Gibson Shows No Remorse
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John Gibson is not sorry!
The shameful Fox News host made a mockery of Heath Ledger's death and reveled in homophobia on his radio show Tuesday night.
Click here to read about that disgusting incident.
The uproar was almost instantaneous and Gibson had NO remorse or apology on his show Wednesday. In fact, he defended his actions!
According to Think Progress:
On his radio show yesterday, Fox News host John Gibson responded to ThinkProgress’ criticism of his comments mocking the death of Heath Ledger, saying that it was just “a little Brokeback Mountain joke” and there is “no point in passing up a good joke.”
Without offering any sort of apology, Gibson defended his callous comments by claiming that “for months and months and months,” his show has consistently made fun of the line, “I wish I knew how to quit you” from Brokeback Mountain. “I’m not giving that up,” exclaimed Gibson:
GIBSON: How many months did we live off that line, Brokeback Mountain?
BROKEBACK MOUNTAIN CLIP: I wish I knew how to quit you.
ANGRY RICH: Several.
GIBSON: I mean, it was going on for months and months and months.
BROKEBACK MOUNTAIN CLIP: Wooee, yeah!
GIBSON: I’m not giving that up.
Listen to the audio here.
On MSNBC’s Morning Joe this morning, host Joe Scarborough described the homophobic undertones of Gibson’s “little Brokeback Mountain joke,” calling it “mean-spirited and hateful” that “if you make a movie about being gay, your death becomes a punchline.”
When Gibson’s sidekick, Angry Rich, read him a negative comment left by a ThinkProgress reader (which the site does not endorse) calling the Fox News host “a closet homosexual,” Gibson responded by laughing and quipping “well, I’m still breathing”:
ANGRY RICH: You’re “a closet homosexual.” That’s the first one.
GIBSON: Oh, I am?
ANGRY RICH: Apparently.
GIBSON: Ha ha ha, well I’m still breathing. There’s the difference right there.
If you are as offended by Gibson's despicable behavior as we are, click here to find out the many ways you can contact his employers.
And hopefully people will start reaching out to and asking Fox's advertiser's to boycott the channel and radio network!
Update: Click here to see a list of Fox's current advertisers.



stop this
1st~~~~~~~~~ look up "AMERO"
THEN LOOK UP ~~~~~~~~~ RFD chip
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Well I got a reply from FOX….it's lame.
"Dear Heather,
Thank you for your e-mail. We appreciate your comments and are sorry you disagree with some of our programming. As a viewer your feedback is very important to us, we know that you are the reason we are here. Please feel free to stay in touch.
Regards,
FOXNews.com
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next try~~~~~~~~~ THE NORTH AMERICAN UNION,,,
This hateful person should NOT be on TV. WE NEED TO GET HIM OFF NOW! PROTEST, WRITE, CALL FOX AND TELL THEM.
Karma. For you and for him.
You say some real evil shit too buddy…
thats ok..this hate monger will get judged by the Father..thats the best part..how rude and inconsiderate..who raised this fool??!!!
KEEPING UP~~~~~R.I.P. buddy,,, seemed like a cool dude~~
just stop giving this guy press already! he's on the radio for chrissakes, he's just trying to fuel some desperate publicity!
THIS GUY IS SCUM- WHEN WILL HE QUIT?!
1- He needs to be FIRED!
2- He owes Heath's family an apology!
Wow, that's truly despicable. I'm against homophobia, but that's not even the point here. The point is: how can Gibson NOT UNDERSTAND that Heath Ledger is not gay? That his role in Brokeback Mountain HAS NOTHING TO DO WITH HIS DEATH?! Augh, if you don't fire him, Fox News, for his venom, then at least fire him for his utter illogical stupidity.
that's just insensitive
THIS GUY IS WORTHLESS. MAY HE ROT IN HELL FOR THIS.
go Gibson go! This shit is so funny.. all you fucks get so worked up.. He was a guy with an obvious drug problem, he unfortunately got one of the side effects of taking 5 different drugs and lots of them.. death.. John Gibson is the man
You chose your gay lifestyle, stop trying to force others to accept it. Not everyone will be tolerant of gays. I am not forcing my heterosexual lifestyle on you so get over it. Either suck dick and be proud or go back in the closet.
