We’ve witnessed a lot of debauchery over the years from one Kiefer Sutherland. I personally love the guy and would relish the opportunity to have one or two drinks with him, but he definitely gets carried away to the point where he’s been known to end up with his pants off in any given pub. A few years ago, things got really hairy when he was kicked out of a London strip club, racked up a $700 pre-lunch bar tab, and headbutted a fashion designer. Most notably, Kiefer screwed up big time by getting popped with his second DUI and, consquently, he served a 48-day sentence in jail.

Subsequently, Kiefer started dating Siobhan Bonnouvrier, an Allure style director who seemed really, really good for him. In fact, he stopped getting into trouble, and the two enjoyed vacations to Italy where stuff like this happened:

Unfortunately, Kiefer and Siobhan have recently ended their romance, and The Enquirer reports that his friends are now worried that Kiefer will go batsh-t crazy with the bottle again:

Kiefer Sutherland has turned the page on his three-year romance with a magazine style director — and the breakup is threatening to plunge the “24″ star back into his wild, self-destructive ways, say worried friends.

The actor’s girlfriend Siobhan Bonnouvrier was a stabilizing force for the 44-year-old Hollywood hell-raiser, who served a 48-day jail sentence in 2008 stemming from a second DUI conviction and probation violation.

A short while after being freed, the twice-married star hooked up with low-key Siobhan – who kept him on the straight and narrow, say sources.

Kiefer was rudderless before Siobhan,” an insider told The ENQUIRER.

“Now with her out of the picture, pals fear he will be back to trawling bars looking for hookups and boozing.

“Kiefer does best when he’s in a committed relationship. Siobhan was great for him. She encouraged him to focus on his acting, and nearly got him to the altar.

“But ultimately he didn’t want to be tied down, so Kiefer broke things off.”

In May, the actor wrapped up his run in the Broadway play “That Championship Season” and returned to Los Angeles to work on a film version of the hit FOX series, “24.”

“Now people are taking bets on how long before he’s in trouble again with the law,” confided the insider.

“He needs a good woman to keep him straight. Friends are begging him to consider getting back with Siobhan – but for the time being, he wants to be single.

“Everyone has their fingers crossed, hoping Kiefer won’t start losing it again now that he’s on his own.”

[From Enquirer, print edition, August 1, 2011]

Hopefully, Kiefer won’t go down the public boozing route again, but the man enjoys his liquor, so there’s a decent chance that he’s already there. At the very least, he should be smart enough not to get behind the wheel again after getting loaded. Like, tackling Christmas trees is all fine and dandy, but hiring a driver is absolutely necessary for the ride home. However, I think that Kiefer really learned his lesson with that second DUI, and I respect the hell out of any celebrity who doesn’t try to get out of jail time like a certain Lohan. Instead, Kiefer kept his mouth shut, put his head down, and he did his time. Now, if he can only stay out of trouble in the future.

Photos courtesy of Fame Pictures

I came across some of these hilariously bitchy (and true!) quotes from Jason Patric, 44, in the latest issue of OK! Magazine. (The one with the Bachelor split on the cover. Let me know if any of you care enough to have us report on that at some point.) Theses quotes are in an interview from over a week ago, but they’re new to me and are so good I just couldn’t pass them up. Patric, who you might remember from Lost Boys, is working on Broadway now and he really dished to NY Magazine’s Vulture blog. He ripped on how manufactured Lady Gaga is, called Ashley Judd a “lazy and arrogant actress” and talked about his relationship with Julia Roberts after she broke up with his buddy Kiefer Sutherland and the tabloids. There were a ton of good quotes in there, and he even brought up the Brangelina crap.

