E! Online is reporting that the star of the A&E reality series Dog the Bounty Hunter made insensitive remarks during a phone conversation with his son (click here for the full article). Perhaps it’s the publicist in me, but this one smells a little fishy. Honestly, I never heard the guy’s name before this incident. I’ve heard of the show and a few problems in the past. I’m just wondering, who sold the tape? How much? Was the show on the way out anyway? Something is rotten in Denmark. We have to keep in mind, people do the strangest things for fame. Some killers are just looking for fame, and innocent people confess to crimes for attention especially in high-profile cases. For example, John Mark Karr made a falsely confessed to murdering JonBenet Ramsey. You never know what makes people do the strange things they do just to get attention.
A WebMD article, (click here for full article ) quotes Saul Kassin, PhD, professor of psychology at the John Jay College of Criminal Justice in New York, “Some false confessors have a pathological need for attention."
"They are driven by the limelight," adds Eric Hickey, PhD, professor of criminal psychology at California State University, Fresno, and director of the Center of Forensic Studies at Alliant International University, Fresno. And, sometimes, financial gain. "They want the notoriety, the attention, but they also plan on making money. Some people may have in mind when they confess, maybe a book [will come out of this]." (WebMD article)
Perhaps this was a ploy for attention, like a false confession, or maybe it’s on the up-and-up. Even if everything is above board and someone close to him betrayed him in this way, I think the bounty hunter has more to worry about than what the public thinks of him after this debacle – especially given the fact that he was allegedly talking with his son.
Nevertheless, the n-word was used during a a private conversation and is not a public matter. Whoever this guy is, he has the right to say whatever the heck he thinks, no matter how ignorant it might be. We all say some stupid things in the privacy of our own homes. I have to commend Rev. Sharpton for distinguishing between this remark and the public comments made by Don Imus.
Basically, no one cares what the unknown bounty hunter thinks of his son’s girlfriend.
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