Balloon Boy Vomits During Live Interview on Today Show

"Mom! Give me the cup..."

Editor's note: Richard Heene's ex-girlfriend, who spent five years with him, talked to us by phone during the Friday afternoon live edition of "The B-Cast." She claims to recognize disturbing patterns. The interview is in the related section below.

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October 16, 2009 at 10:21 am - NBC/Today Show
Dateline: Fort Collins, CO
WTF??   October 16th, 2009 - 10:28 am

Poor kid was probably forced to watch Fox news and listen to the Boss Limplaugh show at the same time in the background. That would sure do it to any normal human being.

CqmmqnSense   October 16th, 2009 - 10:28 am

So someone needs to say it:
“I guess we know it wasn’t AIR SICKNESS.”
Oh come on that’s funny!

Obamacommie   October 16th, 2009 - 10:29 am

Obama needs to call a beer summit with these clowns.

Dan   October 16th, 2009 - 10:29 am

Anyone think they gave their kid something to make him sick so he couldn’t answer questions? Anyone think they told him to make himself throw up when the question came up? Yup, these people are that ridiculous. Mark my words. I’m sorry if my kid got sick in the middle of an interview, I would be rushing with him to the bathroom. Heene parents: YOU SUCK!!!

jas   October 16th, 2009 - 10:29 am

Ever hear the expression “I’m sick of the lies”?

CqmmqnSense   October 16th, 2009 - 10:30 am

Oh and by the way WTF?? – you’re not even being clever or funny at this point – you are one of the most uninventive, not funny, dumb Trolls on here EVER!
What an idiot! LOLOLOLOL!

Mike   October 16th, 2009 - 10:31 am

Please – leave this family alone. The pressure that the media applies to peoples’ lives makes me sick to MY stomach. Why does everyone need to know everything about everybody all the time? Please – leave this family alone.

howard   October 16th, 2009 - 10:31 am

Nice that they let Merideth keep going. No consideration for the vomitting kid.

Resipsaloquitor   October 16th, 2009 - 10:33 am

WTF…… Nice comment. Turn one event into something political. WTF does this have to do with Fox News. Do you have some issues you need to work on? Maybe you can go and build a flying saucer!!!

Textster   October 16th, 2009 - 10:33 am

Hey moron, what does Rush have to do with this?
This guy is clearly a left wing moonbat. Check out the smug eye closing routine. Typical leftie.
Get a grip, and by the way, obama svcks.

smitty   October 16th, 2009 - 10:35 am

I watched it over and over again! I love the slider bar. 1:02 to 1:06

Blat!!! Whoa!
Blat!!! Whoa!
Blat!!! Whoa!
Blat!!! Whoa!
Blat!!! Whoa!
Blat!!! Whoa!
Blat!!! Whoa!
Blat!!! Whoa!

HAHAHAHAAAA!!!!

The Truth   October 16th, 2009 - 10:35 am

^
Wow, an unemployed leftist douche bag stilling in Grandma’s basement while still wearing his faded Che Guevara shirt.

Jeanne   October 16th, 2009 - 10:36 am

Classic professionalism of NBC.

Robert   October 16th, 2009 - 10:36 am

The stench of Liberalism and extreme bias always makes want to hurl too. I am amazed how people people so freely have received Obotamies and still believe the hype.

Patrick   October 16th, 2009 - 10:36 am

Look at that guy. kid is throwing up and looked like really sick and he is giving interviews? MSNBC acts like nothing happening to the kid. what morons

Chisco   October 16th, 2009 - 10:37 am

This is a 6-year-old, for Pete’s sake………stop pretending that he’s some sort of “media darling” like the usual automatons foisted on us as “perfect” children….

Some kids are used as “political props” or “window-dressing” to make us think that their parents are “normal” (know any political WHORES like that?!), but this kid is just a kid, and one who probably got quite a tongue-lashing last night!!!

It’s just too bad that the kid wasn’t in the tv studio, where his vomiting would have done the most good!!!

WTFWTF?   October 16th, 2009 - 10:37 am

Poor kid was probably forced to watch CNN and listen to the Ed Schultz show at the same time in the background.
That would sure do it to any normal human being.

The Truth   October 16th, 2009 - 10:38 am

Wow!
WTF??, an unemployed leftist douche bag with a faded Che Guevara shirt still living in Grandma’s basement…

Chisco   October 16th, 2009 - 10:38 am

This is a 6-year-old, for Pete’s sake………stop pretending that he’s some sort of “media darling” like the usual automatons foisted on us as “perfect” children….

Some kids are used as “political props” or “window-dressing” to make us think that their parents are “normal” (know any political *$&#^@ like that?!), but this kid is just a kid, and one who probably got quite a tongue-lashing last night!!!

It’s just too bad that the kid wasn’t in the tv studio, where his vomiting would have done the most good!!!

kebmo   October 16th, 2009 - 10:38 am

You are absolutely correct, wtf??. When you watch REAL news and and find out what’s going on in this
country, it’s enough to make anyone ill.

unbelievable   October 16th, 2009 - 10:38 am

I saw this guy on Wife Swap, not hard to believe its a setup hoax. He is off his nut.

Speaking of off their nut, Hey WTF, how does this become a political issue for you? it has what to do with Fox News or Rush? Why don’t you marry michael moore and go be happy in cuba or Venzuela where its popular to hate America.

J Streeter   October 16th, 2009 - 10:39 am

Most likely, being NBC, the kid got sick watching that hair splitting bath tub boy Olbermann or the overall sickening Obamao lovefest that is a daily occurance there.

janine   October 16th, 2009 - 10:39 am

They should be investigated thoroughly. I suspect that kid is getting sick from stress. There is something very wrong with those parents. I usually think the government needs to stay out of the raising of children and the freedom of parents to teach and train them but there is something odd going on with this family. That kid threw up twice on television. If it’s not stress then his parents are negligent for marching him out for the press when he’s sick. The father is an obnoxious bully and I’ll bet my last dollar he makes his family do whatever he wants.

Mike   October 16th, 2009 - 10:39 am

Always a liberal to change the subject, WTF? Grow the hell up. Oh, I’m sorry. Liberals never do.

larry d   October 16th, 2009 - 10:39 am

Hey, WTF, it say’s it was the TODAY SHOW. Your a typical mouthy DUMB__S!

Do us all a favor and get sterilized!

Common Sense   October 16th, 2009 - 10:40 am

No idiot, He realized what he has to look forward to when people like you destroy this country. Moron, go listen to Bill Mahr and Michael Moore. They have the right answers.

Really?   October 16th, 2009 - 10:40 am

^ No, it actually was for the over exposure of obama on tv. Kid is sick of it.

FastFacts   October 16th, 2009 - 10:40 am

This father should be ashamed of himself. He is only interested in the fame by being on the news. He doesn’t even care when his son is sick. Did you see the footage on Falcon telling his dad he did it for the “show.” I hope that doesn’t mean what we think it does. The news on this is on http://www.americanparchment.com.

Captain Obvious   October 16th, 2009 - 10:41 am

I know why you hate Fox “WTF”(your name alone shows your level of intelligence)If not for Fox News, this country would already be completely socialist. One day, you will thank them. But keep on criticizing the only media actually doing its job. That makes you look real bright.
As far as this child goes, I have a feeling the Dad is more interested in fame than protecting his children. If that had been my child, I wouldn’t be doing ANY interviews…with or without my children.

VMF 131   October 16th, 2009 - 10:41 am

WTF,
YOU CAN’T HANDLE THE TRUTH!!

