PLAYBOY INTERVIEW: DAMIEN HELLER
Damien Heller is another of that breed of celebrity who seems bulletproof. First rising to prominence as a child television star in the 1980's, Heller's until-then-unimpeachable psychic method was debunked in front of a nationwide television audience by James Randi, in New York City in 1991. Emerging a few years later as the host of "In the Afterlife", an afternoon talk-show wherein he'd allegedly put people in contact with relatives who'd passed on, Heller juggled that with a full Las Vegas stage show, before becoming the pitchman for Spektor & Raithe, Inc., a line of specialty hotels.
When I met with Heller, he was the picture of relaxed composure in a very expensive suit. While the tone of the interview might read as antagonistic or chiding, Heller has a method of saying things so that it feels like you're both in on a very old and private joke.. and it's damn near impossible to get in print.
Damien Heller is another of that breed of celebrity who seems bulletproof. First rising to prominence as a child television star in the 1980's, Heller's until-then-unimpeachable psychic method was debunked in front of a nationwide television audience by James Randi, in New York City in 1991. Emerging a few years later as the host of "In the Afterlife", an afternoon talk-show wherein he'd allegedly put people in contact with relatives who'd passed on, Heller juggled that with a full Las Vegas stage show, before becoming the pitchman for Spektor & Raithe, Inc., a line of specialty hotels.When I met with Heller, he was the picture of relaxed composure in a very expensive suit. While the tone of the interview might read as antagonistic or chiding, Heller has a method of saying things so that it feels like you're both in on a very old and private joke.. and it's damn near impossible to get in print.
