Full of Hot Air
Update: The Larimer County, CO sheriff says the whole thing was a hoax to land a reality show. Surprise! The Heene (weiny) adults will be charged with felony counts for disrupting air traffic in Denver due to the stunt.
Much as I try, can’t escape the news about these Colorado balloon people and their stupid antics that have hijacked headlines for the past few days. Call me cold, but when I very first heard about this story—balloon lands without 6-year old kid aboard!—my first reaction was laughter. Why? Because it just seemed incredibly stupidly bogus from the very beginning. Not meeting the smell test of my news nose, which through years of experience, can sniff through a lot of stuff.
Working in Hollywood, I’m used to working with media whores, and frankly, I’m not necessarily using that term pejoratively. Most of the media whores I know have something real and valuable to offer. They’re just overly aggressive in promoting their agendas, getting airtime and getting in as many publications as possible to feed their large egos, or their insecurity. No matter. There’s still something real going on.
But one thing I can’t tolerate is BS crap, and that’s exactly what this Heene family is full of. The couple was on “Wife Swap” and the man was a wannabe actor who skipped out on a $6,000 debt to his landlord in LA before skipping town, according to LA Times. Sounds like that was a lot of unpaid rental months. And he was out here pitching shows about the family. But then the kid–and I almost feel sorry for him–spilled the beans between apparently vomiting on a couple of national shows saying the dad pulled the stunt FOR a show. Not to mention that he called a local TV station before calling 911. And the whole thing about a kid hiding in an attic for 3-5 hours because he thought his dad was mad at him? No, I think the dad told him to do it.
Here’s hoping these people go away soon, because they’re as nausea-producing as the Gosselins or Speidi. A trainwreck Lindsay Lohan in court looking years older than she is–now that’s worthy of some unfettered attention.
