Big Head DC featured an interview with MSNBC’s David Shuster in July of 2006 — after Jessica Cutler shared with us that she once had an affair with the political reporter. Cutler, you’ll recall, is a former congressional staff assistant for former Sen. Mike DeWine. She was fired in 2004 after describing her sexual exploits in a blog called Washingtonienne. 

BHDC: What do you love/hate about reporting from Washington day in and day out?

David Shuster: I love the stories, I hate the humidity. Seriously, the weather here stinks. We should all move the nation’s capital to the California coast. Back to the stories… All of us who work as reporters in D.C. are quite fortunate compared to our colleagues elsewhere. Unlike war correspondents or people who cover natural disasters, the worst thing that ever happens in D.C. is somebody loses their reputation.

BHDC: How do you get along with Chris Matthews/Dan Abrams?

DS: I get along well with both Chris Matthews and Dan Abrams. Chris is the best boss and mentor I’ve ever had. And Dan is the most brilliant management choice I’ve ever seen. Dan is a great guy with a terrific view of cable news and how to improve MSNBC. Read more…

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One of MSNBC’s top Washington correspondents, David Shuster, has a pretty harried life, if you ask us. First, we reported the claim from Jessica Cutler, the former Washingtonienne blogger who was paid for sex by politicos when she worked on Capitol Hill, who said that during a tryst with Shuster she noticed his back to be quite hairy.

With his recent marriage to Bloomberg’s Julianna Goldman, we thought such scandals were totally behind the news dude until we heard him talking on air this weekend about the trials and tribulations he faced during his honeymoon as he struggled to get in some face time with his bride.

An admitted Harry Potter freak, she couldn’t put one of J.K. Rowling most recent tomes down. Wonder if she’s dragged him to the new movie yet?

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Mark, a gentleman who was invited to the recent David Shuster / Julianna Goldman wedding tells BHDC that he “was fortunate to have an invitation and was to be a part of the wedding program, but had another obligation.” Shuster, of course, is a perennial up-and-comer at MSNBC, while Goldman has helped rule Bloomberg’s media wing for some time now.

Mark tells us that his family attended in his absence and reportedly had a “great time” watching Chris Matthews serenade the DC power couple to the tune of “Let’s Face the Music and Dance”.

Mark also reminded us of our long lost reporting on David Shuster’s apparent abundance of back hair (Jessica Cutler, the infamous former Washingtonienne has claimed in the past that she had a tryst with Shuster, during which she noticed dark swathes of stubble on his posterior region.)

Says Mark: “Hair can be removed, but love will always last.”

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