James K   October 16th, 2009 - 10:41 am

Hey “WTF??”, you sound a lot like Anita Dunn, the WH Communications Czar, trying to discredit Conservative Media outlets. I bet you like Mao Tse Tung too.

cb   October 16th, 2009 - 10:41 am

Dad probably gave him syrup of ipecac before the interview to make him vomit and thereby gain some sympathy. Or, perhaps, he beat the poor kid until he was sick for divulging the family secret.

Exile   October 16th, 2009 - 10:42 am

He probably just got a good look at that Liberal Marxist Hag Meredith Vieira. Either that or he thought about what Fuhrer Obama has done to the country.

SenorLumpy   October 16th, 2009 - 10:42 am

As usual the Left-wing nuts come out and support B. Hussein Obama and his attacks on a news agency that is not supporting the messiah.

timothy stenger   October 16th, 2009 - 10:42 am

Au contraire.. I am no conspiracy theorist but the strange behavior of the child, the father diverting his eyes from the camera, the comment of the boy and then his vomiting.. what do you bet they doped him up with benadryl and stuck him up there to sleep for five hours then miraculously found him this is a major stunt. The authorities should test the child for substances in his bloodstream.

floridiana   October 16th, 2009 - 10:42 am

@wtf?? – no, the poor kid was forced to watch and listen to barack obama and bill maher
simultaneously – i’m surprised he didn’t purge from both ends, subjected to that
torture.

vaguelydanish   October 16th, 2009 - 10:43 am

WTF?, Real insightful! You’ve got me thinking. Way to stick to issues! Good job! If Obama’s watching, good for you! (waste of flesh)

Laundon   October 16th, 2009 - 10:43 am

Who cares if this was a hoax? The larger story here is that the TV news media went along with it. Broadcasting
this garbace live before doing any basic reporting once again exposed the sad state of todqay’s journalism. I
feel sick too.

Scott   October 16th, 2009 - 10:44 am

Nice of GMA to continue the interview despite the fact that the kid is puking right next to the father… Geez.. That might have been a sign to cut to commercial and give the family a few minutes to clean up their son. What a bunch of a*******.

tonymountain   October 16th, 2009 - 10:44 am

Ha ha you can see the cameraman actually fighting his instinct to zoom in on the kid puking.

Bankroller   October 16th, 2009 - 10:46 am

Obviously, that dingle Barry fellator from the Today show made the boy projectile vomit. A perfectly normal reaction.

Sean R.   October 16th, 2009 - 10:46 am

To WTF,

Poor little child was forced to watch Softball Matthews, Ass-Talker Schultz & Urinator Odorwoman so they
can debase this family like all of you leftist children do. WTF, do us all a favor you b***ch, go back
to Huffington Post, Think Progress, Politico, SF Gate, or any other left wing communist website and ride
the short bus you retarded troll!

Liberalism is a Mental Disorder!!!

Borders, Language & Culture!!!

Ralph (right on cue)   October 16th, 2009 - 10:46 am

Is his girlfriend in this clip a legal citizen?

Premeditated vomit.
She just happened to have a bucket for kid (Mr. Creosote) ready and handy.

Why Are 1 Of 8 Girls Pregnant At Robeson High (Chicago)?
Now there is talks of federal money going to black teens that promise not to get pregnant or get someone pregnant during high school years.

Frank Estelle   October 16th, 2009 - 10:48 am

I puke during the today show as well. This is not news. Meridith is a butch.

Scott   October 16th, 2009 - 10:49 am

“Nice of GMA to continue the interview despite the fact that the kid is puking right next to the father”

Sorry GMA – you weren’t the morons this time.. My mistake.. I should have directed my comment to the Today Show.

JohnnyC   October 16th, 2009 - 10:50 am

W T F !! I can’t believe that the today show interviewer didn’t pause and asked if the kid was alright, instead she just kept on going like nothing happened ! For Pete’s sake the kid was throwing up !
To keep on going with the interview was highly insensitive.
Katie Couric please come back to the today show, nobody does it better than you.

Sheila   October 16th, 2009 - 10:50 am

WTF…… Nice comment. Turn one event into something political. WTF does this have to do with Fox News. Do you have some issues you need to work on? Maybe you can go and build a flying saucer!!!

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Maybe WTF descended from aliens.

Pointless comment   October 16th, 2009 - 10:51 am

What purpose does mentioning Fox News or Limbaugh serve? How are either relevant to the story? How does your comment bring this country closer together?

WTF??   October 16th, 2009 - 10:51 am

I retract my previous statements. This family is just as honest as the intentions of Obama… completely fake. Obama is ruining this country. Parents like this should be locked up. I had a feeling this thing was a hoax from the beginning because after watching Obama’s campaign promises you can learn alot about liars and deciphering the truth.

Juan de Pueka   October 16th, 2009 - 10:52 am

This family should be so ashamed that they should never be seen ever again.

No, these idiots are proud of themselves.

And the media are proud of these hillbilly trailer trash idiots.

I bet hubby makes over $1 million off this,
…all the money made off this idiot adventure should be confiscated by the court system after the judge permanently pulls the kids custody from these idiot ‘parents’.

The wife should be deported back to what ever banana republic she came from.

politicalJules   October 16th, 2009 - 10:53 am

As a nurse, the kid looked drugged to me. Granted he was probably tired, but tired kids act cranky whiney and unruley when they are tired. The kid was bobbing his head and limp in Dad’s arms. Then the fact that he threw up drives my suspicions home. CPS need to investigate and do a urine screen on that poor child. He is an innocent child being used as a pawn by wacko parents. My heart is breaking for that child.

Ken   October 16th, 2009 - 10:53 am

Is it me or does the father seem to be drunk during this interview.

Bob   October 16th, 2009 - 10:55 am

The kid is WRETCHING!!!! Why did the interview continue? Soulless media whores!

WTF???   October 16th, 2009 - 10:55 am

I retract my previous statements. This family is just as honest as the intentions of Obama… completely fake. Obama is ruining this country.

wtf??????   October 16th, 2009 - 10:56 am

Parents like this should be locked up. I had a feeling this thing was a hoax from the beginning because after watching Obama’s campaign promises you can learn alot about liars and deciphering the truth.

Dan   October 16th, 2009 - 10:57 am

What a load of BS, people do this stuff for PUBLICITY, WRITE BOOKS,MAKE MOVIES, and CASH IN!!!, this dude is a “storm chaser”, goes on “wife swap” anything for attention, the little brat says “we did it for the show” ??? I should name my kid Flounder, build a submarine, and say, “please help me police, little Flounder is in the sub and heading to the South Pole” As for you sick,idiotic chumps who believe this weirdo wacko family YOU ARE PART OF THE PROBLEMS, NOW GET BACK TO YOU IDIOT BOXES!!!

WTFtoWTF   October 16th, 2009 - 10:58 am

WTF??> why dont you look at the obvious?!?!?! He is on the today show for pete’s sale!!!! I bet the camera guy has barf bags on hand for this very reason Many people get the same symptom when they watch it too, just look at the ratings. Geez, just thinking about the Today Show makes me….uh oh. I think need a cup.

DAN   October 16th, 2009 - 11:00 am

What a load of bull, go ahead now, write the book, the movie deal cash in! FRAUD FRAUD FRAUD

Mein Heiny   October 16th, 2009 - 11:00 am

This family should be so ashamed that they should never be seen ever again.

No, these idiots are proud of themselves.

And the media are proud of these hillbilly trailer trash idiots.

I bet hubby makes over $1 million off this,
…all the money made off this idiot adventure should be confiscated by the court system after the judge permanently pulls the kids custody from these idiot ‘parents’.

