Making Fun Of Ledger's Death: Not So Funny!
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Petitions are being signed and offended parties are mobilizing in response to Fox News Radio host John Gibson's homophobic and inappropriate mocking of Heath Ledger's death.
We reported last night about Gibson's disgusting behavior and have vowed to boycott his show, which we've been on in the past, unless he apologizes.
Hopefully some action will be taken against him by the higher-ups at Fox.
Now, GLAAD has jumped into the fray as well.
The Gay & Lesbian Alliance Against Defamation has denounced Gibson's behavior and just released the following call to action, something we suggested our readers do earlier too.
They say:
"January 24, 2008
Fox News Host John Gibson Cruelly Mocks Heath Ledger's Death and his Role in Brokeback Mountain
In the wake of Heath Ledger's death, people around the world are mourning the gifted actor's passing and are expressing their appreciation for how he changed hearts and minds with his Oscar-nominated role as a gay cowboy in 2005's Brokeback Mountain.
In a stark and disturbing contrast, Fox News Radio host John Gibson cruelly mocked Ledger's death and his role in Brokeback Mountain during his Jan. 22 John Gibson Show radio broadcast. During the show, Gibson played an audio clip from the film of Jake Gyllenhaal's character, Jack, telling Ennis (played by Ledger), "I wish I knew how to quit you." Gibson then coldly quipped, "Well, he found out how to quit you." Then, after playing another audio clip from the movie of Ledger's character saying, "We're dead," Gibson mockingly said, "We're dead" and played the clip again.
“Gibson’s remarks are vulgar and disgusting,” said Rashad Robinson, GLAAD’s Senior Director of Media Programs. “It’s sickening that Gibson would exploit Heath Ledger’s tragic death to promote such hurtful intolerance. And to do so at a time when family and friends are grieving shows a level of insensitivity that is beyond the pale.”
Beyond his mockery of Ledger's role in Brokeback Mountain, Gibson called the actor a "weirdo" with "a serious drug problem," and callously speculated on the reasons Ledger might have committed suicide. Gibson had previously mocked Brokeback Mountain–calling it a "gay agenda movie" on his Fox News TV program in 2006.
Listen to Clip:
http://thinkprogress.org/2008/01/23/gibson-mocks-ledger/
Gibson’s Past Comments on Brokeback Mountain:
http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,180499,00.html
TAKE ACTION NOW!
GLAAD strongly urges you to contact Fox News and ask its representatives why they continue to provide a platform for John Gibson's cruel and tasteless comments.
Please contact:
Mr. Mitch Davis
Vice President
Fox News Radio Network
1211 Avenue Of The Americas
18th Floor
New York, NY 10036-8701
Direct Phone: *212-301-5800
Outlet Fax: *212-301-5455
Outlet Phone: 212-301-3000
Email: mitch.davis@foxnews.com
Mr. Robert Finnerty
Senior Vice President
Fox News Radio Network
1211 Avenue Of The Americas
18th Floor
New York, NY 10036-8701
Direct Phone: *212-301-5800
Outlet Fax: *212-301-5455
Outlet Phone: 212-301-3000
Email: robert.finnerty@foxnews.com
Ms. Irena Briganti
Vice President of Public Relations
FOX News Channel
1211 Avenue Of The Americas
Lowr C1
New York, NY 10036
Direct Phone : *212-301-3608
Outlet Fax : *212-382-1411
Outlet Phone : 212-301-3000
Email: irena.briganti@foxnews.com
Contact by: E-mail
Ms. Suzanne Scott
Vice President, Programming
FOX News Channel
1211 Avenue Of The Americas
Lowr C1
New York, NY 10036
Direct Phone : *212-301-8558
Outlet Fax : *212-382-1411
Outlet Phone : 212-301-3000
Email: suzanne.scott@foxnews.com
foxnewsradio@foxnews.com
gibsonradio@foxnews.com
JOHN GIBSON
john.gibson@foxnews.com
212-301-3000
Please also see MSNBC Hosts, Keith Olberman and Dan Abrams’ reaction to Gibson’s on-air remarks.
Hey, I use to work near there! This is crazy!!!
