WTF happened to Todd Newton and his career

I forgot all about him! Lord he looks like a douche in OP’s pic.

Dead Nickelback eyes.

That's an old 48.

I recently saw him on the Evine channel, a home shopping network. It used to be known as ShopNBC.

Was he a host, R4, or was he hawking something nobody in their right mind would want?

Yes, he's a host on some obscure shopping channel. I think he's gay and also had a pretty bad drug problem. Lots of hosting jobs, like The Bachelor, or even a morning gig like the one Mark Steines got fired from should have been his. He had a very warm and inviting presence but now he looks scary.

I enjoyed him when he was on E! from the early days of the network. I was surprised to see him all inked up on Evine recently. He was selling something with Paula Deen and was talking a mile a minute. It was reasonably entertaining but it was very weird.

I hope he’s ok. Doesn’t he have a bunch of kids?

I was looking through his instagram. First, he's a really old and rough looking 48. No way natural aging did that to him. Second, his voice sounds dried out and nasally, which often suggest cocaine use. It could just be booze but for him to have fallen so quickly off the radar says something is up. He lives in Arizona.

He really needs botox or fillers for his forehead. Those are Gordon Ramsey creases.

Despite the fact that he's hideously inked up, he has sexy muscular forearms nonetheless.

He would likely be mistaken for a homeless person.

Who is this person?

This is how he looked hosting the daytime Emmys five years ago.

Here he is one year later. Yikes!

I remember him from the before picture. I assumed he was gay. His whole persona has done a 180. Very odd.

I remember when he hosted a Coming Attractions Show in the earliest days of the E network. He would basically describe a movie trailer and then show it. Stupid and he knew it. You could tell that he didn’t take it or himself too seriously.

Then E got VERY serious about showbiz with people like Steve Kmetko who would report on Julia Roberts like she was the president. Perhaps Todd’s style didn’t mesh with that.

He’s a talented broadcaster but maybe he has demons. Everyone gets old, I guess. Still, I’d much rather watch him than Ghouliana or whichever other idiot currently hosts E.

The tattoos are an obvious cry for help

I don’t think he looks that different from r12 to r13.

OP’s pic, on the other hand, is disturbing.

The progression of his vile tats over the years demonstrates a progressive mid life crisis. Apparently he's too stupid to see how all those tats reduce his media marketability greatly.

“Body art does not define a performer!”

I didn’t recognize him at all in the OP pic. The name rang a bell but there was no connection until I read further. That’s quite a difference!

I wonder if Ryan Seacrest has his career? They were similar looking and operating at the same time.

Damn that’s a rough looking 48. Wow.

He private has a google alert set up to alert him when a website references him....

:)

R15 I remember that And all those early E! shows. In fact, I remember when E! Was called Movietime. It changed to E! In 1990. I was amazed how big a network it became because I watched from the very beginning , and I used to get the channel only a few hours a day.

Steve Kmetko is long gone though. He was a lot better than Jason effing Kennedy, actually.

E! should never have gotten rid of Kmetko who was quite likable and well known enough to have had Will Ferrell impersonate him on SNL.

That network has turned to shit anyway. Has Kmetko done anything since?

R24 not that I know of - nothing listed. Jules Asner doesn’t seem to have, either. Both of them are Edward R. Murrow compared to the people on now.

Jules is still married to Steven Soderburgh so at least she’s living a comfortable life.

Like I said, it's an old 48, but not an unsexy 48.

What's his dinklage?

OMG. I actually used to have a uge crush on Todd Newton back in the day. This is so sad.

I just checked who hes following on IG. Not only is he straight but he might be a douchey Trump supporter too.

He was such a wholesome-looking guy on the E Channel.