The wife should be deported back to what ever banana republic she came from.

PA Citizen   October 16th, 2009 - 11:05 am

Something is alright with these people.

ragu4u   October 16th, 2009 - 11:05 am

The whole family is one big hoax.

realtor rebate   October 16th, 2009 - 11:05 am

If I was running ABC, I would run the two wife swap episodes with this family for big ratings.

Pitney   October 16th, 2009 - 11:07 am

oh my God, the dad just keeps talking… geeze… if it wasn’t a six year old it would be funny, well it is because of the ridiculousness of it all. The media are leaches going for the wide shot. That poor boy needs to go to bed and have his mom take CARE of him. Poor little guy.

mitch   October 16th, 2009 - 11:08 am

For the good of the kid, take him home and put him to bed. Where do these selfish people come from?

dave   October 16th, 2009 - 11:11 am

I’m not falling for it,this is fake too right?

Dr. Arthur Ordway   October 16th, 2009 - 11:12 am

I’m a physician and I suspect that the child is a victim of lormatic poisoning. I have notified the police authorities and an arrest is expected shortly.

cronus   October 16th, 2009 - 11:14 am

The poor kid is sick of his liberal parents and the idiotic, pointy-headed boobs in media swooning over him.

joe   October 16th, 2009 - 11:15 am

Total fraud

stacie   October 16th, 2009 - 11:16 am

Too much CNN and NBC for this kid….

killianx   October 16th, 2009 - 11:17 am

The media needs to leave these people alone! 1) the kis is probably getting sick because he is scared and humiliated out of his mind 2) i really doubt these parents ,eccentric as they may be, would put their kids in this situation. 3) if it was a publicity stunt why make your invention and yourself seem Dangerous and buffoonish?

brandon   October 16th, 2009 - 11:17 am

Kids throw up all the time, this isn’t a huge deal. My wife is a 1st grade teacher and someone throws up every week, if not almost everyday.

That said, these people are looney

Sick of Dems   October 16th, 2009 - 11:18 am

WTF you are so funny, not. And actually its us, the few remaining tax paying citizens who are listening to Fox & Limbaugh. We are trying to figure out how to save this great country from freeloaders like you. Don’t keep putting us down because if we leave the country or decide to give up our success dreams & stop paying taxes (by joining your low income or non income group) then the welfare & all your democratic freebies will dry up because they’ll be no money coming in.

Please note that I can actually spell correctly. I guess in your book that makes me abnormal. I am afraid for this country with people like you out there.

Karl Marx   October 16th, 2009 - 11:19 am

Who cares if it was a Hoax ! Cant be any worse than the Obama Administration Hoax pulled on the American People !

chas holman   October 16th, 2009 - 11:20 am

Did you hear that?

His kid is throwing up and the guy is more concerned about talking tot he TV cameras. At one point you hear him mumbling tot he mother ‘woiuld you deal with him’ ..

I mean the child being sick took away from this clowns moment of glory on TV for a second, and it looked like the guy was going to come unhinged at this point..

This seems fairly abusive to me.. much akin to ‘get the lil bastid off my lap ma, I am on TV and he is screwing it up for me’.

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As for leaving the poor family alone? They are the ones doing what they can to get the attention.. people of class, with a sick child, would of either found a way to keep their child with someone they trust in a nice clean bed, OR they would of just said ‘you know, going on TV is the last thing I am worried about right now.

I smell rabid opportunists, I would like to leave them alone, but they keep popping up at every turn seeking attention.

Sick of Dems   October 16th, 2009 - 11:21 am

Also, I believe that WTF’s comment was actually posted by somebody working at Breitbart. Note that it was the first one made and remains at the top of the que. Just a great way for them to get their digs in to Fox.

Todd   October 16th, 2009 - 11:21 am

The dad barely skips a beat as his son gets sick. In fact, he looks embarassed by it. No concern at all! Also, why are they so eager to make all the talk show rounds? This whole thing stinks and borders on child exploitation.

PEK   October 16th, 2009 - 11:25 am

Just another leftist with the usual “who .. me??? Of course I wasn’t trying to do anything for publicity purposes…” You people are a joke …. among other things.

Big Ed   October 16th, 2009 - 11:26 am

The next thing you know, Obama will be trotting this kid out trying to drum up support for socialized medicine.

B>S>   October 16th, 2009 - 11:27 am

Child abuse. Arrest him.

Syd   October 16th, 2009 - 11:28 am

all that lying for daddy has made the kid sick. first we read that mom said the kid walked into the house and that’s how he was disovered and now they are saying that dad found him in the attic. I don’t believe them. dad and mom should take a lie detector test. watch him on wife swap and see what a manipulative mean lying man he is.

Kevin Brine   October 16th, 2009 - 11:29 am

Absolutely pathetic. Meredith and these so called parents should be ashamed.

elizabethrc   October 16th, 2009 - 11:33 am

It’s clear to me that this man is desperate to be famous, but is so delusional that he thinks he has something worthwhile to contribute, something that people will be in awe of. He is mediocre, probably not too intelligent, and certainly a user of his family.
Child Services need to investigate this family if for no other reason than that the children seem to fear this man inordinately.
The media would do us all a big favor if they would refuse to air anything about this man (other than that he is being hauled into court to pay for this stunt)and for heaven’s sake, no movie or tv producer should offer him one damned thing.
Oblivion sounds good to me.

Ted   October 16th, 2009 - 11:35 am

Mike: “Leave this family alone”?

THEY LAUNCHED A BALLOON EVERYONE THOUGHT HAD A 6-YEAR OLD KID IN IT THAT DISRUPTED AIR TRAFFIC OVER 5 STATES. WHAT KIND OF MORON ARE YOU?

There. I feel better now.

Don Mogey   October 16th, 2009 - 11:37 am

I do the same thing when I watch Today!

Scottie   October 16th, 2009 - 11:38 am

Considering there is new video now showing the father launching the balloon, he’s going to be in big trouble!

Bob   October 16th, 2009 - 11:40 am

Like, who doesn’t vomit during the Today Show?

Glenn   October 16th, 2009 - 11:42 am

He got sick of Pelosi, Reid and the Socialist agenda of our President. He knows he will have to pay the bill in the future for Healthcare shoved down our throats by these idiots. They just don’t get it but in 2010 and 2012 they will get the boot us there as_

jeff   October 16th, 2009 - 11:47 am

Mike, I agree. This family needs to be left alone! Someone should remove the gun from their heads so they can escape the cameras!!

jim   October 16th, 2009 - 11:49 am

This is absolutely incredible. His son is puking and he continues on. I would have told them “Interview OVER…my son is sick.”

What a freakin’ joke of a parent….or parents.

I hope these parents are reading all this message boards about how people feel about this whole thing.

ModdKenwood   October 16th, 2009 - 11:49 am

Hey WTF…nah…more like MSLSD and Keith Olbermann

Milton Friedman   October 16th, 2009 - 11:50 am

Try my economic policies for once….

Lillian Shroeder   October 16th, 2009 - 11:53 am

I agree with many of these comments. Neither my husband (nor I) would ever keep talking and totally iognore our sick child. Something is vrey wrong here and authorities should test this child asap for substances in his bloodstream. It’s just too coincidental that he would be sick so he can’t to all the reporters they are in such a frenzy to talk to….disgusting and it’s reprehensible if the local children’s protection agency does nothing to look into this….