Have people been emailing this guy and FOX??? Maybe if enough people do it, we can get this self righteous, disturbing asshole off the air and into exile where he belongs.
this dude is an idiot
rnbmusicandgossip.com
that mother fucker
can die
and burn in hell with all the rest of the hater bitches who are making heath ledgers death something it should not be. this is a time were we should be sending our thoughts and prayers to his family, friends, workers exct. no talking about this old fucking dick face bitch who is being more than horrible about MOCKING his death
R.I.P HEATH LEDGER
FUCK YOU JOHN GIBSON!!!!!!! GO SUCK A DICK!!!
FUCK YOU
How can Immus lose his job but a fuck like this who to me is far more offensive to me gets to DEFEND his horrible behavior? We live in a terrible world.
Perez, you should list the advertisers so we can contact them. Fox probably LIKES this.
he is sick that guy… damn stupid religious hicks with no fuckin brains
I really hope what's-his-face gets fired or something.
People are entitled to their opinions, that's not the issue, the issue is that he's going about it in a way that's extremely hurtful to others.
How can we get in touch with the advertisers? I already wrote loooooong emails to everyone on that list. Any advice?
within the next 3-12 years you will be forced to get a new IDENTIFICATION CARD TO HELP STOP TERRRORISM…………………………… not true the is the 1st step in tracking humans, the #### RFD ### COMPUTER CHIP. is our goverments goal, to get you on a grid~ like electricity… GET INVOLVED~~~~~ LOOK INTO THIS!!!
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completely sick. regardless of your views on homosexuality, he deserves some posthumous respect and his family deserves some compassion. not only that, he wasn't gay - he was an actor playing a part!
Fox news is shit anyway they are all stupid patriots who can't see past their own beliefs. Also isn't Heath's death not considered suicide. THe police said so didn't they?
he's so full of shit. he has no respect for anyone. what the fuck is up with him.
I think we should ban Fox News all together…
Wow. That's sickening! What kind of mind does this sick, sick man have. Has he ever grieved for a lost loved one? If this was his child, brother or father, who had done this movie too, would he really be saying this stuff? This has got to stop.
Stupid old man! I really feel sorry for him! Such a bad joke. I promise I will joke when this man passes away!
Christina from Sweden
This was on Fox, people. Please. How can any one of you even pretend to be shocked OR surprised? Lol. You should have been shocked about 8 years ago. It might have actually made a real difference. Lemmings.
fuken-A 3RD!!!!!
well, there is one person I hope to see hit by a bus in the near future…
Could this be considered a hate crime? I think someone should at least investigate …
this guy is so dumb. seriously he and that guy who is planning to picket heaths funerla are just looking to get attention through someone elses death
THIS GUY NEEDS TO BE FIRED FUCKING IMMEDIATELY.
YOU PASS UP A JOKE BECAUSE THE GUY JUST DIED, OBVIOUSLY, OUT OF FUCKING RESPECT. WHICH OBVIOUSLY THIS DOUCHEBAG NEVER HAD AN OUNCE OF IN HIS LIFE. I HOPE ALL HIS FAMILY MEMBERS DIE AND EVERYONE MAKES JOKES ABOUT THEM, AND THEN THEIR ONLY REMORSE IS, "IT WAS TOO GOOD TO PASS UP."
FUCK YOU, YOU FUCKING CUNT.
I AM BOYCOTTING EVERYTHING TO DO WITH FOX RIGHT NOW BECAUSE OF THIS MOTHERFUCKING ASSHOLE.
