For everyone out there grasping for their own 15 minutes of fame, let "Balloon Dad" Richard Heene be a cautionary tale.
Looking to extend his modest "lame Wife Swap episode" celebrity into his own reality TV show with an elaborate balloon stunt, Heene is now seeing his past bright ideas to photograph and videotape his family come back to haunt him.
First there was the discovery of a bizarre music video starring all three Heene sons entitled "Not Pussified" in which they throw rocks at stuffed animals and go Medieval on their own pajamas.
Now comes along an even more disturbing video of Heene setting up infant son Bradford with a cold Miller Genuine Draft and a stogie while someone off camera takes snapshots.
I agree with Dan....we are giving him exactly what he is wanting....STOP....authorities need to just decide what action they are going to take and do it....leave the rest out...we are wasting way too much time on this....all this coverage could be used for better causes...i.e. all the missing children in this country.
EVERYONE has pics of their kids with props. My son is into guns and has a couple of real ones but is the utmost safe with them and can NEVER use them without Dad. But at 8 years old we have a pic with him holding Uncle John's AK47 and another gun even bigger. And he is all smiles of course and we have the pic framed in our house!!! Come on guys, get some real news.
Ok this is just getting out of hand. Once again the media is giving this guy more publicity which in turn is just feeding his cause. STOP GIVING THEM THE ATTENTION!! this is what they want.
If you guys are concerned about this lets just throw pictures of every parent who in the 70's let their kids do the following:
drink out of a garden hose
ride in the back window of a huge land barge (Big Car)
put whiskey on finger to rub on baby's gums to stop teething
etc....
Clearly Richard Heene is an immature man with no common sense. However, I don't think the baby was in any real danger here. His dad just wanted a 'funny' video of his son. Heene's idea of funny is tasteless and ill-advised, but no real harm was done.
This guy should not even be allowed to have his children. It is upsetting that people will take away the innocence of a child for a shallow laugh...pathetic. There are people in the world that would give anything to have a child and then there are some who don't appreciate the ones they have been given. So sad.
Oh, give me a break. Yes, the guy's a world class pinhead, but who hasn't taken a funny picture of their baby with some sort of prop or clothing or whatever as a joke? I guarantee people will weep and wail and gnash their teeth over this, but it's a complete non-story. Okay...let the ridiculous stuff begin...
i am an educator and a mother as well. it makes my stomach sick to see parents like the Heenees to sacrifice their children to gain fame. I am a 3rd world country girl but i will never sell my soul and my values to a penny.
What a shame.
Hate to break it to you, but he probably got the idea from Hallmark Cards. They have a silly card with a photo of a baby with a beer and a cigar. While his video is surely stupid (I don't want to bother watching it) the baby with cigar and beer is hardly shocking. Get a life.
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Nan
I agree with Dan....we are giving him exactly what he is wanting....STOP....authorities need to just decide what action they are going to take and do it....leave the rest out...we are wasting way too much time on this....all this coverage could be used for better causes...i.e. all the missing children in this country.
Erica
EVERYONE has pics of their kids with props. My son is into guns and has a couple of real ones but is the utmost safe with them and can NEVER use them without Dad. But at 8 years old we have a pic with him holding Uncle John's AK47 and another gun even bigger. And he is all smiles of course and we have the pic framed in our house!!! Come on guys, get some real news.
Dan from florida
Ok this is just getting out of hand. Once again the media is giving this guy more publicity which in turn is just feeding his cause. STOP GIVING THEM THE ATTENTION!! this is what they want. If you guys are concerned about this lets just throw pictures of every parent who in the 70's let their kids do the following: drink out of a garden hose ride in the back window of a huge land barge (Big Car) put whiskey on finger to rub on baby's gums to stop teething etc....
Kate
Clearly Richard Heene is an immature man with no common sense. However, I don't think the baby was in any real danger here. His dad just wanted a 'funny' video of his son. Heene's idea of funny is tasteless and ill-advised, but no real harm was done.
Josie
This guy should not even be allowed to have his children. It is upsetting that people will take away the innocence of a child for a shallow laugh...pathetic. There are people in the world that would give anything to have a child and then there are some who don't appreciate the ones they have been given. So sad.
Simon
Well, he's famous now..... what an idiot!
unklscrufy
Oh, give me a break. Yes, the guy's a world class pinhead, but who hasn't taken a funny picture of their baby with some sort of prop or clothing or whatever as a joke? I guarantee people will weep and wail and gnash their teeth over this, but it's a complete non-story. Okay...let the ridiculous stuff begin...
kyle
And this kind of attention is exactly what he was looking for...good work America
judy
i am an educator and a mother as well. it makes my stomach sick to see parents like the Heenees to sacrifice their children to gain fame. I am a 3rd world country girl but i will never sell my soul and my values to a penny. What a shame.
Gary in San Antonio
Hate to break it to you, but he probably got the idea from Hallmark Cards. They have a silly card with a photo of a baby with a beer and a cigar. While his video is surely stupid (I don't want to bother watching it) the baby with cigar and beer is hardly shocking. Get a life.