ModdKenwood   October 16th, 2009 - 11:53 am

Hey Sick of Dems…Breitbart is being sued by ACORN for airing the prostitute scam video.
I doubt very much Breitbart has an ax to grind with Limbaugh…WTF is just another liberal democrat hack on the internet

Hickok   October 16th, 2009 - 11:55 am

Ain’t diversity great? The father looks like the Beach Boys’ Brian Wilson without his meds. Mom looks like Typhoid Mary’s illegitimate grandaughter.
If you have any doubt this was a publicity stunt, look at the video of the loon releasing the balloon in the back yard. THERE IS NO PASSENGER BUCKET!! And in the garage, there is A LADDER to the attic, so you think the parents didn’t look there?
The video of the kids on dirt bikes and swearing is beautiful, also. They had the Air National Guard, freakin Norad et alia looking for this creepy kid.
The Colorado Department of Familys and Children should take these creepy kids away from their creepy parents today.

SpringerRider   October 16th, 2009 - 11:56 am

Looks like ACORN (WTF) got up early this morning. Since you are awake, find a job.

funk   October 16th, 2009 - 11:59 am

Mike, The family is getting the attention that they sought after. They are not asking to be left alone w. their countless interviews. They are media attention whores and need to be charged with the search and rescue fees. I’m sure the father told the kid to get sick if any questions were asked. The parents are a disgrace and pathetic. I can only hope they are investigated and charged with all fees and not the state of CO. The father’s website, where he sells DVDs and merchandise, even crashed yesterday.

Zed   October 16th, 2009 - 12:06 pm

The Dad is an absolute LOSER. It will be found out he orchestrated the entire thing. This sort of thing fits perfectly into today’s America under the Ultra-Liberal Obama regime. America is finished.

Lillian   October 16th, 2009 - 12:06 pm

I agree with many of these comments. Neither my husband (nor I) would ever keep talking and totally iognore our sick child. Something is vrey wrong here and authorities should test this child asap for substances in his bloodstream. It’s just too coincidental that he would be sick so he can’t to all the reporters they are in such a frenzy to talk to….disgusting and it’s reprehensible if the local children’s protection agency does nothing to look into this….

Ted   October 16th, 2009 - 12:07 pm

“Leave this family alone”?

Are you serious? Even if this isn’t a staged hoax–the jury is still out on that–these media whores went on a cheese-bag reality show twice and now happily display their vomit-spewing children on a never-ending parade of national media. These interviews didn’t consist of reporters pounding on the family’s front door; these are professionally-prepared circuses, complete with movie lights, makeup and video crews.

If the parents were actually responsible enough to want to be left alone, all they would have had to do is keep their door closed.

But that wouldn’t be ego-inflating, would it?

Kevin   October 16th, 2009 - 12:08 pm

Watching the liberal pukes on NBC would cause anybody to retch uncontrollably. I’m surprised the whole family wasn’t barfing up a lung or two.

Shwbzdaddy   October 16th, 2009 - 12:14 pm

These people are very creative. My wife and I just take the kids to hold the cardboard sign for us on the off ramp. Oh,we also don’t feed the kids 24 hrs in advance before auditions. A little free advice for y’all.

AnneP   October 16th, 2009 - 12:20 pm

I agree Zed. I think this is totally orchestrated event, too. Why does american have to get all the weirdos?

Daddy Warbucks   October 16th, 2009 - 12:25 pm

Hey elizabethrc, does anybody famous really have anything worthwhile to contribute these days? He’s perfect for celebrity! Being delusional and mediocre makes great reality TV. $$$$

Marvin   October 16th, 2009 - 12:29 pm

This is typical of the today show. It makes me want to puke every time I see it.

veritas   October 16th, 2009 - 12:29 pm

WTF-what a sad loser. His guy is in the White House, and he still can’t get past this obsession with Fox and Rush. Got your victory and can’t even enjoy the dismantling of our personal freedoms by President Superstar and his goons. WTF, you should get one of those ballons. Let it carry you to Pyongyang.

Mike   October 16th, 2009 - 12:32 pm

Why aren’t these kids in school??

Jerry   October 16th, 2009 - 12:37 pm

The kid just learned that our Dear Leader had been awarded the Nobel Peace Prize. He expressed the feelings of millions of Americans and many more people around the globe.

Matt   October 16th, 2009 - 12:45 pm

I think the boy is some kind of mentally-challenged. I also think CPS should descend on the place. The parents strike me as being moon-bats. God knows what the kids have to deal with from them.

jason   October 16th, 2009 - 12:50 pm

Looks like perfect Democratic Party material for an election.

This guy has had way more than his fifteen minutes of “fame”.

http://cafepress.com/rightwingstuff

mike_co   October 16th, 2009 - 12:54 pm

WTF,

You are a stupid dipshit LIB. He was on the “Today Show”, in case you were not able to comprehend this. Moron libtard.

GET A LIFE DRUDGE   October 16th, 2009 - 1:00 pm

I am 100% convinced that this country is coming to an end as we know it.

Its not the “SOCIALIST” that the losers who follow drudge cry about, its themselves.

This is a story about a kid vomiting on TV, and these low lifes that live and at the Drudge Report prove that the the Republican party is dead.

They have nothing in their lives other than FAKE PATRIOTISM……….They have no clue what its like to be a PATRIOT. They cheer when the USA loses out on the Olympic games, and the next week they cry because the Prez get a nobel prize for the solid work he has done in changing the torture and imperialism that GWB brought in the last 8 years.

I said this in another post a few weeks back……….If Drudge linked to a story about Hello Kitty Dolls, they would turn it into a Social Plot by Obama………….And my prediction has come TRUE.

They turn a story about a kid vomiting on TV into the same thing. Next you will hear them claim that Obama went personally to this kids house, released the Ballon and hid the kid in the attic, to diverty the attenion of his SOCIALIST AGENDA.

Funny these same fools dont even know what SOCIALISIM is. They think they do, but they have no idea.

So to all you Drudge losers out there reading this.

Take those guns you love so much, stick them in your mouths and pull the trigger. That would be the most patriotic thing you could do!

The One Who Cares   October 16th, 2009 - 1:00 pm

It’s so simple — these are leftist Obama idolizing ‘tards who purposefully manufactured a media distraction to take the multimedia addled collective consciousness of the American “public” off the Health Care “Reform” fiasco being foisted on is this week by a criminally inept Congress.

The kid appears to be the only one of them with a grain a sense, having a natural physical reaction to what he is being forced to be a part of.

BLAT — “WHOA!!!”

LOL

Chuckie D   October 16th, 2009 - 1:02 pm

Hey WTF:

Do you also get a “tingly feeling running up your leg” like Chris Matthews when you see “The Annointed One”—

It is evident that Rush is getting under your skin or you would not be referencing him!!!

GunnyG   October 16th, 2009 - 1:09 pm

The liberal scumballs tried to feed him some Obama Pablum and he puked it back up.

http://noliberalspin.blogtownhall.com/2009/10/16/government_tyranny_slavery_vs_freedom.thtml

Trisha   October 16th, 2009 - 1:12 pm

Shouldn’t this “scientist” have known that the balloon couldn’t have held his son’s weight and still be airborne?

If these people weren’t such publicity hounds, I might buy this story. I actually cried when the balloon landed. I’m a mother and was horrified to think a child was in that balloon. We couldn’t really gauge it’s size, during the event- but once it landed- it looked very small- too small to have carried the boy. Pathetic- maybe criminal. (Didn’t the father call a TV station as one of his first calls? Not 911? Sounds like he had a plan) And- he has video footage of his son getting into the contraption? How convenient. Don’t all you parents video tape your kids 24-7 in case their Barbie car goes airborne? I know I do.

