Stolen Valor is usually pretty easy to spot. Normally its some mouth breathing neck beard in a mix matched uniform with devices and badges from all the different services claiming he was a tier one Army Recon sniper seal ranger or some bullshit like that. An actor has come forward and admitted his. He even went so far as to cut off his own arm so he could make the claim.
FoxNews Reports that a would-be actor took a shockingly extreme step to improve his career by cutting off his own arm so that he could more easily pose as a war veteran, only to have a handful of small, modest parts to show for his extreme and bloody trouble.
According to KOB4, Todd Latourette, who claims he is bipolar, cut off and cauterized his right arm roughly 17 years ago while he was off his medications.
“I severed my hand with a Skil saw,” he told the outlet. “The state of my mind was a psychotic episode.”
Surprisingly, the move worked and Latourette found work off the severed limb and a story about being a war veteran. Most recently, he appeared in Season 4, episode 5 of AMC’s “Better Call Saul.”
Latourette is back on his medication and says that living with the lie has been difficult, which is why he chose to come forward and admit to it now, despite the fact that it will likely hinder his acting career going forward.
“I was dishonorable. I’m killing my career by doing this, if anyone thinks this was for personal edification, that’s not the…