Ledger's Death Is A Laughing Matter
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This is reprehensible!
Fox News Talk Network host John Gibson announced the sad and tragic death of actor Heath Ledger on Tuesday by mocking him and making light of his untimely passing.
Disgusting!
We've been on this creep's show before and we will boycott his show in the future, unless he issues an apology.
Here's a rundown of what happened:
"Playing an audio clip of the iconic quote, 'I wish I knew how to quit you' from Ledger’s gay romance movie Brokeback Mountain, Gibson disdainfully quipped, 'Well, he found out how to quit you.' Laughing, Gibson then played another clip from Brokeback Mountain in which Ledger said, 'We’re dead,' followed by his own, mocking 'We’re dead' before playing the clip again."
Gibson called Ledger a "weirdo" with a "serious drug problem" and suggested that Ledger killed himself because he had "a serious position in the (stock) market" or perhaps "watched the Clinton-Obama debate last night. I think he was an Edwards guy, cause he saw his Edwards guy was just completely irrelevant."
Click here to listen to the audio of John Gibson's shameful handling of Heath Ledger's death.
OneRepublic sings, "It's too late to apologize." But it's not!
Say you're sorry, John Gibson, or you're no different than hatemonger Fred Phelps.
Update: Feel free to email john.gibson@foxnews.com and let him directly know your thoughts!
You can also email his show at myword@foxnews.com and the network at yourcomments@foxnews.com.
And, if you wanna email the CEO of Fox News, his info is roger.ailes@foxnews.com.
John Gibson is disgusting along with the rest of the pathetic supporters of Fox News. How shameful to be so proud of being so hateful and mean.
what a wanker
thanks for attaching the email addresses- i sent him a piece of my mind and I hope everyone else did too..
Hope you will get killed,,,ha,ha.
Thank you, Perez for bringing this to our attention. I have emailed, John Gibson, My WORD and Roger Ailes. Maybe the S.O.B. will issue an apology now. WHat a heartless idiot. Bless you Perez for caring about this!
Wow. Thank you for bringing this to our attention. I just emailed them (incidentally, the roger ailes addy bounces back as undeliverable)
John Gibson-
As a broadcaster myself, I am appauled at your comments regarding the passing of Heath Ledger. I am not neccessarily a fan of his, only seeing a couple of movies that he was in, yet it is EXTREMELY disrespectful to have made the comments that you did. Its more than disrespectful, its DISGUSTING. We have freedom of speech (to an extent, in regards to FCC laws), and while no "laws" were broken by your commentary, your code of ethics clearly does not exist. You should never speak ill of people's children, OR the dead. Everything you were saying was mocking the actor (using clips from movie dialogue), and based upon speculation. Even if he did have a drug problem, you do not know the certain circumstances surrounding his passing. To use your show as a national platform to disrespect a young talent, and bring further heartache to his friend, family and fans is indeed appauling. I can never listen to your show, or your comments without having disdain for everything that comes out of your mouth. You really have shown your lack of journalism, and your over-compensting ego… substituting journalistic facts and true commentary on a news story, for your name calling and berating of a young man.
Gibson's a piece of garbage!!!!
Thanks for the e-mail addresses.
this guy should be hung from his finger nails!!! burn in hell!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
R.I.P. Heath!
That is SICK!!!! What an ASSHOLE!!!
Hope he will get killed,ha,ha…
Thank you Perez for posting the email addresses. I made sure I emailed them and give them a little piece of my mind.
-LeX-
That man is such an asshole. And I did write an email to the Fox News Network. Hopefully they will get a high volume of responses and take some action (of course just firing Gibson would be great but I doubt they will go that far).
That is Terrible!! I just sent this email to every email you povided
"I think it is absolutely disgusting what John Gibson said on his show last night about Heath Ledgers death! Not only was Heath Ledger an extremely talented artist, he was also a loving father to a 2 year old girl. Can you imagine that poor little girl having to grow up and hear what that awful comment about her father, whom she will never even get to know!