TT   October 16th, 2009 - 1:14 pm

That’s what I do when I see a picture of nancy pelosi.

HankReardon   October 16th, 2009 - 1:16 pm

No one cares about him. If this was problem for him, he would be shunning the air time. He clearly isn’t. So why not go after him. This guy was obviously not satisfied with his 1st fifteen minutes of fame. He’s looking for more, because he’s an addict for it.

Gina101   October 16th, 2009 - 1:19 pm

Poor kids. They have idiots for parents.
And what a supreme idiot in Meredith Viera
to continue the interview, not to forget the dummy off
camera laughing when the boy threw up.

marv   October 16th, 2009 - 1:28 pm

i’ll bet the kid who threw up could do a better job in the control room than the clows covering up the picture with that hideously large banner at the bottom.

simon   October 16th, 2009 - 1:32 pm

This is pretty much the way the Today Show makes the rest of us feel. Out of the mouths of babes… :)

maxx   October 16th, 2009 - 1:48 pm

Leave them alone. If a 5 year old does something they think is wrong they will go hide and NOT come out when you call them. Its happened to me. I searched for 40 minutes looking for my boy all over the yard and the house yelling his name over and over. Found him hiding under the stairwell. When questioned why he didn’t respond, his answer was that he was scared.

claspur   October 16th, 2009 - 1:48 pm

I won’t even watch this. I bet it was something nasty that was around the box He was hiding-in though. (this whole story is so I don’t give a f&%k, it makes ME sick)

StressVomit   October 16th, 2009 - 1:59 pm

The kid also farted on camera on Larry King. The kid vomits on the Today show, and ALSO on Good Morning America.

That is because the kid is UNDER PRESSURE AND STRESS FROM THE FATHER! This family needs to be raked over hot coals for what they’re putting that child through!

Shame On Them!

Dick1976   October 16th, 2009 - 2:01 pm

When i was a Kid i cut my dads prized watermelon off the vine . he had worked hard to get it nice and big , i chopped it up to eat but it was still green , after i figured out i messed up i was so scared i hid under the house for 3 hours . if the watermelon was good a red i thought it would have been a good thing.

But i didnt have a new outlet around so people could talk about how stupid i or my family was , because i messed up

Jim   October 16th, 2009 - 2:01 pm

Look how mad gets around 1:20. he is SOOOOOOOO pissed at lil Falcon (who names their kid that anyway, must be Iron Eagle fans, do they have a lil girl named Chappy?), for ruining his interview time. Liars all of em. Keep up the fake outrage dad maybe somoene somewhere will believe you.

Lizbeth   October 16th, 2009 - 2:05 pm

The little boy was very sick before the interview started and they continued on as if. The boy should have been in bed after being taken to doctor. Why is he in front of a camera?

Why was that balloon left unattended ready for this type of accident to actually happen with one of their children or any child to be killed.

What is wrong with all these people???? From the parents, to the camera crew, CNN and Meredith Vierra.

mychildsfuture   October 16th, 2009 - 2:06 pm

Kid is probably sick from singing Obama indoctrination songs in school.

MFM   October 16th, 2009 - 2:10 pm

“Sick” story!

Tony   October 16th, 2009 - 2:15 pm

Swine flu!

Mike   October 16th, 2009 - 2:16 pm

I see a South Park episode coming from this…..

NewTestament   October 16th, 2009 - 2:17 pm

Left leaning Dems are strange bedfellows. This new age family believes we all come from aliens. BUT so do most leading evolutionists like Dawkins, etc. It’s called Panspermia or directed panspermia. They probably fed the kid some bad food they think aliens eat. At least the mom doesn’t claim to be abducted by an alien & whisked to Venus like the 1st lady of Japan. At least the dad doesn’t hang out with new age Oprah–who talks to channelers and the channeling spirits in them–like Obama does. BTW, many new agers think Obama is an enlightened lightworker reincarnated from another planet: See: http://dispolitico.wordpress.com Obama also keeps occult good luck charms in his pocket.

R.H. Golem   October 16th, 2009 - 2:17 pm

This guy REALLY knows how to waste people’s time.

Randy g   October 16th, 2009 - 2:20 pm

HE’S PROBABLY A CONSERVATIVE, and was sick to be on the liberal news media!

Your mom   October 16th, 2009 - 2:20 pm

The parents totally taught their kid how to puke on cue. Zed is right, hate to be a hater but America is done for with people like this raising kids.

Tony   October 16th, 2009 - 2:21 pm

They should have known better than to go building “UFO’s – Only the US government are allowed to do things like that!!!

Butch   October 16th, 2009 - 2:21 pm

Why shouldn’t he manipulate the facts and the press…..dear leader does it everyday.

ewkfdsaf   October 16th, 2009 - 2:24 pm

you all are tying to be funny.. but your not.

Jeremiah   October 16th, 2009 - 2:35 pm

He actually has a youtube video asking if Hillary is an Alien, but he also seems like a liberal nut job, so I am very confused. However, this has nothing to do with politics but rather bad parenting, and terrible interviewing by the Today Show. She should have immediately stopped to see if they needed to cut the interview or the camera man could have cut the boy from the shot, not zoom out so him getting sick was on tv for everyone to see. Heartless, NBC should fire them both, but why do I expect NBC to have morals or any decency considering they employ Keith Olbermann. They should definitely air the Wife Swap shows they appeared on though. By the way Child Services should investigate this family for sure.

Ft. Collins   October 16th, 2009 - 2:38 pm

Rush and Fox??? They would never!
This is a very hardcore liberal family.
I know them!

gbs   October 16th, 2009 - 2:43 pm

I watched the earlier interview on ABC Good Morning America. The kid said he had to throw up. Mom took him to the bathroom and then came back — all the while Daddy was answering hoax questions. The ABC host asked the older brothers some pointed questions as to the honesty of the situation. The kids couldn’t look into the camera whenever they had to answer (with their “Daddy needs another $5000 appearance on TV” fabrications. The balloon boy came back and said he had vomited 3 times. The father didn’t skip a beat. Daddy said the “show” comment was the kids reference to all the news cameras — he thought they were reality TV cameras. (Slick answer)

Steph   October 16th, 2009 - 2:47 pm

i’d be sick too if i was on MSNBC.

Kingman   October 16th, 2009 - 2:47 pm

Mike said: “Please – leave this family alone.”

Chris Crocker? Is that you? Your eye shadow is running.

Butterball   October 16th, 2009 - 2:47 pm

Yes buddy, you ARE selling something, and you’re succeeding because your stupid face and your stupid little California-style hairdo is on our television screens 24 hours a day now, mainly because the American media are a bunch of stooges! Dream on, American stooges, if you couldn’t see these people making fools of you from minute #1! Even the kid got sick at the lies. Meredith should be ashmed of herself. People, go to Fox News if you want real news, where they actually cover news as it’s happening, rather than covering it up until it can’t be “hidden” by the New York Times and the other networks time after time anymore, and replaced with garbage like this.

RESIPSALOQUITOR   October 16th, 2009 - 2:48 pm

POS….Hoax….”Stop throwing up and quit disturbing Daddy’s Interview” The kid had food and toys stored in the attic. BUT, ran to hide in the attic because Daddy yelled at him? WTF!! The kid is obviously emotional because Daddy has put his foot in is A## for blowing the whole “Were doing it for the show” thing!!!
Take this guy out and beat him for being a DICK!!