On how he supposedly decided against being a big star
I chose not to become a movie star for movie star’s sake at a time when there weren’t a lot of movie stars and that opportunity was presented to me. After the success of something like Lost Boys with Kiefer, I didn’t choose to keep making those movies. I mean, I made Rush when I was 24 years old. Shocks me when I look back it. I mean, 24 … kids are still in high school these days. Before I did Narc, I hadn’t worked in three years. I just didn’t find things I wanted to do. I had just produced Your Friends and Neighbors, which was exhausting and good, and I didn’t find anything worth working on for three years. That’s suicide in this business because you have to remain in the forefront of people’s minds and certainly onscreen, but I didn’t care about that. Early, the movies I was interested in, people’s work is what propelled their career. That has changed vastly, immeasurably. It started to change when I started and now it absolutely makes no sense of difference whatsoever. Doesn’t matter if you have talent. Doesn’t matter what you’ve done before and, frankly, the people with a lot of talent don’t give a shit if they make crappy movies for money because it’s actually more respected than their better movies.

On working with Ashley Judd on Broadway in Cat on a Hot Tin Roof
I said I wasn’t coming back to Broadway unless I had more input and creative control. Look, you get to do Tennessee Williams on Broadway every twenty years of your life. And I loved playing the role and I loved the majority of my cast, but I had issues with the producers, I had issues with the director. I loved saying the words and working with most of the people every night. I didn’t like my leading lady. Ashley is just a lazy and arrogant actress. Let’s just leave it at that.

On Lady Gaga
This Lady Gaga is absolutely preposterous. This is, what? You take a shit in a Cuisinart and put some pasties and get Auto-Tuned and look who I am. Well nothing, you’ve been marketed, that’s all. If I was a musician maybe I’d get angry about it, but it’s just like, what? Again, just turn the page.

On his friendship with Kiefer Sutherland
I had not seen him in over twenty years, and about a year ago he called me and we had some drinks because he wanted to talk … he had just finished a show and he said I want to do some good stuff, I want to do some different stuff, good stuff that pushes me. He just wanted to talk to me because he said you always make unique choices. That made me laugh. And he wanted to talk about theater. We had a night talking, drinks, and I said yeah, well, if something comes up I’ll let you know, and eight months later I was like, You know what? Kiefer might be good in this thing. This year it will be like 25 years; we haven’t worked together in 25 years.

On the tabloids
Q: What about your mutual tabloid fame. You dated Julia Roberts right after he did, just after she was supposed to marry him, and then you two took off for Ireland.
All that stuff is made up, if you even go back there to all the archives you’re never gonna see any comment by me. It’s not like today, where Jennifer Aniston says this happens and Angelina says that and people give quotes. I don’t give quotes about anything. And everything that happened was all fake and bullshit and let them give quotes about whatever they want. Obviously people are gonna ask. They had a relationship that ended and I was with her for a little while and it ended. They’ve both been subsequently married several times and I think they’re fine. But we never had any issue, even back then.

Q: Do you guys ever goof about it now?
Oh yeah, we look at it is as a goof because we know all the bullshit of the tabloids and how all this is created and people Do. Not. Care. About it. The truth is, I don’t know these editors of these magazine, so they honestly think we care about Brangelina? We don’t. Not just me, nobody cares. No. Body. Cares.

[From NY Mag]

People care about Brangelina, just not the people in his circle in New York city. Patric said that he’s still single and might settle down at some point, but that he never really wanted to because he was so focused on his career. At least that’s how I interpreted his comments. He talks so much smack that it’s hard to know exactly what he means. Some commenters on this story are noting that he sounds bitter as hell, and I get that too. Maybe he’s always been like this though, which would explain why his career never quite took off. That would also explain why he’s trying to portray it as some sort of noble personal choice that makes him superior to the actors who “sold out” and are living the easy life. I’ll say something nice – It must be a bitch to deal with all the phonies and leaches in Hollywood, even for people who aren’t curmudgeons and try and be team players.

Jason Patric is shown on 3/6/11 and 1/18/11. Credit: WENN.com

I saw these photos last night, and I’m still utterly bewildered by them. Yesterday, Donald Sutherland got his star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame. Because he’s never gotten one before?!? In what world does a dude who has been making movies – GOOD movies – since the 1960s not have a star already?!? Anyway, so he got his star. And Colin Farrell came out to celebrate. They worked together in Ask the Dust, and the upcoming Horrible Bosses. Anyway, Colin was somehow available to come out, and yet Donald’s son Kiefer was NOT able to. What?

