a clue.”It just occurred to me that on House MD the patients are consulted by the team. Differential diagnosis. So definitely Someone on House’s staff. Or would it be something…. (I’d better stop there.)
Right, I actually convinced myself and this is my guess: Saint Hugh with the Denavir in the pharmacy.
And now I’ll stop spamming this post.
(as soon as these internal server errors and connection time outs will let me post this last one, that is)
I said this the last time there was a Herpes blind item, and it bears repeating. Who cares? I mean, how many celebs DONT have herpes? Probably very few. They just have more sex with more partners than most people. If 1/3 of average Americans has herpes, I have to assume the rate in Hollywood is far greater.
Sean, agree. Sick of constant immature comments about herpes. Millions of normal nonslutty people have it too. People you know have it but probably don’t admit it because of the stigma. The funny (weird not ha-ha)thing is that it’s a skin condition that’s really not that big of a deal if you are careful. The stigma of it is far, far worse than the virus itself.
Dude Hugh Laurie is very unlikely he’s a pretty straight laced dude, I’m thinking along the lines of someone younger probably Michael Hall?
I’m gonna say anybody Paris Hilton has ever been with. I’m not just saying sexually either. If you’ve been within six feet of Paris, you’ve got herpes. While you’re at it start calling anybody you’ve been with since then as well, because Typhoid Paris carries a particularly virulent strain with her. Like Gucci Luggage only with rashes. The six feet refers to the distance one must keep from Paris to avoid infection without a haz-mat suit. Even then I’m not going near her without a flamethrower, large cross and oven mitts.
Heywood ya shut up?