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3 Frankie Muniz Hates Scorpions

We all know what happened to Bryan Cranston when Malcolm in the Middle went off the air. But what about Malcolm himself, Frankie Muniz? You'd expect the former child star to be either swimming in a cornucopia of luxury narcotics or spending his millions indulging in arts and cultures. And that's exactly what's going on, if by "luxury narcotics" you mean "pastries" ...

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"I did five lines of confectioners' sugar last night."

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... and by "arts and cultures" you mean "scorpions." We're not kidding here -- Frankie Muniz is goddamn obsessed with scorpions. Sure, the guy lives in a warmer clime (Arizona), but the fact that he shouts his hatred of venomous arachnids from the Internet hills makes us think he was just a tiny, confused old man wearing a rubber mask for all those years: