Rhys Meyers Popped for Being Plowed in Public

31. Hey Molly,
Go xxxx yourself. You're probably 11 and have his poster on your wall above your bed.

Posted at 11:13AM on Nov 19th 2007 by Hahahaha

32. Who is this guy?

Posted at 11:18AM on Nov 19th 2007 by tom foolery

33. Ok, so let me get this straight. The majority of you idiots blow a gasket if anyone says anything that is even slightly offensive to any other group of people, but it's perfectly fine to judge an entire country on some ancient stereotype? Oh, he's Irish, he must be a drunk. Get real, morons. It's pretty clear no one here has ever spent much time outside the trailers you all grew up in. And it's painfully obvious not one of you has ever been to Ireland.

Posted at 11:19AM on Nov 19th 2007 by Nick

34. Uh, doesn't "po-po" actually mean penis? Someone call Dennis Franz, but on the show "NYPD Blue" the term po-po was a euphemism for the male member.

Posted at 11:23AM on Nov 19th 2007 by Carolyn (Abernathy)

35. I would be a drunk, too, if my acting was as pathetic as his.

Posted at 11:59AM on Nov 19th 2007 by Gary

36. Wow, I think he looks gorgous in this pic. Child actors get so messed up. Parents should protect them and keep them far away from the lights, camera action stuff.

Posted at 11:43AM on Nov 19th 2007 by Here we go again

37. From the Associated Press:

Rhys Meyers starred opposite Scarlett Johansson in Woody Allen's "Match Point" and Reese Witherspoon in "Vanity Fair," among other films. He also portrayed Elvis Presley in a 2005 U.S. television miniseries, and is now filming the second season of "The Tudors" for the U.S. cable network Showtime.

In an interview last year on the set of "The Tudors," Rhys Meyers said he felt restricted socializing in Ireland because of its hard-drinking pub culture.

"I gave up drinking a few years ago, and this is the first time I've spent time in my country trying not to drink," he told The Associated Press in October 2006.

"I would never drink again. It is hard to avoid. But listen, you do what you want to do. I don't want to do that," he said. "I want my career, and you can't really do that and be successful on the screen.

"I'm young. If I grow older, which I hope I do, there's going to be an awful lot of time to sit in your 60s and 70s and 80s, lots of time for Southern Comfort and ice then," he said. "Now? I've got business to take care of."

Posted at 12:57PM on Nov 19th 2007 by duh

38. It's pretty hard NOT to drink in Ireland as it's such a part of the culture. I had to learn, while visiting, that I did not have to keep up with the drinkers around me as my tolerance for vast amounts of alcohol was not at an Irish level!

His teeth veneers look fantastic.

Posted at 1:15PM on Nov 19th 2007 by Cindy

39. #34 Carolyn (Abernathy), you're behind the times on your slang
knowledge.

#35 Child actor? He started acting at 17 and it doesn't appear he has close ties with his family.

Wikipedia says he's been in treatment twice this year. A young actor battling alcoholism? Not news!

Posted at 1:23PM on Nov 19th 2007 by Del

40. 33. Ok, so let me get this straight. The majority of you idiots blow a gasket if anyone says anything that is even slightly offensive to any other group of people, but it's perfectly fine to judge an entire country on some ancient stereotype? Oh, he's Irish, he must be a drunk. Get real, morons. It's pretty clear no one here has ever spent much time outside the trailers you all grew up in. And it's painfully obvious not one of you has ever been to Ireland.

Posted at 11:19AM on Nov 19th 2007 by Nick

Nick - I lived in Allihies, in County Cork, for 2 years, having left my middle class home (not trailer) in Washington state. The actor himself said it was difficult to maintain his sobriety in his home country, and I can see why as so much of the culture is entrenched in the pubs, it would be hard, if you had a problem with alcohol, to abstain.

Posted at 1:28PM on Nov 19th 2007 by Del

41. I've never even heard of this guy. He sounds like a tool.

Posted at 1:56PM on Nov 19th 2007 by Kurt

42. Drunk in Ireland? That's like being arrested for smoking weed in Jamaica!

Posted at 3:53PM on Nov 19th 2007 by John

43. Aren't ALL Americans fat redneck serial killers who live in trailer parks and don't even know how to spell their own name?
No.
So don't use stereotypes if you don't want to be tarnished with the same brush.

Posted at 9:29PM on Nov 19th 2007 by Jack

44. I was in the aiport with a friend on Sunday. He walked in, and everyone thought he loked very mad and upset or drunk. When we were going through security he barged out and ran right into me, we thoguht something was up, can not beleiev the way he was acting!

Posted at 11:31AM on Nov 20th 2007 by Brian

45. I love him! He was amazing in his portrayal of Elvis ((obviously because he won a Golden Globe for it)) and he is marvelous in "The Tudors". I am glad to see a lot of people do not know of him because in my opinion that usually makes you a BETTER actor!

P.S. He isn't too rough on the eyes either ;)

Posted at 9:48PM on Nov 22nd 2007 by Molly