Did you really expect anything less from Faux News?
I have to agree with someone earlier who said that with freedom of speech comes responsibility. To those saying Perez is just as bad…not really. He does say some horrible things, but to my knowledge, never anything on the level as what John Fuckface Gibson said. Perez is tacky, but not tacky enough to make comments about someone who has just passed away.
Forget just boycotting his show. BOYCOTT FOX NEWS ALL TOGETHER. They spread lies anyway. Think they can get away with anything because they are run by the higher ups, the men who RUN the government from behind the cloak. BOYCOTTf oxnews, and boycott ALL their messages.
WTH?!?!?!?
FUCK JOHN GIBSON!!!!!!! :@ :@
but you can make fun of people & make acusations that have no proof? you need a beatdown you fat fag!!!!
I just emailed everone on that list.. I am just disgusted by him.
WHY DO YOU YELL AT THEM FOR EXPRESSING THEIR RIGHT TO FREE SPEECH? DONT LISTEN IF IT OFFENDS YOU. just like any other type of show/music/celebrity - turn it off and don't pay attention.
They have a right to free speech too!!!!!!!!!
I wrote Mitch Davis. I hope he reads my letter. It's professional, but mean. Gosh, I'm so good with words.
That man should be fired. How could someone say that? Say something that horrible to someone who just died two days ago…? I didn't write this in the e-mail but I hope he dies and someone can say something just as horrible or worse about his death.
what a bad person.
Good job representing FOX! NICE
what an ass he should get fired. to do it when a person is alive is one thing but to do it not even a day after he is dead. what a fucken dick. have some respect for the dead. whether u like the person or not let the people that will mourn him that have to deal with shit like this
this guy is such an asshole
what an uproar over someone that hardly anyone knew! would people do the same if it were a no name stranger? get over it. its sad, yes, but there are lots of people found dead everyday and they don't get people all in a tizzy…
free speech is a gift and Gibson abused that gift. Not only is he offending fans in mourning, he is offending Heath's friends and family. Most importantly, Gibson has shown no respect to Heath's 2-year old daughter Matilda who will never know her father. If you do not care about the fans or friends and family, think of his daughter!
i love me some keith olbermannnnn.
anyone who reads perez on a daily basis and is planning on boycotting fox news are nothing but a bunch of fucking hypocrites. go fuck yourselves you un-american freedom haters.
OUT OF THE ALL THE CRAZY SHIT YOU SAY OUT OF FREE SPEECH YOU NOW HAVE THE NERVE TO SAY SOMETHING ABOUT THIS GUY AND WHAT HE SAID.
FUCK YOU YOU LITTLE GAY BITCH. 90% OF THE SHIT YOU SAY ISN'T FUNNY.
GO TAKE A CHILL PILL AND HAVE YOUR AFTERNOON SHIT SANDWHICH DELIGHT.
seriously get over it. there are way more important things to be protesting against than this .
"What 28 year old thinks about death?"
Ummm someone who is unhappy and depressed you fucking moron. Someone who needs help. And we don't even know that it was suicide!
This man is awful.
I wrote to all the contacts in this post and the older one. I wrote to John Gibson as well and gave him a piece of my mind. Everyone should speak up. Never underestimate the power of your voice.
hey babes come on, you make fun of britbrit and amy all the time while perfectly knowing that they might also die a day or another from a drug overdose.
heath did certainly not deserve to die but when you do drugs man, than you should expect that people make fun of your death because you were too stupid to control your drug intake.
stop bullshitting us and leave that poor tv guy do his job. even if it s a shitty job. gotta admit it.
Re: Lanie –
You actually think this is an example of Freedom of Speech? This is called hatemongering and we have laws against it. You can have Freedom of Speech and still be respectful. You noticed that I disagreed with you without calling you one single hateful name. I am exercising my Freedom of Speech. If I had attacked you verbally, using hateful slang and vicious attempts at slandering your good name, that would be hate mongering. There is a profound difference.
yes an idiotic comment. however, free speech is part of living in america - saying something stupid does not mean you should be fired. its the same free speech that allows perez to draw cum and coke on the faces of celebrities.