Rex   October 16th, 2009 - 2:49 pm

What kind of scientist is this guy? He should of known the physics involved with the dimensions of this balloon that the balloon would not support the weight/mass of his kid. If he did not know that he is a dumb A$$$$- if he is a real scientist he would of known enough to tell authorities his son was not in the balloon. This stupidity could of killed a first responder not to mention the idiots in the media who were piloting helicopters following this balloon before checking facts. Plus if this idiot is including his kids in dangerous experiments or not watching his kids around dangerous experimental equipment his kids need to be taken away so they don’t killed the next time this idiot experiments with something. Our media needs to be investigated for misreporting facts as many outlets ran with the story as factual. What new legislation was passed yesterday by our communist politicians while the whole country was watching idiots delusional publicity stunt? I hope all of the agencies, corporations (airlines), airline passengers, ect push for a class action law suit for this publicity hound because of the chaos that ensued from flights being grounded at Denver International airport.

CommonSense   October 16th, 2009 - 2:51 pm

“Common Sense October 16th, 2009 – 10:40 am
No idiot, He realized what he has to look forward to when people like you destroy this country. Moron, go listen to Bill Mahr and Michael Moore. They have the right answers.”

Again with people using other peoples names – pretty sad….stupid trolls

Jersey Dave   October 16th, 2009 - 2:56 pm

Right, “WTF” I am sure that the Today show set is full of raging Rush Limbaugh and Fox News fans that keep all their TVs tuned to a rival network all day while they work for NBC, and blast the Limbaugh show all over the NBC studios at boom car volume. I’m sure that John Siegenthaler is a total ditto head.

:P

I feel bad for the kid, imagine all that attention and pressure on you at six years old. I’m just glad the kid is safe and wasn’t in the balloon. No wonder he is nervous.

People who make experimental light planes and balloons are awesome people, but anything can happen with kids about, glad the kid is OK.

RockDiggety   October 16th, 2009 - 3:01 pm

Hey, WTF. Do you liberals EVER stop whining??? WAAH WAAH WAAH! Rush is a racist, Bush is Hitler. Does it bother you that the only way you chronic bedwetters can argue is to make up lies to support your arguments? Seriously, Rush never said any of those comments and the media knows it. Given all the coverage given to neo-racists Sharpton, Jackson, Jackson-Lee guess how much time the MSM spent covering the lies they were spreading. A grand total of 47 seconds. Please do us all a favor and remove your head from your anal cavity.

scottb   October 16th, 2009 - 3:08 pm

How convenient for the kid to be puking on TV so he cannot answer any questions.

'BB   October 16th, 2009 - 3:11 pm

The poor kid is sick, probably with a virus. The mom is prepared with a container for the kid to vomit into… Why did they grant the interview? And the interview continues? Leave it to NBC to exploit a sick kid.

Kornrow   October 16th, 2009 - 3:12 pm

Poor kid–Hurls on NBC–Maybe, Keith Blowberman was on-set? Both parents are lib-bed-wetters. WHAT DO YOU EXPECT OF THE KIDS!
ROCKET SCIENCE ?

Xer   October 16th, 2009 - 3:14 pm

What kind of scientist is this guy? He should of known the physics involved with the dimensions of this balloon that the balloon would not support the weight/mass of his kid. If he did not know that he is a dumb A$$$$- if he is a real scientist he would of known enough to tell authorities his son was not in the balloon. This stupidity could of killed a first responder not to mention the idiots in the media who were piloting helicopters following this balloon before checking facts. Plus if this idiot is including his kids in dangerous experiments or not watching his kids around dangerous experimental equipment his kids need to be taken away so they don’t killed the next time this idiot experiments with something. Our media needs to be investigated for misreporting facts as many outlets ran with the story as factual. What new legislation was passed yesterday by our communist politicians while the whole country was watching this idiots delusional publicity stunt? I hope all of the agencies, corporations (airlines), airline passengers, ect push for a class action law suit for this publicity hound because of the chaos that ensued from flights being grounded at Denver International airport.

Yankees!   October 16th, 2009 - 3:15 pm

The great Obama is probably glued to this story and will invite this trashy family to the White House for some Beer..

DRUDGE IS 4 DONKEYS   October 16th, 2009 - 3:20 pm

Its so funny how stupid the Right wingers are.

These fools go to Drudge Report, and come her and make this an OBAMA plot and call the father a Liberal!

These same Drudge Fools are too stupid to read the next story on Drudge which was a link to the Video where this guy is calling Hillary a “SHAPE SHIFTER”.

Wow now these Convative losers are calling there own LIBERALS on a story about a kid puking!

Man I feel sorry for these inbreed southern, bible thumping, cousin shagging, gun tooting fools!

They think they are Patriots, and the USA needs to be taken back…………no matter what a story is about, its ALL A OBAMA PLOT TO STEAL their own false perceptions of what the USA is all about.

All this story is about is a stupid inbreed Conservative, who ignored his own sick child, instead of sayinghey……..we need to stop this interview, my kid is sick and he is more important!

But consevatives dont know what familyt values are all about! They think they do, but they have no idea.
Kinda like a woman who calls herself a BBW. A BBW is a fat chick plain and simple, a consevative is a DONKEY, despite them thinking they are Elephants!

Captain Steve   October 16th, 2009 - 3:20 pm

Looks like the kid was drugged to keep him quiet. Very fishy.

Frank   October 16th, 2009 - 3:24 pm

GET A LIFE DRUDGE: I am 100% convinced that this country is coming to an end as we know it. Its not the “SOCIALIST” that the losers who follow drudge cry about, its themselves. This is a story about a kid vomiting on TV, and these low lifes that live and at the Drudge Report prove that the the Republican party is dead. They have nothing in their lives other than FAKE PATRIOTISM……….They have no clue what its like to be a PATRIOT. They cheer when the USA loses out on the Olympic games, and the next week they cry because the Prez get a nobel prize for the solid work he has done in changing the torture and imperialism that GWB brought in the last 8 years. I said this in another post a few weeks back……….If Drudge linked to a story about Hello Kitty Dolls, they would turn it into a Social Plot by Obama………….And my prediction has come TRUE. They turn a story about a kid vomiting on TV into the same thing. Next you will hear them claim that Obama went personally to this kids house, released the Ballon and hid the kid in the attic, to diverty the attenion of his SOCIALIST AGENDA. Funny these same fools dont even know what SOCIALISIM is. They think they do, but they have no idea. So to all you Drudge losers out there reading this. Take those guns you love so much, stick them in your mouths and pull the trigger. That would be the most patriotic thing you could do!
———————————————————————————————————————
You’re right, this country is coming to an end as we know. You socialist Obamistas are bringing us to our economic knees. Keep giving away the hard earned money from the 50% that are actually working to you 50% “hangers-on” and see where we end up. We didn’t want the Olympics in the corruption capital of the world (Chicago) to give this administration the ability to divert billions to Bill Ayers, Jeremiah Wright, Jesse Jackson, Daley and all of the other crooks and race baiters in that hell-hole!!! We do complain when a 12 day old presidency gets nominated and receives the Nobel Peace Prize, something that used to be viewed as prestigious, but has become a joke with the likes of Arafat (murderer), Carter (idiot), Gore (enviro-wacko) and now Obama (America-hater) receiving the award. Reading Drudge is one of the only ways to get unfiltered news that the lamestream media doesn’t want you to see. Fet off your knees in front of the alter of Obama you rump swab!!!

Cole   October 16th, 2009 - 3:25 pm

I see dead people.

scout finch   October 16th, 2009 - 3:27 pm

WTF… will wont waste a moment in his pathetic little life to denigrate political opinions that he opposes. Having no worthwhile arguments to espouse he is left to moronic remarks that only a child mentality would find clever.

