In response to this story, A&E network has released a statement saying: "A&E has just learned of the story released by the National Enquirer concerning Duane Dog Chapman. We take this matter very seriously. Pending an investigation, we have suspended production on the series. When the inquiry is concluded we will take appropriate action."

http://www.nationalenquirer.com/dog_bounty_hunter_racial_slur_tape/celebrity/64325

10/31/2007 8:05:36 PM

hell fucking yes

give him a prime time spot on every fucking channel


free speech bitches

10/31/2007 8:06:52 PM

national enquirer?

srsly?

10/31/2007 8:07:12 PM

Well, I thought the same until I listened to the tape....

10/31/2007 8:07:56 PM

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"And now a civil rights leader is calling for Dog's TV show to be removed from the airwaves."

are you kidding me... a new low

fucking civil rights leaders are so gay

10/31/2007 8:08:20 PM

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"In evaluating the circumstances of the last few days, A&E has decided to take Dog The Bounty Hunter off the network's schedule for the foreseeable future. We hope that Mr. Chapman continues the healing process that he has begun."

PWNT

11/24/2007 1:32:26 PM

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"Audiotape of Chapman using racial slur “ Duane "Dog" Chapman: I don't care if she's a Mexican, a whore or whatever. It's not because she's black, it's because we use the word nigger sometimes here. I'm not gonna take a chance ever in life of losing everything I've worked for for 30 years because some fucking nigger heard us say nigger and turned us in to the Enquirer magazine. Our career is over! I'm not taking that chance at all! Never in life! Never! Never! If Lyssa [Dog's daughter] was dating a nigger, we would all say 'fuck you!' And you know that. If Lyssa brought a black guy home ya da da... it's not that they're black, it's none of that. It's that we use the word nigger. We don't mean you fucking scum nigger without a soul. We don't mean that shit. But America would think we mean that. And we're not taking a chance on losing everything we got over a racial slur because our son goes with a girl like that. I can't do that Tucker. You can't expect Gary, Bonnie, Cecily, all them young kids to [garbled] because 'I'm in love for 7 months' - fuck that! So, I'll help you get another job but you can not work here unless you break up with her and she's out of your life. I can't handle that shit. I got 'em in the parking lot trying to record us. I got that girl saying she's gonna wear a recorder... Tucker Chapman: I don't even know what to say. ” In March 2007, during this taped conversation[24][25][26] with his son Tucker, Chapman used strong language, including the word "nigger", when referring to Monique Shinnery, his son's African-American girlfriend. The audiotape, which Tucker sold to the National Enquirer,[27] has prompted a coalition of civil rights leaders to call for Chapman's popular Dog the Bounty Hunter show on A&E to be canceled[28]. After the tape was made public, A&E announced it was suspending production for the series pending an investigation.[29][30][31] Conservative civil rights leader Roy Innis said that Chapman "should not have a show".[32] On 1 November 2007, Chapman issued a public statement apologizing for his "regrettable use of very inappropriate language".[33] Chapman also claimed that the statements were taken out of context and that he was "disappointed in his [son's] choice of a friend, not due to her race, but her character"[33], his lawyer claimed Chapman's son sold the recording of his father's conversation to the National Enquirer for "a lot of money".[33] On 2 November 2007, A&E announced it is removing the show from their schedule "for the foreseeable future". [34] On the same day Yum Brands announced pulling ad support for the TV series. [35]"

from http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Duane_Chapman

he was ranting about the thing that ended up happening

that's amazing, and sad

[Edited on November 24, 2007 at 1:36 PM. Reason : .]

11/24/2007 1:35:40 PM

This is going to make for an uncomfortable holiday season at the Dog House.

Dog - Hey son, I just want to thank you for ruining my reputation on an international level and ruining my source of income just so you can look good for your girlfriend. I appreciate that. Please place your mouth on the end of this shotgun so I can kill you, you ungrateful little faggoty piece of shit.