Are you KIDDING Perez? After the crap you say about people? This is terrible in your mind? You are making a mountain out of a molehill and you need to get a grip.
Lets get to their advertisers.. without advertising on his 'show', Gibson is dead even if his lame duck management team won't do anything…
So if he apologized all would be forgiven? I say we "Clockwork Orange" him and force him to watch, "Brokeback Mountain" over and over so that everytime he attempts to utter a homophobic phrase his insides churn and he vomits all over himself. What a piece of garbage.
may i remind you of how you mocked anna nicole within an hour of her death….Gay isnt immune to mockery- asswipe!j
I took a stand and sent an email. Did you?
YOU SHOULD! It'll take only 2 minutes to do.
yes this man has a right to speak but to mock heath ledger the day after is just down right WRONG. i cant believe fox even let that happen. are they not ashamed or embarassed that they has such a inappropriate employee. if i was his boss he would have been fired 5 minutes after he said that. he disgusts me ! he had no right to say any of the things he did but i guess he thought it was ok. and to mock him for doing a gay movie. heath chose to do that movie because he knew it would make a great impact on our country. he knew damn well what he was doing and if the god these people believe in doesnt agree with it then he wouldnt have gays or lesbians living on this earth. but he does, meaning god is a greater more passionate person then they believe. i have a great HATE towards this man and that group that believes picketing his funeral will make a difference in anyones lives. its time to grow up and open your minds to other belifs.
Okay… now Gibson is a cruel asshat for saying what he did… but there IS a little something we Americans like to call Freedom of Speech. Just because someone says something inappropriate or offensive, it should not mean they lose their job and have their lives ruined. If we applied the same rules you like to apply to anyone who insults homos, Perez, you'd have lost your joba nd been kicked into the Pit of Hell a long time ago. Raising awareness and educating are a GOOD thing, but trying to get him fired is fucked up, dude. Equal rights for ALL, even those who don't agree with YOU.
Blah blah blah blah blah….quit whining you bunch of babies! It's a free country. If the man doesn't have the home training to be sensitive to Ledger's family's feelings, so be it. But don't try and censor everything…you just give more power to the people who decide what gets censored!
I understand why people are upset. and I loved heath ledger. but this man has a right to state his opinion, just as gays are allowed to state theirs. everyone needs to stop making such a big deal about this. Everyone makes it out to be "OH GOD THATS TERRIBLE IM GONNA CRY" but only because we've seen him on TV? if it was just an average person, no one would be paying this much attention to him and gibson has a right to say what he wants, he did not know ledger and he is not really affected by his death.
everyone is allowed to say what they want and state their opinions.
Good for MSNBC for speaking out about Mr. Gibson's disgusting remarks. Viewers should begin watching MSNBC instead of Fox if they aren't already. MSNBC has quality reporting that is done with class and respect. Unlike Fox, they do not make outlandish statements.
Re: Melissa –
"There's freedom of speech and then just plain hateful words. "
yea um that's actually completely wrong. do you think freedom of speech was created to protect speech that everyone agrees with and doesn't stir up emotions? cmon…
HE'S A UGLY PERSON INSIDE AND OUT. WHY WOULD HE MADE COMMENTS LIKE THIS. HE'S A COLD HEART SNEAK. DUMBASS DON'T KNOW HEATH'S FANS ARE HURTING RIGHT NOW. IM SO SICK OF THE WAY FOX NEWS HANDLE THINGS . THAT SHOW MUST GO DOWN.
Thank you Perez!!
I really appreciate you getting the word out there. I sent them all a very nast email, for all the good it will do, but at least I feel better.
Bigotry, in any form, is unacceptable. I hope he dies a horrible death, so we can see if his family thinks it's funny.
Azzholes!
Again, thanks Perez.
