"Lost" Stars Get Drunk - Lose Jobs

According to the AP, another star of the ABC program Lost has been busted under the suspicion of drinking and driving. Daniel Dae Kim, one of the stars of the show, was taken into custody in Hawaii on Friday morning. He posted bail and was released.

It doesn't bode well for Kim. Two other stars of the show, Michelle Rodriguez and Cynthia Watros, were busted for the same offense in 2005. Shortly after pleading guilty to the charges, their characters were killed off and the show went on without them. In 2006, Adewale Akinnuoye Agbaje had a run-in with the cops for driving without a license and disobeying a police officer. His character, too, was quickly given the axe, though criminal charges were later dropped because the prosecutor determined they could not be proven beyond a reasonable doubt.

I have to hand it to ABC. I'm not sure if the criminal charges alone led to the show dumping the actors, but I can see why they would. It's bad business dealing with people that get into trouble with the cops or threaten people's lives by driving drunk. Hawaii is a small place, and the locals wouldn't be too enamored with the show if it is was loaded with actors that got away with breaking the law.

Kim is just another in a list of actors that makes me shake my head and ask, "You can't afford a driver?"