VIDEO: Balloon Boy Vomits While Parents Defend Family
Posted on Oct 16, 2009 @ 10:00AM
Richard Heene, the father of the six-year-old mistakenly believed to have floated off to his doom in a helium balloon Thursday, told Good Morning America on Friday that rumors the incident was a publicity-driven ruse are "extremely pathetic." During the appearance, the young boy Falcon had to run off-camera to vomit several times.
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"We were holding on to every second, every second, just hoping he might come out okay," Richard said. The family explained that Falcon’s vomiting is a side-effect of his asthma (a concerned Diane Sawyer suggested the boy's mother Mayumi accompany him).
Richard, a former weatherman, continued defending the family's innocence in the incident after doubts were raised following a Thursday night appearance with CNN's Wolf Blitzer. When Blitzer asked Falcon why he didn't come out from his family's garage (where he was during the harrowing ordeal) while they searched for him, Falcon turned to his father and said to him, "You had said that we did this for a show."
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Blitzer followed up on the awkward moment later in the program, asking the boy to explain the "show" comment, to the dismay of the boy's father, Richard. Heene got defensive immediately: "I think I can see the direction you guys are hedging on this ... and I'm kind of appalled, after all of the feelings that I went through, up and down, that you guys are trying to suggest something else. Blitzer backpedaled from the insinuation, but the seed of doubt had been cast.
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Heene explained Falcon’s comments on Friday, saying the boy was referring to his having to reenact the incident for cameras.
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A worldwide audience watched as the homemade helium balloon soared 7,000 feet over eastern Colorado for just under two hours; it was revealed during the dramatic incident that the boy's family had gained fame on the ABC reality show Wife Swap. The family has been making the media rounds since the incident occurred.
"I'm not selling anything,” Richard said. “This is what we do all the time. I don't have a can of beans to sell. This is just another day in the life of what we do."
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Jan 15, 2010 @ 14:43
this dad tried very hard to get on tv for the money. He wants his family to be another Jon & Kate plus 8 , Please save the kids. that poor boy, he only told the truth. SHAME on you for making a child lie and be sure it will come back and get you
Posted Sat, 10/17/2009 - 1:03am
You can tell this is for money money money and look that is exactly what they are getting......... look how it is all over the news and online already....... I hope they make this Dad pay and the Mother as well.
Posted Sat, 10/17/2009 - 1:01am
i saw that Heene guy jerk that Falcon's shoulder hard during the interview. he was making this little boy afaid and very nervous. what a f***in Bast**d for a DAD!!! CPS, look into this very soon..before he comes up missing like Hailey/Kaleigh!!!
Posted Fri, 10/16/2009 - 5:25pm
I'd vomit too, if I had parents like that.... Good luck kid, and when the day arrives that you turn 18, RUN !!!!
Posted Fri, 10/16/2009 - 4:22pm
this all went from super funny to super unfunny within a day. I watched the episode of Wife swap and they are horrible parents. The kids cuss up a storm and parents are Assclowns~. they made ballonboy sick!
Posted Fri, 10/16/2009 - 12:49pm
They should have never brought those kids on Good Morning America, horrible parents!@ The parents should have to answer for themselves! That poor kid!
Posted Fri, 10/16/2009 - 12:41pm
It has been on other sites now, the father has been pitching a show about him and his wild kids to EVERYONE. Someone needs to stop him or he will soon be hanging around Jon Gosselin, and Michael Lohan as a member of The Ass Clown Club
Posted Fri, 10/16/2009 - 12:29pm
How very SAD and PATHETIC PARENTS!!! Poor Kids :(
Posted Fri, 10/16/2009 - 12:23pm
Poor kid. He obviously barfed because he knows this thing was staged. At the very least, he and his brothers thought it would be funny to do. But I really do think that his parents put him up to it. Disgusting excuses for parents.
Posted Fri, 10/16/2009 - 11:38am
You should see their vide on youtube. They have the kids doing a foul mouthed music video. Look up Wife Swap Heene boys Not Pussified music video
Posted Fri, 10/16/2009 - 11:09am