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Blago Can't Hit Costa Rica for Reality Show

NBC wanted ex-guv in Costa Rica for celeb program

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(Newser) – A federal judge has barred Rod Blagojevich’s bid to leave the country to join a reality-show cast, the Chicago Tribune reports. The ex-governor’s lawyers hoped he’d get permission in court today to travel to Costa Rica for NBC’s I’m a Celebrity...Get Me Out of Here!, which would be “a way to earn a living and support my children,” he said, though "it's not my first choice."

Ousted Illinois Gov. Rod Blagojevich , left, arrives at federal court with his lawyer Sheldon Sorosky in Chicago, Tuesday, April 21, 2009.
Ousted Illinois Gov. Rod Blagojevich , left, arrives at federal court with his lawyer Sheldon Sorosky in Chicago, Tuesday, April 21, 2009.   (AP Photo/M. Spencer Green)
Ousted Illinois Gov. Rod Blagojevich arrives at federal court in Chicago, Tuesday, April 21, 2009.
Ousted Illinois Gov. Rod Blagojevich arrives at federal court in Chicago, Tuesday, April 21, 2009.   (AP Photo/M. Spencer Green)
Ousted Illinois Gov. Rod Blagojevich arrives at his home after pleading not guilty to federal racketeering and fraud in federal court in Chicago, Tuesday, April 14, 2009.
Ousted Illinois Gov. Rod Blagojevich arrives at his home after pleading not guilty to federal racketeering and fraud in federal court in Chicago, Tuesday, April 14, 2009.   (AP Photo/Paul Beaty)
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Lula
Apr 21, 09 12:51 PM CDT
Poor ole Blagojevich, can't make an honest living. Reply
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terrie
Apr 21, 09 3:41 PM CDT
Well, the humidity would wreak havoc with his hair! Reply
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lizouttavegas
Apr 21, 09 7:48 PM CDT
this guy is a clown!!! arent the people of Illinois embarrassed? Im embarrassed for them! Reply
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Doctor_Zaius
Apr 22, 09 6:04 AM CDT
Whenever I see that picture of him looking into the microphone I think of Malcolm McDowel in A Clockwork Orange. Same vacant sociopathic look on his face. Reply
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