I suspect he's not "walking the line" anymore

Joaquin Phoenix, doing his best Rick Rubin impression, showed up on Letterman last night. Bizarre! I know the above video is almost 11 minutes long, but man, it goes by so fast. It's a train wreck, and so awkward.

What was he doing? I think the consensus was that he was high. He doesn't even start talking until about four minutes in. Letterman was doing his awkward pause routine, and the crowd was eating it up. Phoenix, by the way, looked like he was miserable. It gets really awkward when Letterman starts ripping on him and Phoenix starts cussing out the keyboard player (his name is slipping my mind) and then sticks his gum under Letterman's desk.

Let's hope he's getting ready for a role. Otherwise, he's probably heading for rehab or the obit page. Sad to say, but he doesn't look like he's in good shape at all.

-- Jayson Larson, editor