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Friday, April 29, 2011

The most bizarre news conference you will ever see!

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I’m pretty sure most of you have heard about the “Roger McDowell incident” at ATT&T/Pac Bell Stadium or whatever the heck it is called these days.

You may not have seen the bizarre dog and pony show by Gloria Allred and her client however.

http://www.tmz.com/videos?autoplay=true&mediaKey=c768a07d-3b51-4591-963e-3966a27b39b9

As if the news conference itself is not outrageous enough, check this out:

Allred explains how McDowell used homophobic slurs and simulated gay sex with a baseball bat.  She actually demonstrates the bat thing and reads from a paper what McDowell said, using words like “effing” and a “crude word for the rear end” (getting effed up the a**).  The point was that her client was sitting in the stands with his two 9 year-old daughters.  Clearly he had a right to be offended.  Now, here is the absolutely bizarre (unbelievably crazy) part, if you have not seen the video yet:

She reads from a piece of paper what McDowell said (his cusses and homophobic slurs, etc.) and twice in front of flashing cameras demonstrates McDowell’s simulated sex act with a baseball bat - but here is the kicker.  She does all that while flanked by her clients’ 9 year-old daughters!  At several points when she says “effing” and “crude word for a rear end” you can see the daughters stifling a smirk.  Now, I am no prude by any means, but is there not irony in this situation?  I’m truly flabbergasted by this news conference.  And what kind of a moronic parent lets his kids participate in this...I don’t even know what to call it…


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