This disgusting mans comments are also very offensive to the gay community! Broke Back Mountain was a huge triumph for our community and how dare this narrow minded discriminatory man have to Gaul to make a mockery of it! As a journalist this man should know the public expects him to remain neutral in all matters especially ones like this!! This man and every crew member who where responsible for inputting the sound bites and approving this script should be relieved of there jobs after making a formal on air apology to Heath Ledgers family, friends, fans and the entire gay community!!!! "
fred phelps is gonna picket his funreal thats messed up man hopefully they do it where he was from poor guy FUCK THE PHELPS
Well I just sent him my message. That jerk!!!!
I hope everyone here that is disgusted by John Gibson's remarks emails him and his superiors. John Gibson needs to go or publicly apologize to Heath Ledger's family and friends. What a jerk!
what a sick bastard, fuck i hope he burns in hell
WTF?!?!?!? FUCKING BASTARD!!! I genuinely can't believe that! disrespectful fucking asshole!
wow. that really was not necessary. =[
Gibson is right, of course: Between the masseuse, Mary-Kate's goons and the Baby Mommy flying back from her 'shoot' in Sweden, the whole thing has me snickering.
I emailed Mr. Gibson, here's what I wrote.
Dear Mr. Gibson,
You sorry, pathetic excuse for a motherfucker. How dare you make fun of Heath Ledger's death! Who the fuck do you think you are, anyway? A human being has died, and his family and friends are distraught, not to mention his many fans. At least he touched people with his work, whereas your NO TALENT has led you to make fun of innocent, departed people on TV. One can only hope you will get what's coming to you one of these days. I and everyone else will do everything in our power to get your crappy show pulled off the air, and you'll be mopping floors at the local K-Mart. Then you'll be wishing you had "quit" saying hateful things about people who just passed away.
just letting you know- i sent an e-mail to fox. we should also let Westboro Baptist Church in Topeka know how we feel too. They are wanting to protest his funeral, they also protest all Gay's funerals and soldiers funerals. Their webiste is www.godhatesfags.com. They are a sick hate group that want to punish heath's family just because of a role he chose.
Re: Dan – Dan, you and John Gibson are both children. Grow up, learn some respect, and stop being such STUPID FUCKING BIGOTS!
what an asshole!
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I sent hate mail to him and the CEO of Fox News……I hope they fire his ugly ass.
PEOPLE.. PEOPLE.. Email does not work! They probably turned off his acct.
after he was flooded with email! MONEY TALKS.. TELL THEM YOU WILL BOYCOTT
THEADVERTISERS of FOX and HIS show!
what a moron. FOXnews is what's wrong with this world.
I just emailed him and the CEO to complain!
Dear John Gibson-
I’m sure you are getting a lot of disdainful e-mails right now so I’ll make this very succinct and specific:
After this moment, and for the next 20 years (or however long this planet must be burdened with your mortal coil), I will forget that you do, indeed, exist. However, upon your inevitable passing, in whatever alternate reality you might be, make sure you tune into San Diego, California, where I will be having a parade in honor of the fact that the general public will no longer be subjected to your indignant, unfortunately publicly broadcasted, self-indulgent diarrhea of the mind. I assure you, there will be dancing in the streets, floats, streamers, and possibly a large cake out of which I shall jump, ecstatically, a tear of joy trickling down my cheek. And my oh my will it be looped on the evening news for weeks. They’ll call it the party of the century, and Dick Clark will abdicate his throne to me.
If your boss has a single brain cell left after years of listening to your mental masturbation, he will fire you. Then, you can have some financial troubles of your own. I wouldn’t hire you to clean my toilet actually. Even though it is in dire need, because listening to you smear Heath Ledger (a man you were not acquainted with by the by) has caused me severe nausea and profuse vomiting. The byproduct of which is in the mail to you, and should be on your desk shortly. Enjoy!!!
