In case you’re not the sort of person who hounds the In Touch website, you may not have heard about part-time Central Oregon resident Matthew Fox allegedly having a two-time affair with one of the professional, err, dancers at Stars Cabaret here in Bend.
The In Touch story tells about how Fox (who is married) met the dancer, 25-year-old Stefani Talbott, after receiving four “private dances” from her and then inviting her back to the place where he was staying “with his entourage.” Then, well — things got steamy. Allegedly.
I saw Matthew Fox once in Bend. He was waiting for a drink at a crowded downtown bar where most people pretended not to recognize him, despite the fact that he was essentially in costume for his role on Lost — except that he wasn’t sweaty and/or carrying a firearm. I didn’t notice any strippers, I mean dancers, in the general vicinity.
Is the Blender diving into the world of smutty, mostly irrelevant details of a celebrity gossip? No, not really. But I am monitoring the constantly growing argument that Bend is the Weird News Capital of the world. Not only does the rest of the world believe us to have real estate scammers and economic destruction hiding amongst the ruins of every half-built McMansion, they’re also aware of our pregnant man, hot-air ballooning lawn chair man, beard championships (which are actually super cool, but still weird) and the fact that Rainn Wilson was saved from a rattle snake by a sheriff’s deputy named Jeremiah Johnson.
Now, we’re the city where you can — allegedly — hook up with a strip…whoops…dancer. That is if you have an entourage and a highly acclaimed television show.
This article appears in Feb 25 – Mar 3, 2010.
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Even with 300 days of sunshine, there are times like this that you should wear a raincoat in Bend
Let’s give Matthew the benefit of the doubt… she’s probably just looking for a payoff !!
Hey… you don’t think she’s just looking for some moola ??? What happened to “innocent until proven guilty” ??
I’m sad you found it necessary to insult the dancing abilities of Oregon Strippers. Most of our exotic dancers really ARE dancers. They don’t just wave their butts around a pole like ladies in other states. These dancers have moves, use plenty of muscles, and their nudity is fully protected by the Oregon constitution.
I just wanted to add into all of this, that I personally have seen the man (Matthew Fox) in the Stars Cabaret building in Bend, OR on a few different occasions…I have spoken to a total of 3 different girls who work there, all having “encounters” with Fox. I have read text messages, and even seen pictures (not to the degree of a sexual affair, but serious lip-locking). I will argue against the statement that the dancer is just looking for cash, since I heard that she was fired for having “after hours contact” with a customer. Not a slut, not a whore, just an entertainer expressing her God-given beauty in a form of art that you HAVE to be mature to understand. She found Mr. Gorgeously Famous, and took him up on his offer. He has been proven guilty to every person in the building on all the different occasions that he went in, and was not very quiet about his offers. That’s what I happen to know as a fact, to the best of my ability… I applaud you Kake for sticking up for the women at Stars with more guts than the girls who talk crap about them.
strippers are drama queens looking for attention and $$$. are people really taking the word of a stripper? silliness.
no but they do practically prostitute themselves, eh? excuse me but, if strippers are too embarrassed to admit what they really are, maybe its time to make a career change.
I thought He was Gay/?