News leak identifies an "Ask the Expert" celebrity

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MarleysGh0st · #1 Post by **MarleysGh0st** » Tue Aug 05, 2008 6:28 am

At the end of an article talking about Lindsay Lohan and paparazzi, there's this on-topic revelation about Emmy-winning actor Jay Thomas.

Thomas -- who also hosts "The Jay Thomas Show" on Sirius Satellite Radio and is a Celebrity Expert Lifeline on "Who Wants to Be a Millionaire?" -- plays a sleazy cohort of Lohan's character in "Labor Pains." He jokes that he tried to give her a break by distracting the paparazzi.

http://www.nationalledger.com/artman/pu ... 1886.shtml

Might he be one of those "experts" who has to advise contestants to walk away because he only knows about What Else?

sunflower · #2 Post by **sunflower** » Tue Aug 05, 2008 7:43 am

That really sucks that there is that much variation. I'd be crying foul if I got some no name celebrity wanna be, while someone else gets a former million dollar winner!!!!

MarleysGh0st · #3 Post by **MarleysGh0st** » Tue Aug 05, 2008 8:02 am

I wonder if being a celebrity expert is a permanent or recurring role, such that Jay is identifying himself with this title in publicity articles already? (So much for any non-disclosure agreements among celebs!)

Or should everyone who has ever answered a PAF call add "Phone-A-Friend on 'Who Wants to Be a Millionaire'" to their résumé?