Former 'Idol' host wishes AIDS upon Ryan Seacrest

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            Idol host wishes AIDS upon Ryan Seacrest
 Mike Grippi
          
          Jul 31, 2007
          
        
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       Brian Dunkleman,
            an original cohost of American       Idol, said
            during a stand-up routine last week that he wished current
            Idol emcee Ryan Seacrest would contract AIDS,
            reports TMZ.     
       "If wishes came
            true, Ryan Seacrest would have AIDS," he said,       adding
            that Seacrest "probably already has AIDS."     
       Dunkleman
            cohosted Idol during its 2002       season, when
            Kelly Clarkson was crowned the series' first champion.
                (The Advocate)     

        
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