An Interview with Criss Angel’s Beard
February 22, 2008
“I don’t care about what I look like at this point.”
“I didn’t get into this art form for money.”
“I don’t care whether I drive a Hyundai with 200,000 miles on it…”
These fascinating facts and more are revealed in a recent interview Criss Angel’s beard had with Robin Leach on his blog Vegas Luxe Life.
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he may of not of gotten into the art form for monney but look at him now he has become a sell out and is in the magic for the money now and he is just a big of a sell out as the masked magicain whether he likes it or not!
LOL thats funny he should shave that thing its ungly
i am going to las vegas in april to meet him and i hope he shaves it off by the time i get there because i want the pics to look good and not have that big hairy thing in it but u know he does this every time he’s off season.
Come on people! Even though Criss Angel is not the greatest magician in the world, we don’t need to bash his every move. I mean, what is so wrong about a beard? Are you jealous because you can’t grow one? I assure you, he sold out long before he grew the beard. The beard has nothing to do with his lack of….. whatever it is.
He didn’t get into it for the money? Is that why he is always driving a Lamborghini and flashing his bling?
thank you joe my point exsactly.
he makes all of us magicians look bad by useing stage magic on the street and useing camra tricks and stooges.dont get me wrong
theres nothing bad about doning stage magic on the street but when you use stooges and 30 edits just to make a coin disapper thats a whole diffrent story.hay can you float from one building to another like criss angel you bet your ass i cant !
i want to interview criss angel with my fist!
i know why he is growing it
1- to hide cards and coins
2- he is to lazy
Listen, I might not be a big fan of Criss’s magic on TV, but it doesn’t mean he’s a bad guy. He has made a lot of kids lives easier and has started alot of magicians. Sure, maybe he uses stooges, sure, maybe camera edits, but he has thought way outside the box of conventional magic! Lay off! Believe it or not, he is human!
And who cares about the beard. Just because he is a celeb doesn’t mean he doesn’t have the right to be whoever he wants to be!
oh no .not another leave britniey alone speech.
Thank you rocco giovacchini that kind of crap happens to me on a regular basis and it is so annoying I just can not stand it.
Criss Angel is a great magician - even if some may be skeptical of his television show, he is still none the less an amazing performer, and he is the guy who brought magic back into popular culture.
And about the beard - although it is not one of his best hairstyles, its his hair and why should he have to wear his hair how we want it, it doesnt make his magic any lesser - Im sure he will shave it before his season 4 starts anyways!
Most, if not all, of the “interview” on Robin Leach’s blog was lifted directly from Criss’s Merlin award acceptance speech at the Luxor on Feb. 14. Leach was present for the award presentation. I wish I would have recorded Angel’s entire rambling acceptance speech — I could have transcribed an “exclusive interview” as well.
Love him or hate him, this particular award is bogus. The International Magicians’ Society is nothing more than Tony Hassini’s mailing list and whether any real voting took place is rather questionable. His Magic Castle award is more meaningful. Perhaps that is why he felt compelled to mention it, twice, at the event.
I’ll be interested to see if, even with the help of Cirque, he can put together a truly special illusion show, where the magic is not overshadowed by special effects.
hi Martin i whould like to point out that your wrong!
criss angel was a good stage preformer stage preformer!
but now hes just crappy preformer he may be a better preformer than you but that dose not meen amazing !
and as far as him bringing magic into popular culture that just meens hes a sell out.hes not donig shit for magic besides destroying it.hes is exployting it for everything it worth.
Well Rocco, sure other magicians may be just as talented as Criss, but i think we can say hes a better performer than any of us here. You said he “was a good stage preformer”, true - a decent street performer as well, and he is returning to the stage for his live show at the Luxor, where with much practice, im sure his performance will be as outstanding as before!
About Criss Angel being a sell out, I think labeling him that way is wrong. Criss is not into magic for money his love for the art is greater than what money could get him. Criss has always invited the loyals to attend all of his demonstrations for free, and open to the public. Just because he has gotten some fame because of his television show doesnt mean he is immediatly a sell out. He has been performing for many, many years before he began making tons of money - let him finally enjoy what he has earned!
not a sell out you make me laugh.he charges people 99 dollers to be able to wright on his site and to be part of the fan club.thats hella lot to to be part of a crapy club.
not a sell out hahahahaha!
1.It’s not a beard- it’s a chinchilla. Poor chinchilla!
