‘Mind Freak’ Criss Angel got into an altercation with an audience member on the set of NBC’s supernatural show “Phenomenon” during Wednesda night’s live taping. The incident involved contestant Jim Callahan, who took offense to comments Criss made as a “Phenomenon” judge.“Criss jumped out of his chair, and was ready to battle it out.”“I just think it’s comical quite frankly,” Criss told reporters. “I will give you a million dollars of my personal money right now if either one of you can tell me specific details of what’s in here right now,” Angel insisted of an envelope he was holding. Criss loves challenging people. “Ok man, I’ll tell you what I will tell you. I find you an ideological bigot,” Callahan responded as he made his way towards Angel. “Tell me what’s in the envelope,” Angel kept repeating. “Tell me what’s in the envelope,” Angel kept repeating. Angel then got out of his seat to meet Callahan, as Geller and Vincent came between the two men and separated them. “It’s a live show. This is not planned. We’ll see you after the commercial break,” Vincent told the audience, as the show cut to commercial with Vincent pulling Callahan away from Angel. When they returned, order appeared to have been restored as Vincent and Callahan were on stage, with Vincent even making a joke it was like an episode of the “Jerry Springer Show.”The show then posted Callahan’s phone number for viewers to call in and vote, and they moved on to a special tribute from Angel to Harry Houdini. I am a huge Criss Angel fan but this show is pure garbage at best. Criss talks down to these magicians to the point it is funny. The Uri guy is a horrible joke too. Here’s the video:
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Comment by Lindsay on 2 November 2007:
Uhm, EXCUSE ME?! Criss, since he FIRST STARTED has ALWAYS said that HE has NO SUPERNATURAL powers and does not belive that ANYONE, INCLUDING HIMSELF does! This video shows the fight well, but the end, in my opinion is a load of BS! Look at ANY article interviewing Criss and EVERY SINGLE SOLITARY TIME he has said that neither HE nor ANYONE has ANY supernatural powers, and that he creates the ILLUSION of the sixth sense. And in BOTH seance episodes, at the end he gives a big WINK WINK HINT HINT that it was all an ILLUSION! And the walk on water thing? He says its an ILLUSION! And since when did religion come into this?? Criss is a Catholic, and thats how he was raised–how does that make him a hypocrite??!! Thats all I have to say, I agree with whoever wrote this article, I am a huge Criss fan, but whoever made the video, I beg to differ.
Comment by Jesse on 2 November 2007:
OH crai more please. Ill give it to you that chris is full of shit half the time. But the walk on water trick is easily duplicated with plexiglass boxes. Alot of his tricks do appear supernatural at the time but still all the same its an illusion. This guy looked like he was on LSD or something. If he was really serious about what he does he would have hopped back in that circle and used another rock of crack.
The show is horrible id be suprised if it lats a whole season.
Comment by Leslie (Texas) on 2 November 2007:
YOU ROCK CHRIS! IF he was for real, he would have jumped at the opportunity to make a quick MILLION!! What a JERK!~!
Comment by Jim on 2 November 2007:
Nevermind to two queers trying to fight each other, Raven has got some nice titties.
Comment by Jim on 2 November 2007:
Sorry, I meant never mind THE two queers trying to fight each other. Come on, Chris Angel knows what he does is all a sight gag. And this other balloon head, he knows he’s doing a sight gag as well. Are you telling me that Chris was really challenging him to read what was in his pocket? If anybody knows that this is show business it’s these two. Chris is a badass PERFORMER. The other guy is kind of hokey. Raven Simone is a hottie.
Comment by Maverick on 2 November 2007:
Criss Angel is a performer of magic and illusions. This guy tries to make you believe he has some kind of powers. I thought the guy was having a seizure myself. Great acting. It was nothing but an illusion that he has powers. Some people might, but this guy sure does not. Criss you are the best and perhaps one day with enough practice I will be able to take my magic to the next level. Keep up the good work and keep us all guessing.
Comment by Iceman on 7 November 2007:
I like Chris Angel. He has always said that everything he does is an illusion. Anyone that believes this stuff is real is an idiot. It is all a show. The bottom line is that the trick was stupid. I think it was Chris’ way of saying, “what a dumb trick. Here, can you guess what’s behind my back…”
Comment by rich on 7 November 2007:
you guys are sick if you think Raven’s annoying ass is anywhere near hot?!?!?!?
Comment by jay on 7 November 2007:
That jim callahan guy was garbage and its sad that the old dead guy that talks to him wasnt able to to tell him what was in the envelope! A million dollars! Damn, do you know what kind of acting lessons jim coulda got for that!
Comment by Iceman on 7 November 2007:
The whole thing was stupid. Guessing what is inside an envelop or a box is an old, dumb trick. The seizures on stage leading up to that was ridiculous. Plus, if the old guy was telling him what was in the box, why didn’t he say “yellow toy car” instead of “metal, rectangle, 4 wheels…”. How retarded!
I agree that Raven is not hot. However, I would like to see how far down her tits hang and how big her nipples are…
Comment by bittychaser on 13 November 2007:
Criss Angel was 1000% wrong for doing that, and if he was to tell criss angel to levitate he would; yeah right!! Both of them suck a** through straws.
Comment by john on 19 November 2007:
This was retarded. I am a fan of criss angel, but he isnt a very good judge for the show, I dont know why he has to pick on people for, but I wouldve got angry too.
Comment by lakeya mitchell on 25 June 2008:
first of all darlings, Criss is not queer. second of all, Raven is gorgeous! why does a girl have to be thin and white before some people will accept her as being beautiful? so full of crap and biggoted if you ask me. and criss does not exploit his spirituality. he does believe in God and Jesus. He does not believe that human beings have supernatural powers in and of themselves, and especially to communicate with dead. the halloween episode on mindfreak was a hoax(criss basically explains this with the third season halloween hoax where he pretends to be possessed). he never talked down to anyone. he was honest as he was asked to be by the network. and he left the brutal out of it. what was he supposed to do, lie to them and let them pursue a career, just being mediocre in their performance? I think not. he’s a good person so get off his back.