His son Kiefer was awarded a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame over two years ago, but on Wednesday it was Donald Sutherland’s turn to receive the honour. The 75-year-old actor – who has starred in such films as The Dirty Dozen, Don’t Look Now and MASH – was given the star in a ceremony outside the Roosevelt Hotel in Los Angeles. And his star was placed next to Kiefer’s – although the actor was unable to join his father and other relatives at the event due to work commitments.

Instead, he sent a message to the ceremony which was read out by actor Colin Farrell – who starred with Sutherland in the 2006 film Ask The Dust and is reunited with him in the forthcoming comedy Horrible Bosses.

‘I selfishly wanted to be there to tell you how proud I am to have you as my father and how even more proud I am to be your son,’ Kiefer said in his tribute.

Sutherland, meanwhile, joked that having a star on the Walk of Fame was better than getting a headstone at the cemetery as he could ‘come and visit’.

‘I could get a chair and sit here, or a bucket and a mop and clean it, and make sure that people don’t step on it,’ he joked.

Sutherland, who was born in New Brunswick in 1935, has appeared in more than 130 movies, beginning his film career with small roles in films and TV shows in the early 1960s. However his big break came with the 1967 film The Dirty Dozen, the story of a group of convicted murderers who are sent on a special mission during World War II to infiltrate enemy lines on the eve of D-Day.

Sutherland’s other major film roles include psychological horror film Don’t Look Now, satirical war film MASH, the hit comedy National Lampoon’s Animal House and the cop thriller Klute, alongside Jane Fonda. More recently he has starred in Cold Mountain, the remake of The Italian Job, and the 2005 version of Pride and Prejudice in which he played Mr Bennet. Sutherland’s new film The Mechanic, an action thriller starring British actor Jason Statham, is released in the UK on February 4, while Horrible Bosses will be released later this year. He will also be seen on screen this spring in the Roman epic The Eagle.

Sutherland has appeared alongside Kiefer in two films – Max Dugan Returns in 1983, which was Kiefer’s movie debut, and the 1997 John Grisham adaptation A Time To Kill. Kiefer has also been busy since his long-running TV series 24 came to an end last year. He provided the voice of one of the canine characters in the children’s film Marmaduke last summer, and is starring in Melancholia, the new film from cult director Lars von Trier, which also stars Kirsten Dunst.

[From The Daily Mail]

See, I like when stars get that the Walk of Fame is inherently cheesy and uncool, but they’re still able to ACT like it’s an honor. It’s Colin Firth versus Gwyneth Paltrow. Goopy acted like she could barely deign to be seen by her star, while Colin Firth actually got a bit weepy and sentimental with the honor. It sounds like Donald was genuinely touched – which is nice. But Colin Farrell? Really?

UPDATE: Re: My contention that Donald had Irish ancestry. Okay, I have a very strong memory of Donald giving an interview where he discussed his Irish roots and the first time he traveled to Ireland and how it felt like home for him. Maybe I’m not remembering it correctly, or maybe that interview never happened, I don’t know. I honestly thought he had strong Irish ancestry, but I accept that I’m probably very wrong. I apologize to you Canadian and Scottish bitches who claim Donald as your own. My bad!

Photos courtesy of WENN.

I was never a 24 watcher. Nothing personal against Kiefer Sutherland or any fans of the show, but I just never got into it. That being said, I am a fan of Kiefer Sutherland. To me, it’s like the affection I have for Amy Winehouse. I know both Kiefer and Amy are probably hopeless addicts/alcoholics that do dumb sh-t on a regular basis, but I think they’re both talented and I want them to do well.