PEREZ YOU ARE ONE BIG FAT TURD BURGLER….. GO BACK TO SUCKING DICK AND KEEP YOUR FAT MOUTH SHUT. IT'S CALLED FREEDOM OF SPEECH….
jAMES
PEREZ YOU ARE ONE BIG FAT TURD BURGLER….. GO BACK TO SUCKING DICK AND KEEP YOUR FAT MOUTH SHUT. IT'S CALLED FREEDOM OF SPEECH….
jAMES
What this man said and did was absolutely horrible. However, our country does (supposedly) afford us the right of FREE SPEECH. Hate the guy, but he shouldn't lose his job over it.
you have your right to say want you want,,,,, and so does he.
Extremely insensitive… and while we're on the subject… Tom Leykis on 97.1 Free FM was just as insensitive, claiming that Heath was a bad person for commiting suicide and leaving his daughter behind, even though we have no idea if it was a suicde yet. Tom made an insensitive assumption, as he usually does. And we should be boyciotting his show as well. SO BOYCOTT TOM LEYKIS!
I sent everyone at fox an email. Gibson is an idiot. fox is a republican station anyway. his "freedom of speech" is just an excuse to hide behind his fears of anyone that doesn't fit the mold. who wants to fit the mold anyway?
I emailed everyone on that list just now and let them know what scumbags they are!!!!
So basically, you are allowed to use this forum to say whatever rude comment you want to, but others are held to another standard.
NNNIIICCCEEEEEE
i would like to remind John Gibson that a man has died…someone's son, brother, and most importantly an innocent little girl's father. Shame on you, John Gibson, don't you think the Ledger family is suffering enough right now????
Perez you are such a breath of fresh air - I read that story this morning and it made me so angry. It is great that you took action - I vote for verbal castration of John Gibson! I hope he gets what is coming to him…. what goes around comes around….
perez,
THANK YOU for all this information…we need to join GLAAD on this issue. Hoping mediamatters.org will jump in the fray, too. Fox News is outrageous.
Re: Lanie – umm no thats not freedom of speech. i hate how ppl abuse that right and insist thats what our forfathers had in mind when they made that amendment. ppl use that as an excuse and its BS. ppl who talk like that should NOT have the same amendments we do bc they clearly abuse them and that is NOT why they were made.
Re: carmel –
I agree with everything you said about the hypocrisy of mocking Heath while he was alive but professing deep sorrow at his loss. However, I don't think that this should stop you from joining the fight against Gibson. We need as many people as we can get if we're going to make a difference. If it makes you feel better, keep in mind that this was GLAAD's request, not Perez'. He just posted it on his site. Please e-mail FOX and voice your concerns.
I emailed a few of theese people . I imagine i will never get a response from the tastless cowards..I bet all they will do is issue a formal appolgy , its sad that is all what will happen….
John Gibson has been an idiot for some time. If you research him, you will see he has made ridiculous comments before.
He is also not that well educated and should not be lecturing ANYONE.
Republican mocking the gays means only one thing John Gibson is gay. Because he's old and ugly he self-hates. John I love because you are gay…come out, come out!
Gibson is the asshole who was up in arms a few years ago because store clerks weren't wishing him a Merry Christmas often enough while he shopped. The phrase Happy Holidays was offensive to him but making fun of someone who just died is acceptable, right?
no body is making fun of anyones death except all you idiots!!!
That is so sad. I agree that we do have freedom of speech but that comment is just so cold. I can't believe anyone would take so lightly of someone's death at any age or any cause. First, we don't know that he died of drugs, and even if he did, what does that matter? He still died and deserves respect. Whether you are 9 or 99 when you die and no matter how it happens you deserve the respect of at least having people not talk badly about you considering you aren't even here to defend yourself. That is very cowardly! SO what if he played in a gay movie? I am a conservative and don't exactly agree with the gay lifestyle (though some of my very best friends are homosexual and I would never judge them and I love them DEARLY) but if someone paid me millions I would act gay in a MOVIE!!!! Even if the line "I don't know how to quit you" had been from a straight movie it would be every bit as awful. It is irrelevant that it was from a homosexual movie, he just has NO RESPECT FOR THE DEAD (and obviously now not much from most of the living)!
