If you’re not familiar with Instagram star Dan Bilzerian, frankly you’re probably better off.
The self-proclaimed King Of Instagram is a rich d-bag who posts primarily about his leisurely party lifestyle jetting around tropical islands surrounded by women in bikinis. Basically, he feeds off envy. Think Scott Disick without the charm.
He’s also a gun nut who often posts pics of his insane collection (above) and brags about what he would do if someone broke into his home.
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Well, apparently he was present during the Las Vegas shooting — and the videos he posted of his experience paint a different picture of his fight or flight response.
While other concertgoers were helping strangers to safety, making tourniquets, shielding their loved ones, Bilzerian just ran.
Well, he didn’t JUST run. That part is understandable. It was chaos.
But the reason we know he ran instead of helping anyone else is because his hands were full. Of his phone. While he filmed himself for clicks on Instagram Story.
He begins his video with him telling his 23 million followers:
“Holy fuck this girl just got shot in the fucking head!”
He then picks up the vid again in his car, saying:
“Stupid ass me didn’t bring a gun.”
FUCK stay out of Las Vegas! #activeshooter
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— Dan BiIzerian (@iDanBilzerian) October 2, 2017
Bilzerian was mocked for his cowardice online, by both social media users and think pieces in the Washington Post.
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Even Marine vet and Medal of Honor recipient Dakota Meyer had something to say, posting on IG:
“This is why children shouldn’t classify heroes by their followers or their photos. @danbilzerian, this is what kills me about people like you. Always playing ‘operator dress up’ and so so tough when the cameras are on. A woman just got shot in the head and you are running away filming; that’s not what operators do. Please stop trying to be someone your not. People are dying, you’re running away not helping them and pretending it’s worthy of a video is disgusting.”
In response, Bilzerian called Meyer a “retard,” posting:
“So I wake up this morning and the news is talking shit saying some Marine was saying that I was a pussy for running away and that I should have stood my ground when the guy was shooting at me with a machine gun. So, I mean if we follow that retard’s logic we’d probably have 600 dead if everyone stood their ground instead of running for cover.”
We doubt Meyer meant to just stand there; plenty of people helped their fellow citizens without taking the time to post to the ‘gram.
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The backlash from all over pushed Bilzerian’s pal to post a previously unseen moment from that night — the social media star finding cover then when some cops run up asking one for a gun.
When he tries dropping his creds, the cop, who is a little busy at the moment, says:
“No, get the fuck away from me right now! I don’t care! I don’t know who you are!”
Watch that moment (below):
Dakota Meyer cue @danbilzerian running towards the hotel and shooter. Asking a cop for his pistol and being rejected which is understandable. That was funny af. Ask yourself does this look like the actions of a coward or a man trying to help? Calling him a coward was maybe premature and harsh. Dans methods won’t be in police training manuals either. Certainly creating conversation. Wouldn’t it be better served to bash the shooter? #f1firearmsA post shared by F-1 FIREARMS (@f1firearms) on Oct 4, 2017 at 8:32pm PDT
This is Bilzerian’s evidence that he was being a hero. Bothering police. We guess he’s going to say if he’d actually had a gun that night he would have been able to take out the shooter.
He told People:
“It was a pretty strong wake up call. This stuff can happen without warning anywhere. It’s not smart to get caught without a gun.”
Even after all this, he still believes he could have helped with ANOTHER gun, and that he would have been able to return fire without causing more loss of innocent life — and wouldn’t have been mistaken for the damn shooter himself.
And some of his followers do, too. They’re calling him a hero. Seriously.
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Bilzerian drew even more controversy after posting a photo apparently of the dead shooter Stephen Paddock, a closeup of his bloody head after a self-inflicted gunshot wound. The photo has not been confirmed, but the floor does match what we’ve seen in other pics of the suite.
We won’t show the pic on this site, but you can find it still live on Bilzerian’s Twitter feed HERE. We do not recommend looking. At anything he posts really.
What do YOU think of this “hero”?
[Image via Instagram.]
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