Anyway, Kiefer was chilling out in Portofino, Italy this weekend, and there are many photos of him hanging out shirtless and doing funny things. He was with his girlfriend – can you imagine dating Kiefer? I’d imagine it would be equal parts fun, hot and terrifying. But you’d get to hit this – would it be worth it? Kiefer is 44 years old, and I’d say that he’s still in really great shape, which surprises me. He’s muscular and toned, but he doesn’t look plucked and sucked, you know? I like that. He looks like a guy who takes care of himself for the most part, but still loves pasta and beer.

So would I hit it? Yes, I would hit it if he and I were a little drunk. I’d hit it for the fun of it. I’d hit it because I love his voice (it’s sexy). I’d hit it despite the fact that Kiefer is steadily morphing into his father Donald (in looks), and although I think highly of Donald’s acting, I’ve never wanted to bone him. But Kiefer… yeah, it looks good to me.

Keifer and his girlfriend on August 21, 2010. Credit: Fame.

Kiefer’s drunken photos are on The Sun’s website

Kiefer Sutherland had yet another shirtless, drunken night of embarrassing himself that culminated with him being thrown out of a strip club. Sutherland, who just wrapped production on the final season of his spy thriller series “24,” has a long history with alcohol and seems to like taking his clothes off when he overindulges. He’s lucky he wasn’t arrested – again.

The following takes place between 10:40pm and 11:50am.

TELLY special agent KIEFER SUTHERLAND goes out on a mission – to get plastered on the streets of London.

And the Hollywood actor, famed as 24 hero Jack Bauer, seemed to have no trouble achieving his objective, ending up shirtless in a tussle with Stringfellows security.

Sutherland, described by onlookers as “absolutely screamingly paralytic”, was even put in a headlock by bouncers as he lashed out.

This is how the longest night of his drinking life unfolded into the early hours of yesterday.

10.40pm: The 43-year-old actor, born in the capital, is spotted outside The Covent Garden Hotel Bar before meeting a pal. Two hours later he is seen with five empty wine glasses on his table and heard ordering more.

2.00am: Sutherland is driven to Stringfellows lapdancing club, where an insider said: “He went bananas, shouting nonsense and dancing like Peter Crouch before kicking off when asked to leave.”

3.35am: Bouncers hustle him from the premises after a reported bust-up, exposing his tattooed torso as they muscle him to his car.

3.36am: Grim-faced security guards finally seem to have him under control.

3.40am: The battle to pour him into his motor continues as the actor staggers in the street.

3.45am: The dazed dad of one sits in the car until finally, at 4.00am: He falls into the street outside his hotel, giggling and with his jacket unbuttoned.

11.50am: Sutherland sits outside, recovering with a ciggie.

The star, a hit in Fox and Sky One’s 24, is in town to plug his new film Twelve.

He served 48 days’ jail in 2007 after drink-driving offences and apologised last year after headbutting a male fashion designer.

[From The Sun]

You can see a very unflattering slide show of Kiefer’s wild night, including him being dragged out of the club in a headlock, here. Oh, Kiefer. This may have been kind of funny when you were 23, but you’re 43 and now it’s just kind of gross and sad. I guess we should be thankful that he wasn’t behind the wheel of a car, but I wonder what it is going to take for him to clean up his act. Hopefully he does it on his own, before something even worse happens. Everyone loses control once in a while, but this kind of thing has been going on way too often with Kiefer.

There’s a joke among hardcore fans of the Fox action drama ’24′ that if everyone actually listened to tough guy Jack Bauer, the show would be called ’12.’ Through eight seasons of some of the craziest plotlines on TV (one word: Cougar!), Kiefer Sutherland’s iconic character, Jack Bauer, derailed one terrorist attack after another, often sacrificing his personal life, family and sanity in the process. But this season, which many are hailing as one of the series’ best, will be the last. Rumors have been floating around about the show’s cancellation for about a week now, and there was even talk that NBC might pick it up. However, it was confirmed that 24 is over.

Nice knowing you, Jack Bauer. It was good while it lasted.

After eight days seasons of secret agent, butt-kicking goodness, 24 is officially closing its doors on the Counter Terrorist Unit. “This has been the role of a lifetime, and I will never be able to fully express my appreciation to everyone who made it possible,” series star and executive producer Kiefer Sutherland said in statement Friday.

