{"id":383209,"date":"2018-11-01T15:00:39","date_gmt":"2018-11-01T14:00:39","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/rinf.com\/alt-news\/newswire\/better-call-saul-actor-admits-he-cut-own-arm-off-lied-about-being-a-veteran-for-20yrs-rt-us-news\/"},"modified":"2018-11-01T15:00:39","modified_gmt":"2018-11-01T14:00:39","slug":"better-call-saul-actor-admits-he-cut-own-arm-off-lied-about-being-a-veteran-for-20yrs-rt-us-news","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/rinf.com\/alt-news\/newswire\/better-call-saul-actor-admits-he-cut-own-arm-off-lied-about-being-a-veteran-for-20yrs-rt-us-news\/","title":{"rendered":"\u2018Better call Saul\u2019 actor admits he cut own arm off, lied about being a veteran for 20yrs \u2014 RT US News"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/cdni.rt.com\/files\/2018.11\/thumbnail\/5bdaf650dda4c8855d8b45ca.png\" \/><\/p>\n<p>        A New Mexico-based actor has admitted to cutting his own arm off and posing as a wounded veteran for almost two decades to further his acting career and get better roles. <\/p>\n<div>\n<p><em>\u201cI severed my hand with a Skil saw,\u201d\u00a0<\/em>actor Todd LaTourrette told <a href=\"https:\/\/www.kob.com\/new-mexico-news\/todd-latourette-actor-outs-himself-as-a-liar\/5126605\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">KOB4<\/a>. <em>\u201cThe state of mind was a psychotic episode.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n<p><center><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/plugins\/post.php?href=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.facebook.com%2Fphoto.php%3Ffbid%3D135813397248906%26set%3Da.117363805760532%26type%3D3&amp;width=500\" width=\"500\" height=\"531\" style=\"border:none;overflow:hidden\" scrolling=\"no\" frameborder=\"0\" allowtransparency=\"true\" allow=\"encrypted-media\"><\/iframe><\/center><\/p>\n<p>Having sawn off his own arm and cauterized the wound, LaTourrette lied about being a war veteran and, after doing so, began receiving a number of high-profile acting jobs, starring in TV shows such as ABC\u2019s Better Call Saul, as well receiving parts on Manhattan (2015), Longmire (2014), A Bird of the Air (2011) as well as the George Clooney film The Men Who Stare at Goats (2009).<\/p>\n<p><em>\u201cI was dishonorable,\u201d<\/em> LaTourrette told KOB4. <em>\u201cI\u2019m killing my career by doing this, if anyone thinks this was for personal edification, that\u2019s not the case.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n<p><center><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/plugins\/video.php?href=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.facebook.com%2F100024607397424%2Fvideos%2F136850310478548%2F&amp;show_text=0&amp;width=560\" width=\"560\" height=\"314\" style=\"border:none;overflow:hidden\" scrolling=\"no\" frameborder=\"0\" allowtransparency=\"true\" allowfullscreen=\"true\"><\/iframe><center\/><\/center><\/p>\n<p>LaTourette says he couldn\u2019t live with the guilt of lying anymore, adding that he decided to come clean to encourage others living with mental illness to stay on their medication and avoid extreme psychotic episodes like the one he went through.<\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.rt.com\/usa\/440932-poll-veterans-afghanistan-fatigue\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">READ MORE:\u00a0US veterans overwhelmingly want troops out of Afghanistan \u2013 poll<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><em>\u201cThe power is in your hands to take your medication in the morning, or at night. So that, this, this discourse of my life doesn\u2019t need to necessarily be yours. Because, it happens quick \u2026 it happens quick,\u201d<\/em> LaTourrette concluded.<\/p>\n<p><strong><em>Think your friends would be interested? Share this story!<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>Via <a href=\"https:\/\/www.rt.com\/usa\/442847-actor-amputated-arm-veteran-lie\/?utm_source=rss&#038;utm_medium=rss&#038;utm_campaign=RSS\">RT<\/a>. This piece was reprinted by <a href=\"http:\/\/rinf.com\">RINF Alternative News<\/a> with permission or license.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A New Mexico-based actor has admitted to cutting his own arm off and posing as a wounded veteran for almost two decades to further his acting career and get better roles. \u201cI severed my hand with a Skil saw,\u201d\u00a0actor Todd LaTourrette told KOB4. \u201cThe state of mind was a psychotic episode.\u201d Having sawn off his [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":383210,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[519],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-383209","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-newswire"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/rinf.com\/alt-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/383209","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/rinf.com\/alt-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/rinf.com\/alt-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/rinf.com\/alt-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/rinf.com\/alt-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=383209"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/rinf.com\/alt-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/383209\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/rinf.com\/alt-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/383210"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/rinf.com\/alt-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=383209"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/rinf.com\/alt-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=383209"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/rinf.com\/alt-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=383209"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}