Love,
A no-longer avid watcher, not that I ever was
That disgusting little ugly stone faced shit head! How dare he mock a great versatile actor who dead. I've always disliked that little bastard and this is proof.
I emailed gibson and the CEO…that kind of talk is disgusting disrespectful. just because someone is famous doesnt not leave their death up for public mockery. this man was someones son and someones father.
The problem is not with FOX, is with this idiot! Totally out of line to say that – I agree.
for those who worship CNN and the other communist channels that don’t support our military and talk bad about our country , go right ahead , there are still a lot of us who will watch this channel because they seem to be the most patriotic and the most supportive of our military. GOD BLESS AMERICA!
Now back to the topic…John, you are despicable.
why i think this is filthy and disgusting and do not agree with this asshole at all… its not any better perez that you had photos of heath posted up last week making fun of the way he looked…at the state he was in. obviously he was in a bad place… and you went from mocking his frazzled state to being so torn up over his death. maybe you should watch what you say about people because you OBVIOUSLY do not know what they are going through. maybe this teaches you a lesson
I agree with him…look Ledger was just another Hollywoody drug addict! Period! Just because he did a few movies does not make it any more irresponsible and stupid than the average person…Dumbass deserves what he got. My only question is? what Hollywood person is next? HA HA
Perez, weren't YOU poking fun at Heath Ledger's death 24 hours ago? you are a fucking hypocrite!!
i am so sick of everyone on here talking shit about this reporter John Gibson…he tells it like it is!!! Heath was nothing more than a drug addict who didn't value his life (rich and famous for moreover) enough to not do drugs and live. What a piece of shit..he is "WEIRDO"…just like every other young star who couldn't take the "pressure" and did drugs and died. Fuck Belushi, anna nicole smith, river pheonix, and chris farley, marilyn monroe, and every other LOSER who did drugs and died. I hope amy winehouse is next and Britney Spears. I LOVE JOHN GIBSON for telling it like it is. Heath is a loser drug addict who couldn't handle making millions of dollars and being famous. Maybe he should have worked in a factory, actually worked for a living…and he wouldn't have been so depressed and did so many drugs and sleeping pills. What a fucking joke.
So , let me get this right. It's unacceptable for John Gibson to make those comments, yet it is acceptable for PH to make sweeping, probably baseless accusations about the alleged drug abuse of a man who has been dead for less than 24 hours?? Pot, kettle anyone? Both despicable, trading on others misfortune.
so i totally just emailed that ass and damn did it feel good!
what a creep. people around the world are absolutely devastated by heath's death. i wonder how many people are going to be devastated by john gibson's death? fox news…run by heartless republicans.
I happen to know for a fact that John Gibson fucks ruminary farm animals, then asks them to pee on him so his little piggly dick gets half-hard. Then after getting fist-fucked by a mountain goat, he jerks off eight-year-old boys and tells them that "they're gonna get filled up real nice". Still not done, he puts pasties on his huge bitch tits and asks his horse to tug on them until he shits out a hailstorm of massive diarreaha. Then, and only the, is John Gibson ready to go back to the mike.
Subject: Mocking the Dead?
You have a responsibility given the fact you speak on national television. You have abused your responsibility and should be given the Don Imus treatment - public ridicule and a good FIRING.
What a pathetic, sad little man you are.
Shameful.
THIS IS MY EMAIL TO HIM.
What a pathetic, sad little man you are.
Shameful.
i am so sick of everyone on here talking shit about this reporter John Gibson…he tells it like it is!!! Heath was nothing more than a drug addict who didn't value his life (rich and famous for moreover) enough to not do drugs and live. What a piece of shit..he is "WEIRDO"…just like every other young star who couldn't take the "pressure" and did drugs and died. Fuck Belushi, anna nicole smith, river pheonix, and chris farley, marilyn monroe, and every other LOSER who did drugs and died. I hope amy winehouse is next and Britney Spears. I LOVE JOHN GIBSON for telling it like it is. Heath is a loser drug addict who couldn't handle making millions of dollars and being famous. Maybe he should have worked in a factory, actually worked for a living…and he wouldn't have been so depressed and did so many drugs and sleeping pills. What a fucking joke.