“While the end of the series is bittersweet, we always wanted 24 to finish on a high note, so the decision to make the eighth season our last was one we all agreed upon.”

Now about that 24 movie…

“Looking ahead to the future, Howard Gordon and I are excited about the opportunity to create the feature film version of 24,” Kiefer explained (yay!). “But when all is said and done, it is the loyal worldwide fan base that made it possible for me to have the experience of playing the role of Jack Bauer, and for that I am eternally grateful.”

Still, the potential movie doesn’t make a canceled hit show any easier. Fan favorite Mary Lynn Rajskub (Chloe) immediately tweeted the news to fans in two solemn sentences. “Just found out we got the word officially,” she wrote. “This is 24′s last season.”

[From E!Online]

As a fan since Day One (literally), I’ve seen the show have its ups and downs, and there were even times I vowed to never watch again. But overall, it has remained one of the most exciting, suspenseful shows on network TV – and you can acutally follow the twists and turns (ahem, Lost)! I’ll definitely miss it, but I agree – let the show go out on a high note. I am still wondering how they plan to pull off a movie in the show’s signature “real-time” format. Does that mean the movie will be called “2″?

Kiefer Sutherland showed up on The Late Show last night… wearing a dress. Yeah. I didn’t see the huge deal about it, because let’s face it, Kiefer is kind of crazy (but still kind of hot), and wearing a dress on Letterman isn’t even in the top ten (get it?) dumb things Kiefer has ever done. Anyway, Kiefer wore a dress because he lost a bet. Because I hear that gambling is a really good way to kick alcoholism, right, Kiefer?

Gamblers beware: losing a bet can make you look foolish. Just ask Kiefer Sutherland.

The hard-core action star of Fox’s “24″ sat with David Letterman on the “Late Show” Wednesday night dressed in a hideous peacock-inspired dress after losing a bet to a buddy.

“I lost a bet over the weekend,” he told Letterman, the embarrassment displayed clearly on his face. “I was so sure New England was going to win, that I told a guy who used to be my friend that if New England lost, I would wear a dress on ‘Letterman’.”

The Patriots lost to the Baltimore Ravens on Sunday, 33-14.

“And so, here I am,” he noted, sheepishly.

Sutherland, who gets credit for going through with the bet, accessorized the dress with combat boots and a long-sleeved white t-shirt.

Letterman offered the 43-year-old actor $1,000 to wear the outfit on the subway.

“Riding the subway would be easier than what I’m going through right now.”

Although the conversation eventually turned to Sutherland’s return as Jack Bauer on “24″ this Sunday, the dress made serious conversation impossible.

“This may be the most humiliating moment of my life,” Sutherland said with a smile. “And I’ve had quite a few to choose from.”

At the end of his segment, Sutherland ran off stage as band leader Paul Shaffer played him out with Aerosmith’s “Dude looks like a lady.”

[From The NYDN]

I could be going too hard on Kiefer, but I lecture because I love. I love him and his father, I think they’re both amazing actors, and it pains me a little that Kiefer has such a screwed up personal life. By the way, if you think the dress is bad (which it is), check out what Kiefer wore to the studio – a swear, this is a denim suit. I spent too much time looking at the cut of that jacket, and that bitch is tailored like a suit jacket. Kiefer actually picked that out for himself, you know he did. That boy isn’t right in the head.

Kiefer Sutherland outside of the Ed Sullivan Theatre on January 13, 2010. Credit: WENN.

It’s generally acknowledged that Kiefer Sutherland can party hard. He’s got several stints in rehab under his belt to prove it. There’s this story going around from TMZ about how Kiefer blew $700 on his bar tab from 7 in the morning until 1 o’clock in the afternoon last week. Yes, your jaw is supposed to hit the floor. But despite the way their intro paragraph makes it sound, they acknowledge he was actually just being a good guy.