I dont usually care about gay people whining, or ANYBODY whining really….but its VERY sad that someone would make fun of anothers death…. very unprofessional
How heavy is that cross your carrying. It's fine and dandy for you to mock everyone in hollywood and make dollar from stepping on everyone just so you can famewhore yourself to celebrity status and as soon as someone else says something you dont agree with you call a boycott and demand sancation. You sir are a fucking hyprocrit. Waaa waa, someone made fun of a gay. But you'll whore yourself to make fun of someone else as long as their's a dollar attached.
just sent my e-mails! I hope more people send them. This was so disrespectful - even if heath was not a celebrity, his death should not be mocked. Gibson needs to SHOW SOME RESPECT!
I certainly don't condone what John Gibson did, but how far is that from some of your posts, Perez? You've also made cold-blooded comments about the newly-deceased and I've never heard you apologize. Why the double standard???
How can you be so self-righteous about somebody else's 'disgusting behavior' without being honest about your own?
Let me answer my own question–because YOU ARE A NARCISSISTIC JERK!!!!
i just sent an email to all the above mentioned people. it really is sad that anyone could be so calous about a human being dying. yuck.
He didn't say anything homophobic. He maybe was a little base, but please, I didn't find it offensive at all.
Get tougher people. Heath was an actor, not some political world figure.
Re: Conservative – You rock…great point
YOU MADE FUN OF ANNA NICOLE WITHIN 1 HOUR OF HER DEATH- GAY ISNT IMMUNE TO MOCKERY- EITHER ARE YOU FATASS!
PEREZ is selling emails addresses, I left a comment and not even a minute later I have 2 spam emails in my account and I never get spam at this email!!! Perez, you're a FAT cow!
I fucking hate that shit…I love how Don Imus got into shit for calling those girls "nappy headed hos" and this fucker is mocking someones death?!?! His ass should get fired, just like Don Imus did.
Hey Perez, here's a copy of the letter I just sent to FoxNews. Thanks for posting all those email addresses!
All politics aside, how could one possibly think that it is acceptable human behavior to mock someone for dying? Alright, so you think "Brokeback Mountain" was a homosexual propaganda, fine. You think people with addictions are morally inferior, and not, say, suffering from an incurable illness, fine. But to make fun of someone who has just tragically and ACCIDENTALLY died? What is wrong with you, man? Seriously? Someone DESERVES TO DIE because they were in a movie you didn't like?
Think about the worst grief you've ever felt in your life–maybe your mom passed away or your house burnt down. Now think if there was some jerk standing there pointing and laughing at you and implying you got what you deserved. That's what you just did to Heath Ledger's family and friends. Do you set little girls' pigtails on fire too?
What a pathetic sad little man you are. You know that empty space you have inside that you're trying desperately to fill with a bizarre, compassionless rivalry with a dead man? That was where your soul was supposed to go.
Hey FoxNews, nobody is going to believe that conservatives care about anyone when you employ people who so obviously don't.
Gillian Holmes, Austin, TX
dude i fuckin emailed all those people with addresses listened. john gibson is a jackass. i feel bad for ledger's daughter and Michelle Williams.
how is it that someone girls fired immediately for a comment about lynching or allowing a noose on the cover of a magazine, but a homophobic remark on television still goes without any kind of punishment.
in other words, what a tool bag.
PEREZ, THE NEGATIVE INFLUENCE YOU ARE HAVING ON OUR CULTURE IS MUCH WORSE THAN WHAT THIS MAN EVER SAID OR DID. YOU ARE ONE SAD, DESPERATE INDIVIDUAL AND I HOPE SOMEHOW, SOMEDAY YOU FIND A RESPECTABLE JOB AND MISSION IN LIFE.
GIBSON SHOOTS HIS SHOW ON WEST 48th STREET BETWEEN 5th and 6TH. GO TO IT!
What an ass! Green is not his color! Obviously sum1 was a lil jealous of ledgers glow in the wake of his death…uuuuuggg sum ppl will do anything 4 attention. That's bad karma…he'll get what he deserves…buena suerte wit that…
Is this guy for real? Someone is evil because they were Gay but being a rude, cruel human being making fun of someone elses death is ok?????? Hmm, I think I would rather my children be surrounded by homosexuals than people like him. Makes me sick people like this exist.