Re: ed –
Fuck you!
i am so sick of everyone on here talking shit about this reporter John Gibson…he tells it like it is!!! Heath was nothing more than a drug addict who didn't value his life (rich and famous for moreover) enough to not do drugs and live. What a piece of shit..he is "WEIRDO"…just like every other young star who couldn't take the "pressure" and did drugs and died. Fuck Belushi, anna nicole smith, river pheonix, and chris farley, marilyn monroe, and every other LOSER who did drugs and died. I hope amy winehouse is next and Britney Spears. I LOVE JOHN GIBSON for telling it like it is. Heath is a loser drug addict who couldn't handle making millions of dollars and being famous. Maybe he should have worked in a factory, actually worked for a living…and he wouldn't have been so depressed and did so many drugs and sleeping pills. What a fucking joke. Seriously…who cares.
Thanks for posting the emails…Roger just got a piece from me
Go You! Perez! We hate you John!
I just sent the CEO a nice email >:-)
What assholes some people can be.
idiot…
What an ignorant fucker. FOX News is the biggest sham on TV, with totally biased reporting, what is happening with this world when we give the power these people to inform the American public. Boycott FOX News and this fucker in particular.
RUDE, disrespectful, revolting… need I say more?
This man should be fired. He should also apologize not only to his fans but also to Heath Ledger's family for showing such disrespect.
Words cannot say how disgusted I am by this terrible, horrible man. He should be ashamed and TAKEN OFF THE AIR NOW. Don Imus got fired - why not this, too. I am going to email each one of the addresses you gave us - Gibson, his show, his network and the Fox CEO. I encourage EVERYONE - to email them as well. We can make a difference - don't think your lil' ol' email won't make a difference because if we ALL do it - IT WILL MAKE A DIFFERENCE. Fox is 100% boycotted until he publically apologigizes and/or gets suspended or fired.
Here is the text of the message I emailed to John Gibson at Fox…thanks for the addresses, Perez…y'all should get on this asap!
"Oh, John….this looks bad! Bad, even for you. Bad, even for Fox, and that's saying something!
Although I think its too late to apologize, I don't think its too late to resign. Go somewhere where your opinions can't infect the masses. Go to straight to hell…"
THAT BASTARD!!!!!!!!! I wonder how he'd take it if someone mocked his child like that after they died. THINK OF HIS PARENTS!!!!!!!! THE BASTARD!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Re: ed – Dear Ed,
I hope you die today.
XXOO
Kelsey
what the fuck. weirdo.
Re: andy –
andy,
ur probably a loser just like Heath.
fucking pathetic
wow super pathetic on his part haha i bet his e-mail is just being bombared haha!
Please get him off the air. How would he like if this was done to one of his family members! NOT FUNNY!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
I hope when this Gibson dude dies everyone talks about what a sacreligious, homophobic, hateful asshole he really was. That would just make my day. No one but Hilter deserves that kind of disrespect
You make it quite obvious you are epileptic, what with the siezures coming on everytime your nauseous post comes thru…it is also apparent you lack compassion and empathy for other's who are saddended by the untimely death of a wonderful young actor.
Take yourself off this thread if you are so sick of everyone discussing this topic. Really simple. You will not be missed.
Re: Kelsey –
well…Kelsey…thanks for being such an idiot just like everyone else. First of all, i won't DIE TODAY because I dont do illegal drugs or mix sleeping pills with drugs like that LOSER HEATH. And second…DON IMUS was in the wrong because he was making fun of BLACK people who CAN NOT help the fact their skin is darker. Heath could NOT DO drugs if he so chose, but he was a loser and does NOT get any sympathy from me. He should have taken his money and bought an island somewhere and been happy.
