I’m just gonna get the hell out of the way here and let this one speak for itself. From the NY Post:

Bret Michaels and Donald Trump are in talks to develop a new reality show called “Something To Believe In.” Sources tell Page Six it would feature the rocker traveling across the country, helping people who face adversity in their lives. A rep for The Donald said: “Mr. Trump thinks Bret is a wonderful guy. [He] wants to consider it.”

First and foremost, this sounds like a really nice thing they’re doing. I’m all for more reality shows about helping people who are facing adversity, especially if it means less reality shows about parents who throw $30,000 birthday parties for their toddler. And, off the top of my head, I can’t think of anything that would be more surreal than being a guy with some rare disease, hearing a knock at the door and opening it up to find Bret Michaels and Donald Trump on my porch offering to help. So, there’s that.

If you think about it, in a way it was always coming to this, wasn’t it? I mean, it makes perfect sense. OF COURSE Donald Trump and Bret Michaels would be business partners. They’re both attention-loving, aging reality stars with confusing hair situations who have an affinity for an over-the-top, tacky lifestyle. I only hope their partnership is fruitful enough that they produce a second reality show for VH1 where Donald Trump wears a bandana and travels around the country on a bus full of strippers that has “TRUMP” written on the side in giant 24K gold letters. I would watch that show so many times my cable box would melt.

Nearly two years ago, Bret Michaels performed at the Tony Awards, an event that was notable only because it concluded with Michaels getting knocked down by a descending set piece. And now, a mere 21 months later, Michaels is suing the Tonys. Hey, his nose was totally scraped!

The Poison frontman’s lawsuit claims he continues to deal with effects from the injury and brain bleeding that left him hospitalized last year.

He claims show organizers never explained that the set would be changing after the band performed, “Nothin’ But a Good Time.” He also claims the show could have prevented the incident from airing, but chose not to.

“The Tony Awards dropped a piece of the stage on Bret’s head, and then instead of doing the right thing, joked about it and played it off for ratings,” Michaels’ attorney Alex Weingarten wrote in a statement. [Yahoo/AP]

In CBS’s defense, it was pretty damn hilarious the way Michaels’s stupid cowboy hat went flying off. Let’s watch it again, shall we?

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As previously reported, there was a hole in Bret Michaels’s heart that can only be filled by youuuuuu. And in this case, “youuuuuuu” was a surgical team at St. Joseph’s Hospital and Medical Center in Phoenix, who operated on the reality star’s heart yesterday.

A hospital spokeswoman says Michaels is recuperating and remains in the hospital’s intensive care unit for observation. Doctors discovered the hole in Michaels’ heart in April when he was treated for a brain hemorrhage.

Doctors inserted a catheter into a vein in Michaels’ groin with a closure device, and tiny cameras assisted doctors as they operated to close the hole.

The closure device will remain in Michaels’ heart permanently to stop abnormal blood flow between two chambers of his heart, which is thought to have caused the warning stoke he suffered. [Google]

I hope that’s the last time I ever have to read about a vein in Bret Michaels’s groin. I’m doing everything I can not to picture it right now. I’m afraid it’ll show up and tear apart the city like the Stay-Puft Marshmallow Man if I think about it.

Rock of Love Girls: Where Are They Now? (VH1) — At the free clinic, I presume.

Bret Michaels: Life as I Know It (VH1) — Series premiere. Now that Bret Michaels is on the doorstep of death, he’s rededicated his life to raising his daughters, lest they grow up to be contestants on shows where tattooed sluts vie for a famous man’s affection.

Chuck (NBC) — It’s been a while since I’ve mentioned “Chuck.” I know that this show has a lot of fans, but it just doesn’t work for me. I always feel like the action scenes are choreographed by a 12-year-old.

Hawaii Five-0 (CBS) — Masi Oka of “Heroes” guest stars. If you’re an Asian actor and you haven’t landed a role on “Hawaii Five-0″ yet, fire your agent.

American League Championship Series (TBS) — Game 3. This is a tough one to stomach as a Mariners fan. I hate the Rangers far more than any other division rival, but I hate the Yankees more than anything on the planet. I mean anything. War and cancer and genital mutilation are all preferable to the Yankees.

Castle (ABC) — My favorite police procedural. I haven’t watched any episodes this season, but I plan on changing that tonight.

If you’re in a celebrity death pool, you REALLY need to consider adding Bret Michaels to your team. This year alone, the 47-year-old diabetic has had complications from an appendectomy, a severe brain hemorrhage, and a “warning stroke.” And now he’s scheduled to have surgery for a hole in his heart.

The Poison frontman is now scheduled to go under the knife in January to repair a defect in his heart, his publicist tells E! News. “It’s for the hole in his heart,” his rep said. “I don’t know any specifics.”

During his spring residency in the hospital, doctors discovered that the bandana-wearing rocker/reality star had a “patent foramen ovale,” a hole in the heart that had nothing to do with the stroke he suffered but was something he’s had since birth that is “operable and treatable.” [MSNBC]

In a related story, Michaels gathered the women from “Rock of Love” and sang, “There’s a sore and a wart that can only be caused by you.”

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