FIRE HIM IMMEDIATELY. KICK HIM OUT THE FUCKING DOOR AND MAKE SURE IT HITS HIS HOMOPHOBIC ASS ON THE WAY OUT!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Sent emails to everyone on the list:
Gibson's on-air comments are so sad and disturbing…
There's enough stupidity, insanity, negativity, racism, sexism, violence, and hatred in the world We don't need people like Gibson adding fuel to the fire with his disgusting comments about Heath Ledger's passing.
John Gibson should be FIRED. His true colors have been revealed to the world for what he really is — a hate monger and sicko.
THIRD
I've emailed each one of them. Twice.
It probably won't do any good.
But I tried.
I don't care what movies Heath Ledger made during his career, making fun of the death of a 28 year old guy, who also happened to be a father, is sick and uncalled for. Shame on Fox News for not stepping up and punishing Gibson.
this guy is an a-hole. its one thing to say something stupid and quite another to have a chance to reflect on it (and its effect on others) and show no remorse and THEN say more thoughtless stupid things.
sounds like he is missing more than a sensitivity chip.
Gibson has a right to say whatever he wants, this is America not Cuba or some other repressive, third world banana republic. Most Americans do believe that gays have an agenda and were upset that Brokeback didn't win an Oscar, because you gays want to destroy the manly image of cowboys.
oh my fucking god,
does this man have no heart and compassion
fucking hell.
so angry
I don't watch those fuckbreath assholes anyway. I'm an MSNBC kind of girl.
There's absolutely no difference between the racial "Nappy headed hoes" comment and the blatent homophobic comments of this idiot. What a fucktard.
Howard Stern did the SAME thing!!!!! Where is Howard's info????
You are offended by this…but drawing cocks and cum on everyone is acceptable. Give me a break…get over yourself.
THIRD
wow.
Ledger wasn't an icon,…he wasn't a humanitarian, scholar, teacher, or even a role model,…he was just an average actor - no better or worse than you or I. He was just a guy, hooked on drugs (as is normal in his chosen profession) , divorced with a child, bounced in and out of relationships, with nothing to root him to ground on a daily basis. From everything I've read, he was probably a very sad and inwardly lonely person who was continually enabled by his "friends". So,…a guy who was working while sick made a few tactless remarks and/or misplaced attempts at humor, both toward Ledger and then by trying to segway them into comments about the stock market and a few politicos, - it's honestly no worse than what I read on this and other sites everyday by posters and site owners, alike. The problem I see is that in eulogizing someone, too often the exaggerating becomes overt lies. Honoring the dead is accomplished by respecting ALL the memories, the good AND the terrible,…both in the truth in which they were lived.
Where are all the outraged posts over the missing White House e-mails that were supposed to be archived by law? Why don't you all get busy bugging people about things that really matter?
Seriously, who cares. You make offensive comments all the time and no one tells you to apologize. Get over it.
I love how he says it was "a joke." What he doesn't understand is that for something to be a joke, it must be FUNNY.
Just wait for what Gibson says after Perez breaks his neck after he's ridden the balony pony one too many times.
if this was about anything else than being gay, you would say, good for him…. free speech… i thought you were a proponent… there's not really any homophobia in that statement… not really even latently
Let's go after the shows advertisers. Can you post Perez?
OMG i can't believe it!!! what a disgusting man!!! someone needs to shut him the fuck up!
almost first
asshole.
I dont understand how they can allow this shameful bigotry on television. Total disrespect for a grieving family…
Just remember - we all reap what we sow, and karma will always catch up to you.