Re: Dan – If you hate perez why the fuck do you go on this site? Hypocritical much? Also, are you not a fellow human being? Obviously not if you think it's fine to say such terrible things about the recently deceased
Well, at least they're not an actual, imporant new station. They're just some piddly little channel that no one pays attention to. How dare he make light of someone's death and accuse Heath of being a drug addict and make such rude insinuations. Just because you have the freedom of speech doesn't mean you need to abuse it.
Re: Dan – ur an ass…if u h8 perez then y r u on his site…dumbass!
Another asshole to add to the looooong list. What the fuck is wrong with these people? Do they live in the same country that I do? I don't get it!
Re: HEY #948 - ed –
it was his own damn fault so why should have empathy? I don't have empathy for losers who kill themselves using drugs. They don't value themselves, so why should we??????? and i'm not epileptic whatever that means. haha
Perez, you should send all the comment we've written here to FOX so that they see how hated they are!
Your crystal ball may need a tune up. First of all the media is speculating without the benefit of having all of the toxicology reports in - nothing final has been delivered for cause of death. You DO NOT KNOW if he died as a result of illegal substances. Furthermore - public people who have a voice -broadcasting over public airwaves or national tv ARE responsible for hateful things out of their mouths, regardless if it is mocking Heath for PLAYING GAY IN A MOVIE ROLE, or Don Imus for MOCKING BLACK WOMEN'S HAIR. The end result is the same - do not use your public forum for hate - which is what Don did and this irresponsible Fox broadcaster did. Spastic actions should have immediate consequences - FIRING.
How nice of you to assume how Heath should have spent his money - island huh? Too bad he died because I'm sure he could have benefited from your ever so helpful wisdom to tell him which island to buy, and how much to spend on it……YA……do yourself and everyone else a favor, and stop embarrasing yourself.
you mocked Heath Ledger's death too with calling him "Heather Ledger" when first announced his death and then your "easily offended" joke. you are heartless just like this fox guy. YOU ARE NO BETTER! and YOU should apologize too!
What an asshole. He should apologies. Completely tasteless and terrible.
what a tool. shut your face john gibson!
some people have no class
I emailed all 4! I hope this fucker gets nothing but agonizing pain for the rest of his life. YOU'RE A FUCKING LOSER JOHN GIBSON, GO HOME YOU IGNORANT PIG!
Who the hell is John Gibson?
Seriously, I have no idea who this guy is. I do know it isn't against the law to be an asshole. All this 'apology' nonsense is just that. You can make someone apologize but you can't make them mean it. He will still think what he thinks. If it makes you feel better get all whipped up about it. As for me, I'm just going to ignore him.
#979 - ed says – reply to this
Re: HEY #948 - ed –
it was his own damn fault so why should have empathy? I don't have empathy for losers who kill themselves using drugs. They don't value themselves, so why should we??????? and i'm not epileptic whatever that means. haha
Ed - read and understand my comment 981. YOU KNOW NOTHING. Until the lab reports are in, you know nothing like everyone else. Look up the word epileptic while you finish up your 10th grade homework. I have no empathy for immature, non-sensical, assume everything before you have fact, 10th graders like yourself. And don't tell me you aren't in the 10th grade because you obviously haven't lived more life in the real world than any 10th grader today. You are ill-equipped to continue on with this dialog.
I am done "communicating" with you. I'm sure other's wil pick up where I am leaving off.
definitely just emailed those asses at fox! what a poor excuse for a human!
What happened to being respectful for the deceased and their families. All of these hateful people make me sick! I hope he gets fired, and jumped on the way home!
Re: Dan – Re: Dan –
whoa.
why are you on this website.
i think someone has a crush on you perez!
