Who’s a Good Role Model? Not Richard Heene!

For a few hours, maybe even a few days, the Heene family of Denver Colorado had the world on their side…then their son let the cat out of the bag.

When Falcon Heene mentioned on live TV that “you guys said we did this for the show”, in reference to why he did not come out of hiding even when his parents were yelling for him, it became obvious that the whole thing was a hoax.  The subsequent days showed the little Falcon, who was once believed to be in the runaway balloon floating high above Denver, actually being sick on national television.  Was he so physically ill from lying?  Will Santa Claus bring him any presents this year, or has he been a naughty boy?

If anyone should be withheld from presents, it is the patriarch of the Heene family. Richard Heene and his storm chasing giant balloon are certainly a sad tale.  The man wanted a reality show for his family, but instead got outed across national and international media outlets.

Richard Heene successfully, albeit briefly, hoodwinked the entire world’s media, only to prove that he is about as qualified to raise children as a great white shark.

So what does that mean? Well the parents are rumoured to be pleading guilty to the hoax, but what happens to the children? This episode will surely scar them for life.  I am willing to bet that they will in fact get a reality show when this has all calmed down.  Now that TLC has successfully destroyed a marriage and secured a lifetime of rehab and therapy for 8 children (Jon and Kate plus 8 ) on national television, perhaps their next project will take on the tragic catastrophe that is the Heene family.

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