Actor Kelsey Grammer ditched CNN host Piers Morgan just minutes before he was supposed to be interviewed by him. The apparent cause: in the opening to “Piers Morgan Tonight,” there was a picture of Grammer’s ex-wife.

So, Kelsey Grammer saw a photo of his ex wife Camille in the open to our show and legged it. Extraordinary. Never had this happen before.

— Piers Morgan (@piersmorgan) September 20, 2012

I had a very friendly chat with Kelsey backstage, He said he was really looking forward to the interview. Weird. #CNN

— Piers Morgan (@piersmorgan) September 20, 2012

I like Kelsey Grammer personally, but this was a shockingly unprofessional thing to do. I wasn’t even going to mention his ex-wife!

— Piers Morgan (@piersmorgan) September 20, 2012

Tragically, Morgan did not respond by showing Grammer’s empty chair, as he did for Rep. Todd Akin a month ago.

(h/t HuffPost Media)

Charlie Sheen is news. That much is clear. And now the TV news interviewers who spent time with the troubled sitcom star this week, are talking about how newsworthy he is.

NBC’s Jeff Rossen talked with the AP’s David Bauder about his extensive interviews, on and off camera, with Sheen. The aggressive New York-based correspondent began covering the Sheen saga when the “Two and a Half Men” actor trashed his hotel room at the Plaza Hotel last October. By the time their first interview had wrapped, Sheen referred to Rossen as a “rockstar” calling his interview “pure gold.”

Rossen told Bauder, “I told him from the very beginning I’ll make no agreements. I’m going to ask you whatever I want to ask you. The questions will be tough. Sometimes they will be uncomfortable. What I promise to you in return is that I will keep your answers in context. I’m not going to have any clever, tricky endings. I’m going to let you explain.”

Rossen’s interviews began last Sunday, aired all week on “Today” and culminated — for now — with a Dateline special Friday night.

ABC’s Andrea Canning was the first to interview Sheen, last Saturday at his home. She was on CNN’s “Reliable Sources” this morning and talked about how her time with Sheen almost ended on a very abrupt note.

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