"Look, you dumb redneck. I've already told you once." [jdub]

According to HA, we have a new most-hated person on the internet. In forty-odd minutes, on national broadcast television, San Francisco venture capitalist and superliberal Stephen Fowler managed to verb himself. ABC sent this evil bastard to live with the wife of the mayor of a small Missouri town. Whereupon the limey ex-pat said, oh, things like:

"I think the worst thing that James (his son) could do is to tell me that he wants to move to Missouri. What is wrong with the United States — people in the middle of the country frankly (laughs) are just like you. It’s amazing - uneducated, simple and without a clue about what’s going on in the world. You’re undereducated; over opinionated and you’re overweight. It’s not a good combination Gayla."

“You read that so well. Congratulations. I didn’t know that you could read.” (At the rule change ceremony.)

“Look you dumb redneck, I’ve already told you once.” (In response to Gayla asking him if he would bring the kids gokarting again. Gayla had already asked Stephen this question several times and Stephen had ignored it – at least that’s what we saw on camera.)

"Agenda, that's a big word for you, isn't it?"

Gayla says, “You keep degrading me in front of your kids.” Stephen laughs and says, “That’s easy.” Gayla says, “You think you’re so much better than me”? Stephen says, “I probably earn more in one week than you do in a year.” He walks upstairs and point his finger at Gayla and says “You’re not invited up to the office.”

Stephen Fowler says: I’ve said that you’re underachieving, under educated, over opinionated and overweight.” “Have a nice life. Don’t send any kids after me with a shotgun. Alan asks what Stephen means by his comment and Stephen says, “That’s just a final insult.”

His real wife, who seems like a relatively pleasant person, (a weight-loss "life coach," apparently,) included this in her comments on her blog:

I have asked Stephen to get professional help.

If you're interested, his public apology is right under that post. Is he sincerely contrite? I leave it to you to decide.

Much, much more at the link, including Youtube links. You have to hear the guy's painfully-nasal RP (that's British fancy-talk to you Jesus-humpers) to get the full effect.

Yes, it's wife swap. Yes, it's garbage. But it's worth it. Jackie Passey Paisley and Aleksey Vayner aren't even close to this guy's league. Hell, they don't belong on the same internet.

If you don't check this guy out, you're missing out. Seriously. Please go and watch. Have a pillow or something close by, because you're going to want to hit something. Enjoy your two-minute hate, flyover nation. Some starter material below the jump.

Update: Not sure how I missed this, but apparently the one person defending the Fowlers is a psychic named Hollis Polk. Apparently, they're terribly close. I particularly enjoyed noting that her aggrieved defense of her friends appears two posts up from one entitled "Yes, consciousness affects water: Entagled minds -- crystal replication study." I swear, you can't make these people up.

All Good [ace]: For crap tv, worth a watch. Here's part 5.

Links to the other parts can be found here.

posted by xgenghisx at 11:57 PM

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