Re: RE: #974 - ed –
actually…that is WHY we have free speech. We don't need to dance around issues. I'm glad Gibson stepped up and said what he thought. He might have gone overboard with the mockery, but Heath was a "weirdo" who obviously couldn't handle life. LOSER. and i'm actually 32 years old, not in the 10th grade. It's not hard to "speculate" when a guy who has had history of being a loser is found "face down naked by his bed with sleeping pills and other pills in his room" If he died of "natural causes" I will eat my words and APOLIGIZE ok dumb ass. But im' sure he is just like all these other famous assholes who think their life is so bad. It's a joke. I hope britney and amy winehouse go next. It would be a better world. Well maybe he shouldn't have bought an island, but do something better with your money than drugs and kill yourself. Jesus! There is nothing worse in this world, when people are struggling to get by everyday, then to see these "celebs" throw their lives down the drain. It's pathetic. John Gibson is not pathetic….these celebrities are.
WHAT AN IDIOT! He's probably not going to get busted…it's the FOX network! Nuff said!
John Gibson fuck you and all your dead relatives. You asshole! You are disgusting!
wow, that is just sad, …i cant believe it..such a low blow at a movie he acted in … which p.s was an amazing movie
fucking ASSHOLE!!!
i hope they fire him. this is absolutely disgusting. i dont care who it is, you don't disrespect someone who can no longer defend themselves.
You americans are all about freedom of speech! Why can't he say whatever the hell he wants! you guys are being like christians!!!! CHRISTIANS!!!!
what a fucking asshole
how stupid can you be..why doesnt john gibson just shut the fuck up.
that is so disrespectful and pathetic. do you not have anything else to do you fucking piece of shit!
how disrespectful and discusting!
thanks for the e-mails perez. i've e-mailed every single one of them and to be honest, ni dont even care if he apoligizes. it wouldnt mean anything ebcause he'd only be saying those things to try and save his job. just pure bullshit. i cant believe how ignorant he is…
Fox News is a despicable and slanted "version" of the news. It's no surprise - but it's pathetic and sad.
What a fricken douche!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! May you rot in H$&& old man!!!!!!!!!!
Heath was a great guy!!!!
you guys can all cry me a fucking river.. perez hilton is the king of kicking people when they are down on his very own website.. if the fact that the GAY community were not involved in it, he would not give a shit.. suck a dick perez
On Fox?? That explains it.
hahahaha…..enough said.
Although no drugs were found in Heath Ledger's apartment at the time of his death, Naomi Campbell's former personal assistant, Rebecca White, says Ledger routinely went on cocaine and ecstasy binges with Campbell. The Sun reports:
""When I was working for Naomi I saw Heath do drugs a few times. He was new on the scene but everybody was hailing him as the new It Boy actor. "We had been hanging in Naomi's bungalow at the BelAir Hotel. Heath asked Naomi if she had any cocaine - I used to carry it around for her - and I remember giving him the packet and he went off, back and forth throughout the night." Rebecca said she bought Ledger cocaine a few days later. "Each time I got an eight ball - four-and-a-half grams. The second time he came up all three of us spent a night doing coke in her bungalow. It was quite decadent. We were there for five or six hours." She also saw Ledger's wild side at parties hosted by P.DIDDY, who now calls himself SEAN JOHN after his clothing line, though the rapper is well known for his aversion to drugs. She said: "We all went to Paris for another fashion party a couple of weeks later. We went to one of Puffy's (Diddy) parties at this club. There was coke and a big bag of ecstasy pills. Naomi gave Heath a handful of these little blue pills and I remember him putting them all in his mouth at once and swigging a bottle of Cristal Champagne."
what is your problem? I think you are GAY! and your just affraid to say so, so you need to make fun of those kind of things and maybe your the one with the drug problem! get a life!
John Gibson you f***ing idiot, go to hell.
that's a gross behavior, i hope he gets raped by guys with monstrous cocks.
Dumbass nobody am dj!!!
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.
I will laugh on your funeral!
Greetings from Stockholm