Balloon Boy’s Parents Are Attention Whores
Yesterday there was about 2 hours worth of coverage on CNN and MSNBC while a giant helium filled balloon streaked across the Colorado mountainside. Many people believed that a boy named Falcon Henne (irony) was trapped inside and hence got the name balloon boy. Everyone was freaking out and the state deployed the National Guard to monitor the balloon and tons of resources were wasted keeping track of the object.
The only problem was, the kid wasn’t in the balloon. He was safely inside the attic hiding in a cardboard box. Of course after the incident the family immediately took advantage of the press and went on like every single talkshow on earth. But it doesn’t stop there. The mother of the boy was once on a show called Wife Swapwhich I vaguely remember and I think it is cancelled now. When Wolf Blitzer asked the boy why he didn’t come out of the attic when his parents were calling his name he said, “You said to do this for the show.”
This just proves that the parents are attention whores and just wanted a little bit of publicity so they exploited their child to do so. Hindsight is 20/20 so I guess I can look back on this situation and laugh but if this little bitch of a mother tries to launch a reality series after this, I am gonna be pissed because this world is FULL of d-lister reality tv stars and it is hard to keep track of them all and it pisses me off.
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