A drugged-up Stevie Nicks, feuds with Kurt Cobain: Inside MTV News’ glory days
Not a lot of news anchors would be suspected of helping to trash a pair of hotel rooms and still keep their jobs.
Though a smiling Loder denied doing it — MTV kicked in with Nirvana’s tour manager to cover some $30,000 worth of damage — Finnerty has her doubts: “I have a hard time believing Krist would ruin his room and then ruin Kurt’s room, too.”Kurt Loder, the face of MTV News in its glory days, feuded with Kurt Cobain, made up with him and trashed a hotel room, and brought together unexpected combinations — such as Britney Spears and Mick Jagger in 1999.
“Most media would not go beyond the headlines. We went to round-the-clock coverage. Kurt Loder was at the desk and it was a watershed moment. We got the attention of mainstream media.” “My very first piece for MTV News had me taking Ru Paul, in full drag, to a New Jersey shopping mall in 1993,” Alison Stewart, now with NPR, told The Post.
“Then Allen asked, ‘What if I bring the Rolling Stones with Bobby?’ We got the Rolling Stones without Mick in a Nickelodeon conference room.Stevie Nicks was just one of the under-the-influence celebrities whose interviews had to be carefully edited.
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