Gasbag Keith Olbermann can’t seem to wrangle staff for his Current TV show, “Countdown.” Still in need of an executive producer and other staff, famously difficult Olbermann has crawled back to his contacts at MSNBC, many of whom he offended while there, to beg for staff. “Everyone is laughing,” said a source. “They would never leave the network to work for him.” A witness recently saw him hobbling around the Upper East Side with a stick in his hand. Olbermann is recovering from a foot injury.
“Keith broke his foot (it’s in a cast) but it’s healing nicely,” a current TV rep said.
“Keith is also assembling a first class team and that’s going nicely too. We have already hired three former “Countdown” staffers and others from MSNBC. We are announcing the EP shortly,” the rep went on to say.