Kato Kaelin

At 65 years old, Kato Kaelin has this physical status:

Brian Jerard Kaelin (born March 9, 1959), also known as Kato Kaelin, is an American actor, radio and television presenter who was involved in the O. J. Simpson murder case.

Early life and education

Kaelin was born in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, on March 9, 1959. After the character developed by Bruce Lee on the television series The Green Hornet, Kaelin was dubbed "Kato" as a child. In 1977, he graduated from Nicolet High School in Glendale, Wisconsin. He attended but never graduated from the University of Wisconsin–Eau Claire. In the fall of 1980, he pledged SAE Fraternity and was accepted at the end of the term at California State University, Fullerton. During his time at Eau Claire, he produced Kato and Friends, his own talk show, and hosted The Gameshow on campus television station TV10. He later moved to Hollywood.

Personal life

According to Macdonald's The Norm Show co-star Artie Lange, Kaelin was one of the best friends with actor and comedian Norm Macdonald from mid-2000 to mid-2001. He was even given a guest appearance on the program. He and Macdonald had a falling out that ended their friendship.

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Career

Before his involvement in the O. J. Simpson trial, Kaelin appeared in the beach comedy movie Beach Fever (1987), in which his character created a love potion with his friend and hit on girls at the beach; he also starred in Night Shadow (1989), a low budget horror movie.

Kaelin briefly made national headlines when he said he never told the New York Post columnist Cindy Adams that Simpson definitely killed his former wife, Nicole Brown Simpson. He said he has expressed his opinion before, that he thinks Simpson did it, but "I have no firsthand knowledge."

Soon after the trial, Kaelin appeared on the first episode of the Fox sketch comedy MADtv (October 1995) and made a cameo appearance on the HBO sketch comedy Mr. Show with Bob and David during the series' first season (November 1995); in the latter series' episode titled "We Regret to Inform You", he shows up at lobotomized actor Borden Grote's party. He appeared in the feature film The Still Life (2006) and had a minor role in National Lampoon's Dorm Daze 2 (2006). In February 2009, Kaelin guest-starred in the web series Star-ving and the movie Whacked. He was a guest on Politically Incorrect with Bill Maher, on March 29, 1995.

In 1995, from the popularity of the Howard Stern Show, the Los Angeles radio station 97.1 KSLX, which had played Classic Rock after Stern in the morning, switched to an All Talk format, and Kato Kaelin, along with standup comic Bobby Hellman, hosted an afternoon show (following Susan Olsen and Ken Ober). Kato wound up hosting without Bobby, and the gig lasted about a year.

Kaelin has made numerous forays into reality television. In 2002, he participated in the series Celebrity Boot Camp. In 2004, he participated in the development of a reality show called House Guest, in which he would live in other celebrities' homes; that show never aired. He was seen on an episode of the E! reality series Sunset Tan, asking specifically for a "farmer's tan". He was also a guest player on the sixth episode of the Comedy Central series Reality Bites Back. In 2008, he was a contestant in the Fox Reality Channel show Gimme My Reality Show, in which minor celebrities competed to receive their own reality show.

Kaelin has also participated in game shows. He appeared on the NBC version of The Weakest Link (2002). He was a contestant on the game shows Russian Roulette as well as the reality dating show BZZZ! hosted by Annie Wood. In 2005, he appeared in the first three National Lampoon's Strip Poker pay-per-view programs (Kaelin is an avid poker player); the titles were filmed at Hedonism II, a naturist resort in Negril, Jamaica, which led him to quip, "The first few days there were the hardest!" The Playboy bunnies, WWE Divas, and pin-up models competing in the no-limit Texas hold 'em games, and upon losing all their chips and clothes, had to dive into the "Pool of Shame" and visit "Kato's Guesthouse", where he would interview the nude defeated players. He also appeared in numerous comedic skits.

Kaelin also has worked as a radio and television host. For a short time in 1995, he worked as a radio talk host on KLSX in Los Angeles, and provided online content for National Lampoon. From June 2005 to some time in 2006, Kaelin co-hosted Eye for an Eye, a daytime TV court show syndicated in 34 countries. Kaelin was a recurring guest on the video game review show X-Play.

Kaelin has also appeared in several parodies. In 2009, he was seen on the series Tosh.0, in a parody of the Keyboard Cat video titled "Keyboard Kato". And in 2010, Kaelin appeared on Real Time with Bill Maher, wearing a wig to play his younger self in a taped skit parodying 1990s television appearances by 2010 US senatorial candidate Christine O'Donnell.

Since 2011, Kaelin has hosted the TV talk show Tailgating with Kato.

In 2016, he made a brief appearance on the FX comedy series Baskets, where he performed the national anthem at a rodeo.

In 2016, Kaelin appeared in the Troma Entertainment film B.C. Butcher.

In 2019, Kaelin was a house guest in the second American season of the reality show competition Celebrity Big Brother. He was evicted by a 5-0 vote on February 4, 2019, finishing in 8th place out of 12 house guests.

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