Fox News host John Gibson is known for being controversial and outspoken, but this time he was also inconsiderate and tasteless.
On the day Heath Ledger died, Gibson opened his show with funeral music that had clips from Brokeback Mountain dubbed in. When the iconic quote from the movie, “I wish I knew how to quit you,” is played, Gibson responds with, “Well, he found out how to quit you.”
He went on to cold heartedly ridicule the tragedy and even called Ledger a ‘weirdo’ even though he did not know him. He rambled on, adding that Heath had a ’serious drug problem’ because he read it on TMZ and ‘TMZ is right about everything….about 90% of the time’
After that came the clip, “We’re dead,” as spoken by Ledger in the movie. Followed by Gibson repeating it. Then the clip again.
He brought up Ledger’s death throughout the remainder of his show, joking that maybe Heath killed himself because he was going to lose money in the stock market, or that maybe he was a John Edwards supporter.
When Brokeback Mountain was released, Gibson was obviously not a fan. He mocked the filmed repeatedly, calling it “a gay agenda movie.”
So because this guy is homophobic he felt the need to bash Ledger, his death and his career? How inconsiderate to the grieving family. Simply classless and cold.
This is infuriating and moronic. People like this think that just because someone is outside the mainstream, or different from them, that somehow gives them the right to sling mud at them and transcend the boundaries of good taste and common decency. It’s ironic that the same people who he would probably call freaks are the ones who are showing more respect and class. In his pursuit of fame and notoriety, he has obviously lost touch with basic human values he would probably say he stands for, like having respect for families. The idiocy is that he completely overlooks the fact that Heath Ledger was a heterosexual man who had the compassion and courage to play a part in a movie – I guess Gibson can’t tell the difference between picture shows and real life.
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Fox and Gibson disgust me.
i agree Mitsu! John Gibson Is a complete waste of space on this planet. How dare he insult someone who just died JUST because he played a gay actor in a movie. Ok so say he was gay…who the hell is he to mock and make fun of him anyway? Gibson is a fucking pathetic homophobic asshole.