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"Leaner, meaner, faster, smarter." That's the philosophy of Deutsch Inc., Chairman and CEO Donny Deutsch, the ad-man and host of "The Big Idea With Donny Deutsch." We'll take his word for fast and smart. And the word of Page Six when it comes to mean: It revealed over the weekend that his firm had fired an art director after he circulated vacation snapshots of Donny in his Speedo. But lean? We (with an assist from adfreak.com) report. You decide. —MG

Notice the Joey Buttafuoco-style hairdo, prominent tan lines and what appears to be a pre-personal trainer bod. Donny couldn t be reached for comment.

The picture ain t pretty, but neither is the plight of the art director, Jeison Rodriguez, who admitted to AdFreak that while he should have been reprimanded, being fired seemed a bit much. A 10-year Deutsch vet, Rodriguez sounded positively wistful, recalling the days when he perceived Donny as always being able to look at himself and laugh.

Now here s the follow-up: It seems e-mail, the very thing that got Rodriguez in hot water, is also getting him out of it and leading to further distribution of the Donny pics. The firing incident, which actually dates back to late January, stimulated Rodriguez s friend Mark Koelfgen to send around an e-mail to help his friend get a new job, with the offensive pics attached!


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