Kiefer stopped in with about 30 members of the crew from 24 – after what must have been a very early shoot. He paid for everyone’s drinks, which came out to $500 (or about $16.66 per person on average); and he left a $200 tip.

Kiefer Sutherland racked up the following $700 bar tab between 7am and 1pm. Yes, those times are correct.

We’ve learned the “24″ star and members of the show’s crew popped into The Spot in San Pedro, California last week after wrapping up a shoot nearby — and they were ready to get their drink on.

According to an employee at the bar, Kiefer was throwing back scotch & Cokes and bought drinks for everybody in the joint — roughly 30 people. The total damage: $500. No food … all booze.

The drinks may have been stiff, but Kiefer wasn’t — we’re told he tipped $200.

FYI: We’re told Sutherland — who has a few DUIs under his belt — was responsible this time and used a designated driver when he left the bar.

[From TMZ]

It’d be extra nice if the story were about how Kiefer nursed some ginger ales and made sure everyone had a good time. While it doesn’t seem like he’s taking his sobriety seriously, and least he’s taking his responsibility to the law more seriously. And I guess that’s something. If I were on the crew, I would have been sort of nervous about the whole thing. It just seems like he’s asking for trouble and tabloid headlines. Everything considered, it sounds like Sutherland was gracious all the way around – TMZ has some funny photos taken at the bar.

Here’s Kiefer dining at the Spotted Pig in New York City on October 1st. Images thanks to INF Photo.

Kiefer Sutherland is going to surrender himself to New York authorities a few weeks from now, all stemming from “a minor assault charge” lodged against him for headbutting Proenza Schouler designer Jack McCollough. Even though I want to think well of Kiefer for sort-of defending the honor of a lady (Brooke Shields), he must have some serious issues. Brooke even sides with McCollough, because she had her representatives tell TMZ that she was jostled, but nothing happened. Ah, it seems the fair damsel in distress didn’t really mind when her martini was shaken.

Kiefer’s friends are still trying to make excuses, though. An unnamed friend tells the New York Daily News that though Kiefer feels strongly that he was “provoked”, Kiefer is totally sorry, and thinks the incident was “regrettable”:

Kiefer Sutherland will surrender to prosecutors in several weeks and face only a minor assault charge for headbutting a fashion designer at a party, a law enforcement source told the Daily News.

Sutherland, who spent Wednesday holed up in his girlfriend’s Manhattan apartment, will face only a third-degree assault charge for the bizarre assault on designer Jack McCollough, sources said.

And the actor will simply be issued a desk appearance ticket for the misdemeanor – meaning he won’t be jailed and will be free to travel before his arraignment date.

A friend told the News that Sutherland – who seemed to be channelling his “24” alter ego Jack Bauer when he slammed his head into McCollough’s at a Soho nightspot – felt bad about the strange display.

“Kiefer is sorry it happened. Absolutely. It’s terribly regrettable,” said the friend.

Still, the friend insisted Sutherland lashed out inside SubMercer because McCollough, a designer for Proenza Schouler, bumped into actress Brooke Shields.

“Kiefer was provoked. The gentleman bumped into Brooke Shields and didn’t apologize,” the friend said.

Sutherland’s attorneys are expected to contact McCollough’s lawyers and hammer out a cash settlement.

Sporting a fresh cut across the bridge of his nose and shielding his eyes with Oakley sunglasses, McCollough told the Daily News this morning outside his West Village apartment that he’s “doing fine.”

McCollough’s representatives are resolute that the head smacking at an after-party for the Metropolitan Museum of Art’s annual Costume Institute gala was unprompted, telling People, “Anyone who knows Jack McCollough knows that he would not hurt a fly.”

“All we can say at this point is that he was the victim of a vicious, violent, unprovoked assault and that the matter is in the hands of the authorities.”

Shields’ is apparently siding with McCollough, with her reps telling TMZ that she was jostled but “nothing happened to her.”

When Sutherland is formally charged in New York, it could violate the conditions of his probation for a 2007 drunken driving charge in Los Angeles – and potentially send him back to jail.