He will eventually come to regret those remarks; that is certain.
this is HORRIBLE!!! that man should not only apologize but he should be kicked off of his radio show. He should never be allowed back on it either. Heath Ledger's family and friends are trying to grieve and all this man can do is joke around. Yeah he may have made the joke before but there is deff. a time and a place, and the time is not now, DEFF. not now!! THIS MAN SHOULD BE FIRED!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
PLEASE DO NOT STOP THIS PEREZ, THANK YOU FOR MAKING US (THE PUBLIC) AWARE OF SUCH REDICULOUS BEHAVIOUR! I DON'T SEE HOW THIS IS ANY LESS OFFENSIVE THAN WHAT IMUS SAID A FEW MONTHS AGO AND I SEE FOX NEWS AS BEING IRRESPONSIBLE OF THE CONTENTS OF THEIR SHOWS. GIBSON'S COMMENTS WERE NOT FUNNY, THEY WERE HURTFUL, RECKLESS, IN POOR TASTE & THAT OF A HOMOPHOBE AND IT SHOULD NOT BE IGNORED OR OVER-LOOKED OR ACCEPTABLE, SO THANKYOU PEREZ FOR BRINGING IT TO LIGHT!
I don't condone making fun of the dead, and I'm sorry about Heath but Perez, you bash Britney and she has troubles, so don't cry now cause he's bashing gays. Get over yourself.
I'd expect nothing less from Faux News and their cadre of right-wingnuts
What is wrong with this guy? It is not about gay or straight! It is about the tragic and untimely death of a young man who was an actor. It is disgusting that he shows such disrespect for that and all of Heath's family and friends who are mourning their loss!
Seriously this guy is just sick. Yeah…a lot of people made "I wish I knew how to quit you" jokes when Brokeback Mountain came out, but no one took it to the extreme to mock someone's death using the statement. He can go be an ignorant bigot about a fictional movie all he wants, but it doesn't give him the right to bring Heath's death into it.
nobody on this site watches FOX news anyway.
fox sucks. stupid homophobs
what a fucking prick.
This is so disgusting. No one respects the dead anymore. Unreal.
What the hell? Is this the guy that was foot tapping?? God, find someone else to hate on besides the gays…us girls need them…
Gibson may still be living, but he is still pretty damn ugly. Heath was an amazing talent, and we will never know what could of been. It is an outrage this puke of a journalist is making jokes likes this. A human being died. Heath himself was not gay, and if he was that shouldn't matter. BBM was a beautiful movie about love. Not just homosexuality. It's a shame people would say stuff about Heath after his death. He was a son, and a little girls father. Let his family grieve in piece. I hope Gibson is fired. I have never even heard of him before. He's just trash anyway.
the focus is becoming his homophobia when it should be his callous joking at the expense of someone's death. its ungodly on so many levels!!
Perez, you say some of the cruelest, nastiest things about people right here in your own blog! You are such a hypocrite! Maybe we should all write to YOUR sponsors to get them to pull ads off this site for all of your own hateful speech…
Relax…sheesh…
i thought it was funny. i'm not offended at all by his comments. gay rights activists get their panties in a twist over the stupidest things. seriously, grow a pair and get over it!!
As I posted previously, and as I see you have posted here: BOYCOTT FOX's advertisers. Hit them where it hurts. It's not against the law to be tasteless (thank God; not a country I would want to live in), but show that there are serious consequences to mocking the death of ANYONE! And now for a sophomoric quip: Fucking asshole. His his kind that give conservatives a bad name.
I visit your website often, and have never left a comment. I would just like to say thank you for posting directions on how to voice our outrage this man's horrible ridicule. If laughing at the death of a human being doesn't give a window into that man's rotten soul, I don't know what does. Everyone who will read this needs to protest. It's a horrible commentary on our country that such a large news outlet will allow someone so horrible to openly mock the death of a HUMAN BEING with video clips whose sole purpose is to promote bigotry and discrimination against homesexuals. HORRIBLE…
Letter to Fox: John Gibson apparently fancies himself to be the buttoned down acerbic version of Howard Stern, but there is no comparison. While Howard is hysterically funny, his off-color remarks are tempered by his humanity - which manages to sneak through his facade. John Gibson, on the other hand, is a just plain un-funny, homophobic stiff. In his pathetic attempts to be shocking and amusing, the remarks he made about Heath Ledger and his role in "Broke Back Mountain" came off as stupid and insensitive, especially in light of Mr. Ledger's untimely death. Don Imus got thrown off the air for using racial buzz words and making stupid remarks about "Nappy headed hos". In American, it seems we have come to come accept gay bashing remarks, while being repelled by racist remarks. There are people like Mr. Gibson who feel the need to kick and denigrate a certain segment of our society. Mr. Gibson and his ilk have moved on from blacks to gays. Anti-gay blather should not be tolerated, just as racist remarks should not be tolerated. What Mr. Gibson said should certainly earn him the same kind of vacation Don Imus got - with a no-return ticket.
