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"{{tmz_video_0}}&lt;br /&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Artie Lange&lt;/strong&gt; says he spent a night in a French jail cell sometime in the past couple of weeks ... after a failed attempt to fight police officers outside of a theater in Paris. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Lange explained the arrest on the \"&lt;a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http://www.nickandartie.com/\"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Nick and Artie&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/a&gt;\" radio show yesterday ... saying while the show was on break over the past couple of weeks, he flew into a \"white out\" rage in Paris after becoming upset with his girlfriend. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Artie says the woman had gone to a theater with a friend following the argument ... but Lange was so upset, he followed her to the venue and began screaming, \"Get out here, you effing c**t.\"&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Cops responded to the scene, according to Artie, and told him to calm down ... but the confrontation only enraged the 44-year-old who says he then \"took a swing\" at the cops. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;During the altercation, Lange says cops ripped his shirt off ... before putting the comic in handcuffs and transporting him to a nearby jail. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Lange -- who's struggled with substance abuse in the past -- claims he was clean and sober during the incident ... saying he was just really, really angry. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;As for Artie's GF -- the comic says he and the woman broke up following the arrest."^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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