Do us all a favor think real hard before you post your gumball machine thoughts.

itsalljustaride   October 16th, 2009 - 3:28 pm

How did this all become about Obama and leftists/conservatives and FOX News? You people are pathetic. There could be a story about rescuing puppies and you’d find a way to make some comment about Obama or Glenn Beck. Get a life. Stop turning every conversation into a way to insert your “witty” half-thought-out political viewpoints.

SMW   October 16th, 2009 - 3:34 pm

Oh thank God this child is being raised by two hetro-sexual married parents. Traditional families are so much better for the bringing up of children then those evil homosexuals.

Jonah Begone   October 16th, 2009 - 3:38 pm

The Today Show elicits the same reaction from me.

Ben   October 16th, 2009 - 3:56 pm

So no one else noticed that at 1:41 he looks exactly like Shemp Howard from the Three Stooges?

Eman   October 16th, 2009 - 3:57 pm

Poor kid just found out Obama is president. I did the same thing when I found out.

Gary   October 16th, 2009 - 4:01 pm

C U Next Tuesday, Mike.

Linda   October 16th, 2009 - 4:02 pm

I feel for this child. The media has stooped to an all time low. I also feel some of the posting on this subject has stooped to an all time low. Now Obama is being blamed (sarcastically) for the boy vomiting. Liberals are bashed. Folks, we are all human beings. Whatever your political stage, what has happened to common decency and respect.

NOT BELIEVABLE OR SYMPATHETIC, WATCH WIFE SWAP   October 16th, 2009 - 4:03 pm

Hey, gullible folks! Go watch their WIFE SWAP episodes on youtube.com and then come back and tell us how BELIEVABLE and SYMPATHETIC that whole family of nutcases is!!! The father & mother are both certifiably insane and the kids are out-of-control monkeys WITH DIRTY MOUTHS (no wonder the kid’s vomiting, with all that FILTH in there!). Their LUST for “fame & fortune” comes through loud and clear, and YES, the father is a super-bully! The kid is throwing up, Mommy has a pan handy to catch it, and they calmly go on with the interview. Daddy sounds like he is loaded or drunk, too…

SICK, SICK, SICK–and we don’t mean the KID!

NOT BELIEVABLE OR SYMPATHETIC, WATCH WIFE SWAP   October 16th, 2009 - 4:04 pm

Hey, gullible folks! Go watch their WIFE SWAP episodes on youtube.com and then come back and tell us how BELIEVABLE and SYMPATHETIC that whole family of nutcases is!!! The father & mother are both certifiably insane and the kids are out-of-control brats WITH DIRTY MOUTHS (no wonder the kid’s vomiting, with all that FILTH in there!). Their LUST for “fame & fortune” comes through loud and clear, and YES, the father is a super-bully! The kid is throwing up, Mommy has a pan handy to catch it, and they calmly go on with the interview. Daddy sounds like he is loaded or drunk, too…

SICK, SICK, SICK–and we don’t mean the KID!

Kismet   October 16th, 2009 - 4:04 pm

This kid and his sibs have manipulation down to a science. Why not at the high level of dysfunction being distrubed by the family. I’m surprised they aren’t better at it. They are running the show. This vomiting is just to get the sympathy of their parents so they can keep out of trouble. The parents are falling right into line. The media and cops are now the bad guys and the folks are protecting their little darlings. Barf.

NOT BELIEVABLE OR SYMPATHETIC, WATCH WIFE-SWAP   October 16th, 2009 - 4:05 pm

Hey, gullible folks! Go watch their WIFE-SWAP episodes (on youtube) and then come back & tell us how BELIEVABLE and SYMPATHETIC that whole family of nutcases is!!! The father & mother are both certifiably insane and the kids are out-of-control brats WITH DIRTY MOUTHS (no wonder the kid’s vomiting, with all that FILTH in there!). Their LUST for “fame & fortune” comes through loud & clear, and YES, the father is a super-bully! The kid is throwing up, Mommy has a pan handy to catch it, and they calmly go on with the interview. Daddy sounds like he is loaded or drunk, too…

SICK, SICK, SICK–and we don’t mean the KID!

gabriel   October 16th, 2009 - 4:07 pm

Will the stupid idiot media people and the likes of Wolf Blitzer stop already? Blitzer and company made this story into a huge international incident by following a balloon live on the air with all the expert analysis and when the kid wasn’t even on the balloon. Any high school physics student could have figured out that the amount of helium inside that balloon would have never gone airborne like that, and at best it might have dragged a 6 year old boy 1 inch off the ground. This is a perfect example of poor reporting getting out of control and it shows how the media can whip a nation into a frenzy over sensationalized unverified reports, no doubt good for ratings. Now they all have egg on their face and want to dig up dirt on this poor fellow and his family making insinuations to turn it into something else. LEAVE THEM ALONE ALREADY. There’s plenty of crime you could be covering on the streets of Chicago, or worthy stories from the mountains of Afghanistan. I used to like Wolf Blitzer, now I can hardly stand to look at his wiskery hairy face.

Hickok   October 16th, 2009 - 4:16 pm

I have the same reaction when I read posts by WTF??, Larsewipe, mark, IceCreams Rover, Gay GOP GUY, whatwhatwhat, et alia.

King Obama   October 16th, 2009 - 4:40 pm

In Glen Beck we trust.

BK   October 16th, 2009 - 5:06 pm

The father should have ended the interview immediately when little Falcon became sick in the nest. His going on for another minute, and responding to a second question from Meredith, is very troubling in and of itself. I am not sure I can blame Vierra b/c I don’t think she had a monitor and probably didn’t know the kid was sick until someone put the word in her ear a minute later.

These people seem to be frauds and it seems the kid himself outed them on Larry King Live last night when he said “We did it for show”. They should be liable for the cost of the rescue mission if it can be proved they pulled this stunt for publicity.

drew   October 16th, 2009 - 5:11 pm

That kid needs to upchuk all the lies and hysteria surrounding this “runaway” balloon!!!!!!!!!!! LMAO

Rick B   October 16th, 2009 - 5:14 pm

“If you’re going to spew, spew in this.”

Idiot \/   October 16th, 2009 - 5:23 pm

People who leave comments on news sites are idiots.

Jack   October 16th, 2009 - 5:30 pm

Both Dad and Mom are pathetic media whores.

Send Dad the rescue bill that amounts to about $14,000. Tell him to grow up like everyone else.

wpp   October 16th, 2009 - 5:53 pm

Considering the balloon likely couldn’t lift 20 pounds and had no carriage, the joke is on us, or at least those who went into a panic.

Takes all types I guess… And yes, Fine The People! The dad clearly understands that that balloon had no chance in heck of lifting the kid.

Roy Rogers   October 16th, 2009 - 5:54 pm

After the earlier lies from his brother that Falcon “fell out” of the balloon, setting off yet another frantic round of highly dramatic horrified speculation, while searchers desperately combed the area desperately hoping not to find any tragic evidence, I just have to wonder; how long WAS the boy was supposed to “hide” in the attic?

ericdrumz   October 16th, 2009 - 6:05 pm

More likely, the kid just got done being subjected to a marathon of Olby and Rachel Madcow…

SmartestOne   October 16th, 2009 - 6:19 pm

Remember OCTOMOM? Well, I did the smart thing and IGNORED her. No articles, no TV shows, no reality shows. In other words, I BOYCOTTED everything she was on or in.

Time for everyone to do the same with this clown Heene and his spawn with the bizarro names!!!

THEY WILL ONLY PROFIT IF THERE IS AN AUDIENCE STUPID ENOUGH TO LAP IT UP.
Don’t buy it!!