Dog Son- I am video recording our entire holiday season in hopes of being able to sell you out again for a couple hundred bucks to National Enquirer so I can get my mullet trimmed.

11/24/2007 1:39:01 PM

Its not cuz shes a nigger its cuz we will call her a nigger

11/24/2007 1:39:48 PM

yeah i know. he seriously called it. but cause america is stupid he loses

^its cause he doesnt want to watch what he says around his own house because so many people cant handle a few WORDS.

11/24/2007 1:40:14 PM

Is it offensive to black folks if I listen to music that uses the n-word? I mean, that's almost like approving of the usage by paying money for say 99.9% of rap music.

I say we throw the 1st Amendment completely out of the picture in this country.

Let's start banning all kinds of phrases and other words and usuages that might make someone feel funny on the inside.

PS - Dog is an idiot for realizing the issue and continuing to allow the behavior that he was so acutely aware could ruin his income. Fuck him I guess.

11/24/2007 1:46:51 PM

paul wall would be offended

11/24/2007 1:47:39 PM

Dog was fucking red neck anyway.

oh well.

11/24/2007 1:49:26 PM

hahahah holy shit

paul wall is black?!?!1

11/24/2007 1:57:47 PM

i feel bad for Dog

11/24/2007 1:59:35 PM

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"he was ranting about the thing that ended up happening "

that's what's so AWESOME about this story. it was like PROPHECY.

11/24/2007 2:01:16 PM

i saw him crying on larry king about this.

11/24/2007 2:01:37 PM

one would think that you could trust your own family...

11/24/2007 2:02:08 PM

it was an inappropriate conversation. how racist would you have to be to have guidelines for saying racist sh!t in your home. it's sorta fucked up. i think he deserved this one. and +plus, "didn't DOG kidnap a mexican kid in Mexico and force himself on the kid".


there's like a bounty in mexico for him.

11/24/2007 2:04:28 PM

I love the talk about a "healing process" whenever some dumbass celebrity shoots off his mouth.

11/24/2007 2:26:12 PM

just get out the bear mace and get it over with.

11/24/2007 3:02:15 PM

interestingly enough, it wasn't him being racist, it was him talking about using a derogatory term but (most likely) not in a racist way, ie "nigger rigged" or "fuck shit nigger" (curse words) in the vicinity of a person who might be offended and cause a big scene (lol stereotype)

gg on civil rights groups putting another guy in the gutter over a small issue

11/24/2007 6:03:58 PM

the naacp and its civil rights bullshit are the worst thing to ever happen to this country.

[Edited on November 24, 2007 at 6:09 PM. Reason : ]

11/24/2007 6:08:24 PM

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"he was ranting about the thing that ended up happening"

11/24/2007 6:17:08 PM

difference between Dog and Imus: Dog said this in private. not on his show. but yeah, let's ruin his show anyway (that'll make him love civil rights aka black people even more)

i don't approve of what he said... i just think the whole thing is completely stupid.

11/24/2007 6:18:07 PM

i don't approve or disapprove of what he said, it's not my business to do either, and it's not yours, or anyone else's for that matter

complete and utter bullshit that he's losing this shit over this

11/24/2007 6:19:25 PM

wait, why did his son sell the recording?

and yeah, apparently in today's america, you can't even talk freely at home. this is such bullshit that goes against most things that america stands for.

11/24/2007 6:25:03 PM

for the ca$h money man, and i guess to get back at him for talkin about his girlfriend?

11/24/2007 6:38:20 PM

ca$h money

well duh, 0EPII1

yeah, i was just thinking if i would do it or not... i don't know. if i hated my father, or didn't feel much for him to begin with, i guess i might, but if that was the first time he was horrible to me, no way.

11/24/2007 6:43:36 PM

Well they probably had a pretty awkward Thanksgiving dinner.

11/25/2007 2:01:55 PM

nigger

11/25/2007 2:04:09 PM