Traveling is my ultimate high on life! and Richard Quest my travel hero. I watch his show religiously...and will most likely take his travel advices, if and only if I'll live the same jet-setting life he has. I was fortunate enough to have met him in Singapore. We were touring the esplanade and he was there for the CNN summit on something. He was walking real fast and I was desperate to have a photo with him, which he willingly obliged. And I was like "Richard I watch your show religiously" and he was all smiles and half listening perhaps (of course he gets that all the time), he was absorbed on his cigarette!
Now, learning the news of his arrest on central park with self-confessed meth possession... I just don't know what to make of all the warped things crossing my mind.
The New York Times reports:
Richard Quest, a reporter and business travel specialist for CNN International, is being arraigned today on a misdemeanor charge of drug possession after the authorities said he was found with methamphetamine in Central Park.
The police noticed Mr. Quest at 64th Street and West Drive at about 3:40 a.m., the official said. As he was being escorted out, he volunteered, “I have meth in my pocket,” according to an official briefed on the case. The police searched him and recovered a small amount of methamphetamine in a Ziploc bag.
Mr. Quest is a high-profile correspondent for CNN International, known for feature reports and profiles. CNN calls Mr. Quest, who is British, one of the network’s “most instantly recognizable members.” He hosts “CNN Business Traveler” and a feature program titled “Quest” for the news network. CNN had no immediate comment.
What will happen to Richard? Will he get fired? I hope not. I wish him a good ride on this roller-coaster! Hope he gets professional help and overcome drug addiction.
And as Richard Quest's always puts it: Whatever you're doing in the next 24 hours, i hope it's profitable!
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