Dave   October 16th, 2009 - 6:24 pm

I have the same reaction every time I tune into The Today Show.

Jeremiah Wright   October 16th, 2009 - 6:36 pm

Looks like somebody’s chickennnnsss came hoooommmme to ROOST.

John   October 16th, 2009 - 7:19 pm

Best reaction to “Today Show” interview Evvvahhh.

Goofy Meredith could have cut it short to give the parents
a chance to tend to the kid. Stupid libs want vomit blood. This is
“Ballongate” and no ones going to Dan Rather the Today Show
dam it.

mightyrighty   October 16th, 2009 - 7:23 pm

if i wanted to see vomit come out of anyones mouth id watch obama

chris   October 16th, 2009 - 7:30 pm

I believe the kid is just exhausted. They tape these shows very early, sometimes 5 am, and the family probably had to take a flight out to new York from Denver. The mom had a bucket because I’m sure the kid was throwing up before the cameras started to roll, and they were hoping that he could make it through the segment without getting sick. It was probably too late to back out, and so they went forward with the interview.

The family may be unconventional, and I know that frightens people who are used to church and football on Sundays, and shopping at Wallmart, but I find it kind of refreshing. At least they are living life, and their kids are learning everyday and not glued to the TV.

As for the idiot who asked that the wife be sent back to whatever banana republic she came from, that would be Japan you ignorant moron.

PS.

Annie Le’s story broke my heart. She had unlimited potential both personal and professional. Her loss was senseless and brutal. Here is a nice tribute.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VG2_NI-vZDo

chris   October 16th, 2009 - 7:44 pm

I believe the kid is just exhausted. They tape these shows very early, sometimes 5 am, and the family probably had to take a flight out to new York from Denver. The mom had a bucket because I’m sure the kid was throwing up before the cameras started to roll, and they were hoping that he could make it through the segment without getting sick. It was probably too late to back out, and so they went forward with the interview.

The family may be unconventional, and I know that frightens people who are used to church and football on Sundays, and shopping at Wallmart, but I find it kind of refreshing. At least they are living life, and their kids are learning everyday and not glued to the TV.

As for the idiot who asked that the wife be sent back to whatever banana republic she came from, that would be Japan you ignorant moron.

PS.

Annie Le’s story broke my heart. She had unlimited potential both personal and professional. Her loss was senseless and brutal. Here is a nice tribute.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VG2_NI-vZDo

Ray-500   October 16th, 2009 - 7:45 pm

There was a convenient container, that just happened to be ready for the kid to vomit in? Please! Total scam from the getgo.

ward   October 16th, 2009 - 7:48 pm

If he’s telling the truth then he should have no problem taking a polygraph.

JustAnotherGuy   October 16th, 2009 - 8:21 pm

NBC is backed the healthcare bill that would exterminate the weak kids anyway. Why would they care if he’s puking all over the floor.

eddy   October 16th, 2009 - 9:13 pm

I think he should make money from this if he can the right thing would be to pay back the police and fire resuce involved in this. That’s what I would do and he would be looked at in a different way.

Bottabing   October 16th, 2009 - 9:28 pm

Their must have been a picture of Keith Olbermann or maybe Chris Matthews at the bottom of that cup, that’s enough to make any adult puke never mind a kid

bottabing   October 16th, 2009 - 9:33 pm

Frank you need to do one of two things; either strat or stop drinking!

euthanasia   October 16th, 2009 - 9:34 pm

People like this should not be allowed to breed!

Kenny C   October 16th, 2009 - 10:34 pm

What can you gain…….money…..that contraption couldn’t get off the ground with a kid in it and he knows it…..and where is the compartment…..did the kid supposedly lay on the top……this stinks to high heaven

Rick   October 16th, 2009 - 10:48 pm

Hey, where are the balloon experts? Could this TINY balloon (helium or hot air) EVER lift a kid?
I have tried to send ’stuff’ up in garbage bags etc… and I KNOW 1/2 lb takes a few garbage bags…. a kid weighs what?? 50 lbs ???

That thing NEVER could’a got off the ground!

Chucky   October 16th, 2009 - 10:56 pm

Hey Balloonists, kid scientists, people with common sense.

That balloon could NOT lift a 50lb kid never mind take off across country!!! That balloon would NOT lift my cat….
This is all a HOAX and Daddy knows it – he is a storm chasing scientist – he KNOWS weather balloons and their capabilities….

THIS IS AN INTENTIONAL Hoax!!!

Jacque Bauer   October 16th, 2009 - 11:25 pm

What no one seems to mention (at least I haven’t seen it) is that this small (and make no mistake, it is rather small) helium balloon could NEVER carry a 60 lb boy – WAY too small of a displacement, as any engineer can see.

The largest payload it could possibly carry is between 5-10 lb. You can tell that when you see it in their back yard. They can easily hold it down by just holding on to it. There is no way in hell it could carry a boy, and even the wacko dad surely knows this. This will come out in the next day or two. They are all toast…

Cowboy Diplomat   October 16th, 2009 - 11:29 pm

Can you blame the balloon boy? He just did what most of us feel the need to do when we accidently turn on the Today Show.

Jacque Bauer   October 16th, 2009 - 11:33 pm

The question to ask the dad is, “As any fool can plainly see, this little balloon could not carry a small rodent. What drugs were you on such that you thought it could possibly carry your son?!

Melee   October 16th, 2009 - 11:41 pm

LMFAO! that is hilarious… “blechech, (brothers: oooohhh)” Dad tells mom, “could you DEAL with him!!?” he is in the middle of nationally televised interview and obviously peeved over everything that has happened… incluing a vomiting kid. they should have ended the interview, tisk tisk NBC.
BTW the kid was probably not feeling well before they went on air, (at least that is what I could tell from his body language before he threw up) good for mom to have something close by for him to throw-up in! EWWWW!

Puzzled   October 16th, 2009 - 11:51 pm

How did the 6-year-old kid climb up into that attic? Was there a ladder nearby?

David B.   October 17th, 2009 - 12:13 am

I think we’ve found the opening skit for Saturday Night Live this weekend!

jgold   October 17th, 2009 - 2:04 am

Who cares?

Mortimer Snerd   October 17th, 2009 - 2:47 am

What next? This clown begins shaking spasmodically while an alien head pops out of his abdomen? Too bad that I have to go to UK web sites to learn about any significant news occurring in the world… the US media circus has become the stuff of grocery store tabloids.

Better Character than this Loser   October 17th, 2009 - 7:46 am

Pathetic. I pity the family. How about instead of attention grabbing you RAISE your children right? Think of the therapy these kids will need as adults with a narcissistic father like that. So sad.

Joe Blow   October 17th, 2009 - 8:04 am

I saw this live and you could see the kid’s vomit projecting from his mouth. On this video, NBC has covered the kid with their graphics.

Dave B   October 17th, 2009 - 9:41 am

This is great stuff. Those two are completely off their rocker and their kids will follow suit. An absolute no brainer candidate for a family reality show. Maybe the “Mad Scientists” or something. Yeah, we’re all disgusted and angry about all this….blah blah blah. . . . . . don’t tell me you wouldn’t watch it. People are instinctively curious about crazy people. You don’t believe me?. . . . . how many seasons did they run Anna Nicole Smith’s show? The Heene’s could be a hit.

dina little   October 17th, 2009 - 3:32 pm

That poor kid…this poor family!
Whats the matter with this country????
Why is the media crucifying them???? Why are they going after them like a bunch of rabid jackals?
LEAVE that precious family alone you filthy jackals!

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