The hulking huckster isn't too happy with Las Vegas Review-Journal gossip columnist Norm Clarke:

Illusionist Criss Angel, the star of the "Mindfreak" reality show, freaked out Friday after his girlfriend, Miss Nevada USA Veronica Grabowski, didn't make the finals of the Miss USA pageant.

Shortly after Grabowski was eliminated, Angel was seen flashing a middle finger during a NBC telecast when a roving cameraman attempted a celebrity-in-the-crowd shot at Planet Hollywood Resort's main theater.

Angel was still fuming after the pageant when he threatened this columnist in an F-bomb-laced tirade that ended with Angel, after being restrained, saying, "Don't ever write another word about me, or you'll need an eyepatch over your other eye."

He really is a magician. He makes class and taste disappear. Although Norm isn't exactly Oscar Wilde himself:

"Good one, Criss," I told him. "Never heard that one before."

Oooh, burn!