Oh my goodness people… give it a rest. He's not making fun of gays … it just happened to be sound bytes that were fitting. Was it the best thing for him to do? No. Should he be fired over it? No.
Not everyone in the world feels a personal loss when someone on TV or the movie screen passes away. I'm sure he's family is devestated, but for the rest of us he was just a familiar face.
Get over it already.
kettle black.
This asshole, WITHOUT A DOUBT, deserves to be fired. How dare is be so horribly rude and insensitive. He also owes Heath's family a public apology.
I also forwarded my email to sshragal@directbuy.com, because she's in charge of media relations for DirectBuy.com, which sponsors his show. It's not her fault this guy is a douchebag, but it is her responsibility to keep informed of what he says/does on air, in the name of her company. Just an FYI.
Wow, thank you so much for the email information. It made it so much easier for me to send an email to that network. I hope they fire that piece of scum.
(Btw, for whoever brought up Tiger Woods, he did publicly say that he had forgiven the woman for her comments, but ESPN (?) did suspend her for a while.)
I am not sure what saddens me more.. the fact that we live in a world where we are confronted by someone who is being paid to display hatred in the media or the fact that we have lost someone who's dedication to his art inspires us and who gave himself so willingly and openly to telling a story of the importance of tolerance, despite his own sexual preferance.. why do we as a people uphold these monsters? My wish is that this produces in some small way a greater responcibility amougst our journalists-
Isn't that the pot calling the kettle black? Perez, REALLY who are you to talk about cruel and tasteless comments?
Be careful. If you don't like his show don't watch. You draw pics of cum on people's faces and you have the balls to talk about this guy
Where can I sign a petition?
I've sent the following to all at "Faux News" except Gibson….he does not deserve my time or energy…
I and my family are no longer listeners (or watchers) of any Fox News Broadcast.
I couldn't believe my ears during right-wing nut job John Gibson's disgusting, shameful, cruel and downright homophobic offensive attack on a deceased human being while the majority of us (with a conscience) grieve. How utterly appalling.
"Faux News" has offended me for the last time and no sort of forced apology will change what went down. The lengths you go to for publicity is sickening.
I hereby make the permanent switch to the honest, moral, reliable, intelligent and NON-BIASED folks at NBC.
Your idiotic non-professional on-air staff will not be missed in this household. Good riddance to you and your so called "News Channel" which will no longer be on our radio dials and is now blocked on our cable boxes as well. SHAME ON YOU!.
what he said was kinda true….probably just a little off on his timing & bluntness.
The sword cuts boths ways, Mario. Free speech, man. Like it or leave.
I WAS HAVING TROUBLE "QUITTING" FOX NEWS. YOU CAN THANK JOHN GIBSON FOR ME, AS I WILL NEVER HAVE YOUR NETWORK DISGRACE MY HOME AGAIN.
CORRECTION, I WILL HAVE FOX NEWS ON JUST LONG ENOUGH TO GET THE NAMES OF 25 OF YOUR ADVERTISERS SO I CAN WRITE THEM LETTERS EXPLAINING THEIR ADVERTISING BUDGETS SHOULD BE SPENT ELSEWHERE IF THEY WISH TO KEEP MY BUSINESS.
I'VE ALREADY GIVEN UP "AMERICAN IDOL" THIS YEAR, HAVING FINALLY REALIZED HOW INANE IT IS!!!
SINCERELY,
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Back to Perez's readers: You DO realize AMERICAN IDOL is owned by NEWSCORP who owns FOX, right? THREATEN TO BAN AMERICAN IDOL UNLESS JOHN GIBSON IS FIRED!!! THAT SHOW BANKROLLS THE ENTIRE NETWORK!!!
Dan Abrams is YUMMY!
What a complete cunt. I'll bet he's a 'christian' as well. Fucking hypocrites they are.
I JUST WROTE TO THEM THESE FUCKERS
I am offended and appalled at John Gibson's mockery of Heath Ledgers death. Such a talented man taken from us to soon.
How dare he act in that unprofessional ridiculous manner. He is being criticized for his death by playing a gay mans role? I am a married straight woman who would never in my life have felt such disgust by your network.