The actor was put on five years probation after serving 48 days in jail for driving under the influence in 2007. He was on probation for a 2004 drunken driving charge at the time.

“There is an ongoing investigation, and we’ll wait until that is concluded,” said Frank Mateljan, spokesman for the Los Angeles city attorney’s office.

“We would need to see the specific facts of what happened before we make a determination as to whether or not probation has been violated.”

[From The New York Daily News]

McCollough’s people are talking directly to People Magazine, and they sound pissed. In addition to the “he would not hurt a fly” argument (which I believe, the guy looks like a stiff wind would blow him over), Jack’s reps say: “All we can say at this point is that he was the victim of a vicious, violent, unprovoked assault and that the matter is in the hands of the authorities.”

There’s even consternation about exactly how the headbutting went down. One of McCollough’s people also tells People Magazine: “Jack walked into the party and tried to order a drink, and then the next thing he knew, he got headbutted for no identifiable reason… Jack did nothing other than walk into a party. He did not bump into Brooke. It’s just puzzling.” Ah, yes. But Kiefer sensed that there was a damsel in distress, you see. Thus, headbutting.

Keifer Sutherland got into a fight at an after party for the Metropolitan Museum of Art’s star-studded Costume Institute Gala. The 42 year-old star of “24″ headbutted a designer, breaking the guy’s nose and sending him to the hospital. According to different accounts, designer Jack McCollough either knocked over or bumped into Brooke Shields and Sutherland rushed to her defense, telling McCollough to apologize. McCollough refused and pushed Sutherland instead, which prompted Sutherland to headbutt him in the face. Shields rep says that there was no incident with his client which would have made Sutherland come to her defense:

Women’s wear designer Jack McCollough found that out the hard way when he cut between Jack’s alter-ego, Kiefer Sutherland, and Brooke Shields as they were schmoozing at a SoHo nightspot and got a whopping head-butt from the “24″ star, police said.

Some witnesses said McCollough, co-founder of the white-hot Proenza Schouler label, suffered a broken nose in the bell-ringing Tuesday morning at SubMercer, but he told cops all he got was a small cut on his schnoz.
Investigators from the 1st Precinct have the misdemeanor case now and are reaching out to Sutherland to get his side of the story.

Some witnesses said Sutherland went into action hero mode after McCollough bumped into Shields as she and Sutherland talked at the bar about 2 a.m.

Sutherland took offense and demanded the designer apologize to Shields.

But the two men got into a heated argument that ended with Sutherland head-butting McCollough, a police source said.

Shields, who may be talking to cops today, apparently is taking McCollough’s side.

Her reps say the designer did nothing to deserve the head-butt and although Shields did get jostled, possibly off her feet, “nothing happened to her.”

McCollough told investigators Sutherland “was drunk and obnoxious and wouldn’t back down or be logical.”
He said Sutherland “pulled this stupid wrestling move like a teenager,” then slammed McCollough in the face.
A police source quoted McCollough as saying the dustup “wasn’t even over anything . . . he was just roiling drunk and looking for something to smack. It didn’t matter what.”

[From The Ny Daily News]

Sutherland spent the 2007-2008 holiday season in Glendale City Jail, where he served a full 49 day sentence for a September, 2007 DUI, his second in under three years. With his second DUI he violated probation for his previous DUI from 2004. The judge presiding over his case was Judge Michael Sauer, who put Paris Hilton in jail for a full 45 days for just driving on a suspended license.

With this latest fight, Sutherland has violated probation for his last DUI, although it’s unknown if he’ll have to face charges back in California. The guy went to jail for over a month and a half and was also assigned six months of weekly therapy, five years probation, and an 18-month alcohol education program. Considering that he only got out of jail in January, 2008, he’s probably still in alcohol education classes. He’s been seen getting wasted all over NY and this latest incident just makes the fact that he’s fallen off the wagon all the more public.

Sutherland is one of the highest paid stars on television and according to AOL Television makes $13 million a year.

Kiefer Sutherland is shown outside the Late Show on 4/27/09. Credit: WENN.com