2.Why did he change his last name to Angel? It sounds way more lame than his other name. Which sounds lame anyway.
3.If he’s not a sell out then why does he rip off his shirt whenever he does a magic trick? I can see the next trick now: Criss Rips Off His Shirt In A Very Small Space- Will He Survive?
4.If his tricks are real, then why does he remind us every two minutes “what you see is what you get.” How much more ‘Fortune Cookie’ can you act?
thank you alex at least some has the same thoughts as me!
Well Rocco, I would like to point out that your wrong! You can join his fan club as a loyal for free, and you can write on his site - $99 is only for the ultimate loyal - although a bit pricy, gives much more than that, only if your a true fan - but this has nothing to do with his art, and i wouldnt call him a sell out - he has his own ways of making money!
i know he has his own ways of makeing money its called being a sell out! he exploites our art and he should have no ones respect.
Criss invented a new concept, Beard Palming…
criss aqngel looked even more magical and supernatural without his beard, he looked like an angel sent from hell….
Wow. I cannot believe that Criss Angel said that he would not care if he drove a Hyundai with 200,000 miles on it. What a joke!!!! I cannot stand this guy. He is destroying magic!!! If he did not care what he drove, would he be flaunting and flashing his black Lambo, or doing tricks so that he can win a Viper!! Who does he think he is kidding? I have heard more people say that they do not like him more than they do. Criss, stop blowing smoke, you liar!!
come on people, ART is he fucking kidding me, what art, i cant sing so let me screw up the art of magic. he is a sellout!!! take the cameras away CRISS and you are that bum that you look like. the best trick of all that you performed was fooling the public into thinking you have skill!!! you have none! without the help of your advisors on mindfuck your nothing!! and you screwed a few of them also, houdini is rolling over in his grave, please stop disgracing this wonderful art that your destroying! ask your brothers for a job.
he also signed up pretty cool magicianns as consultants, used their effects and then fucked them!!! NOW THATS THE TRUTH CRISS!! MAGIC DESTROYER
its shaved!! a recent interview with him said he shaved it!!
I agree with some of the posts here, the only reason why he is using his magic to win object(money, cars, anything) is mainly because people bet him he cant do it, being proud as he is he takes those bets. I don’t mind what Criss does but I believe he is starting to get sloppy, perhaps from something like fatigue. He is a great performer, in my eyes but I think he needs to step up, take in more responsibility of what he is doing and start practicing again, for he is getting, as I said before, sloppy. He is just a person that has learned much in the art of magic, what he is doing today is what he does, if you want to change magic then train up and sign for TV and prove Criss wrong! That is what you guys that are mocking Criss should do, I don’t see many of you on TV so go on and try.
Beardfreak is no more! lol
what makes criss a sellout because he made magic his life and by doing so made money. so if he would have just done music and got a contract and made lots of money would that make him a sellout with music. no it would just because someone betters themself and makes money at the same time doesn’t make them a sellout. yes he has consultants helping him but what about other stage magicans they have twenty plus people working do one trick. the one thing i don’t like is when he says that they have never meet or there are no camera tricks because that isn’t always true. there isn’t anything wrong with making a living doing something you love. it sounds like so of you guys are just magicans that do birthday and watch criss show and wish that it could be you. it is sad that you people need to tear someone down to make you feel better about yourself
Oh for the love of hair, will someone please change this picture! Every time I go to this blog I have that scary beard starring at me. Post something new! anything! Just not the beard! I can’t take it anymore!!!
Makes me want to shave!
I love how he “Barely made $30,000 a year” 15 years ago… OH NO! You hear about these guys who came from living in their car, but on only $30,000 he must have been living in a box…
It’s been a while since I’ve been on Ellusionist.com and I must say that it seems that there are many Criss haters here! Is it that many of you that are hating and bashing Criss are magicians that never made it to the level of Angel, Burton, McBride, Copperfield and so on…? Many of you call Criss a sell out but what about the Magic Consultant for the movies “The Prestige & The Ellusionist” which is the legendary Ricky Jay! No disrespect to Ricky Jay is intended! Maybe if the people that are writing these postings would practice there magical techniques, they could become the next McBride, Burton or Angel (for the Angel haters / bashers) and you could have a Lambo too!!! I can appreciate what Criss does do, on a charitable level, for kids with disadvantages, Make-A-Wish, etc., so at least give him a break for that!!!