Mr. Gibson's biggest crime was not being funny. I wonder if it's true - as internet rumor has suggested - that Mr. Gibson is really a self-loathing closeted gay man, and that's why he spews this anti-gay venom. Think Pastor Ted Haggard. Mr. Gibson doth protest to much.
Gay-bashing is the last bastion of a bigot.
We need to get him fired!!!!!!!!!!
my email was deleted without being read by the CEO's lackey (i mean, secretary)
it is ok to make fag jiokes, any body that ods on anything is a loser.
he is better off dead
this is in poor taste for the fox channel. John Gibson is wrong in his timing for this bad taste humor. so what if this is an on going joke…the man is dead and useing this sick humor is disgusting….be human not humorous…bad tase bad timing sick f*ck…
what an asshole!!!!
I hope he gets struck down.
what a douche
Re: Sharifa – Because Al Sharpton's not gay.
"I'm still breathing"?! I don't get it.
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Are you still breathing?? Not for so long old rotten mummy!!!!
www.RememberHeathLedger.com
go there just go there
I've already sent several e mails to Fox.
Thank You Perez for the info.
xoxo
Carolina fr Mexico
Phew this just shows how dangerous these types of zealot biggots are. Its like Osama Bin Laden was HAPPY about 9/11…. THIS MORON is happy about someone dying that is related to a cause he disagrees with. AND THAT IS SO FREAKIN SICk. As for Foxes response to HEATHER… HEATHER photocopy that and send it to COKE, PEPSI all the big advertisers and explain that if THEY choose to continue to support this behavior and this crappy of a response, then you choose not to support them.
HOMOPHOBIA MUST STOP. I am not gay and I can stand here and say WHAT the HELL are you afraid of?
GOD? I have news for you, CHRIST would have had dinner with the homosexuals LONG before he sat with todays Pharasees like this idiot.
How about you take up a better cause?
God fucking forbid anyone makes fun of ANYTHING EVEN REMOTELY RELATED TO GAYS OR HISPANICS
you fucking hypocrite.
Yes it was out of line but calm the fuck down, worse shit is happening daily and you singling out gay and hispanic related stuff is getting on my nerves.
Will you relax please. There was nothing wrong with what he said. It's all a joke. Take it easy. My God you gays get hot under the collar so easily. Just back off meathead. John Gibson is a professional so knock it off.
I guess Perez pulled the post where he callously posted a reader's email address because Perez didn't like that person's opinion. I tried to post my disgust at Perez's behavior but the whole post got pulled. Basically it was a reader's opinion that if Heath Ledger had been a straight actor (?) who died Gibson's comments would not been made into such a big deal. Dumb I know. But the guy apologized to Perez BEFORE Perez posted his emails (including the apology) and Perez published his email address any way. I'm calling BULLSHIT on this one Perez! The guy apologized and has every right to his opinion, idiotic or not. Why post his email address? That's cold, brother. Way to abuse your power.
How many of your idiots do think harrassed this poor fool before you removed the post? DICK MOVE.
IF he really did say that in that context, then that his own opinion. Like this website is based on gossip from your view. Get the facts instead of going to extreamest websites.
vote Obama '08
I have sent emails to all of the heads of Fox News
Shut up fags. All the minorities and fags are too sensitive. Liberals are speech Nazis!! You can't say anything anymore! F' you Perez.