I will make sure that every person I know will boycott this FOX network program.
This is sickening, and the fact that you let this go by without repercussions is absolute blastfamy.
I am sickened at your entire network for not taking action.
he thinks he's Rush, but i don't think that Rush would do this, in light of……………
I HATE THIS MAN. DID'NT LIKE HIM BEFORE THIS BUT NOW. FOX SUCKS ANYWAY. THIS MAN IS SO WRONG.
DID HE THINK THAT THE NATION WAS GONNA JUMP ON THIS BANDWAGON OR WHAT? WHAT SCUM.
My email sent today to John Gibson:
Dear Mr. Gibson,
I am a registered Republican from Bedminster, New Jersey. I am also the mother of 2 sons, ages 27 and 25. I am your target market.
I am appalled by your so called sense of humor. My niece emailed me a link to your show about Heath Ledger and I could not believe what I was hearing. It was the most mean spirited and un-Christian broadcast I have ever heard.
My husband, a stage 3 cancer survivor, has the same prescriptions Mr. Ledger had in his bedroom. My husband suffers from post traumatic stress syndrome after fighting for his life. He spent 7 months in Memorial Sloane Kettering.
Does that make him a drug addict or someone who is disposable in our society? Someone to be mocked? Accidental overdoses are not funny.
I sincerely hope you take a some time off from the radio and think about how your thoughts and actions effect others.
Didn't your mother ever tell you to treat others as you would like to be treated? How would you feel if that was your son?
___________________________________________________
Thank You Perez for bringing us the email addresses of the people involved in this so we can let them know how terrible and un-funny this is.
Re: Lanie –
This is not a matter of free speach. It's about respecting the dead! Sure you have the right to say what you wan't. But lots of people are sad about this (Myself too!) Why do you think it's called "Rest In Peace"? It's normal behavior not to talk shit about the dead. When they are dead, they are dead and there's nothing you can do about it, except for letting them Rest In Peace.
I dont want an aplogy from that fucken ass hole. i want him t get fired and not ever be able to get a job in the media filed ever again. He should be filiping burgers.
They should do to Gibson what was done to Imas!!!! I am a firm believer in free speech, but public figures (if that’s what you want to call him) have a responsibility to be professional and delicate in sensitive matters!! That was not professional in any sense!! Homofobe or not, it is still very disrespectful to Heath and all of his family and friends!!
what a douchebag. I wrote him a nasty email.
SICKO. Fox news (not news) has always been TRASH….BOYCOTT IT
Perez is a typical leftist whiner. They LOVE diversity. They LOVE free speech but ONLY when it comes to THEIR idea idea of "diversity" and THEIR words.
It goes both ways, you fat dumbfuck.
Hey, I just called you a fat dumbfuck! Better send an email to my mommy!
what a loser, he shouldn't be on tv at all nevermind a news show.
When you watch AMERICAN IDOL you're paying this ASSWIPE'S SALARY!!!
Re: angela – I agree with your statement, there was nothing homophobic in what he said.
Perez, you take it too far yourself quite frequently, yet you are up in hysterics about this, to a certain extent on false pretences too.
Perez you make me sick! 2 hours after Heath died you posted a sick joke about him on this site and now your pissed off because someone else is bashing him! WTF is your probem? I think you suffer from permanent brain damage brought on by your well known meth problem. Did you find Tina you hypocrite?
we do have freedom of speech, but it will be interesting to see if he is punished for this. Its funny that imas was fired for his statements about the black female basketball team, and this guy gibson will probably still be on tv tonight. he is free to say whatever he likes but it dosent mean he needs to say it on his show.
Nothing compares to watching former President Bill Clinton sleeping, nodding off, and checking his watch while being the honored guest at Martin Luther King's church service and in front of all the cameras behind MKL's son speaking about his father and Civil Rights.
Civil Rights project organizers get to be reminded over and over again of that footage for prosparity.
Heath Ledger's death unfortunatly has served as a diversion for the general public. Fox news ands msn did not run the clip either.
i wrote all of them an email. I hope they choke on their own republican bigot remarks.