A&E Cancels ‘Dog The Bounty Hunter’
Network Cans Show After Tape Surfaces With Duane ‘Dog’ Chapman Repeatedly Using N-Word
By Steve Donohue -- Multichannel News, 11/2/2007 8:19:00 AM
Two days after a tape surfaced with network star Duane “Dog” Chapman repeatedly using the n-word, A&E said Friday afternoon that it was pulling all episodes of Dog The Bounty Hunter from the air.
“In evaluating the circumstances of the last few days, A&E has decided to take Dog The Bounty Hunter off the network’s schedule for the foreseeable future,” A&E said in prepared statement. “We hope that Mr. Chapman continues the healing process that he has begun.”
A&E suspended Chapman last Wednesday, after the National Enquirer posted an audio clip of Chapman on his Web site using the n-word. Dog, which debuted on A&E in 2004, was one of the first reality shows A&E added to its schedule.
On the audiotape, Chapman is heard using the n-word several times in a telephone conversation with his son Tucker. Chapman expresses his displeasure that Tucker is dating an African American, warning that she could jeopardize the show if she overhears Chapman and his team using the n-word.
“I don’t care if she’s a Mexican, a whore, whatever. It’s not because she’s black. It’s because we use the word n----- sometimes here,” Chapman tells his son. “I’m not going to take a chance ever in life of losing everything I’ve worked for 30 years because some fu—ing n---- heard us saying n-----.”
The Associated Press reported on Friday that Tucker Chapman taped the phone call with his father, and sold it to the Enquirer.
“I guess because of whatever level of anger he had of his father, he felt the need to express it in that manner,” Brook Hart, an attorney for Duane Chapman, told AP.
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I've noticed that some people in this forum think that Dog has stopped doing his job of catching fugitives,He has not. The ones affected by this ridiculous decision by A&E are the people who actually film the show. Sure Dog is losing some revenue from not having the show filmed, But he's still making plenty by doing what he does best! I'm with you Dog! We all make mistakes,Hope we all see you back on the air soon. Whenever A&E get's their heads out of their asses!
Richie - 12/9/2007 12:51:00 AM EST -
Get real. His son is a jerk for using his father to make a buck. We miss Dog and his family and all the good work they do. PUT THEM BACK ON NOW. You made a mistake. Don Imus is back on and what he did was 10 times worse. Face it - sometimes our kids can be jerks.
Pam Konvicka - 12/8/2007 6:43:00 PM EST -
Why is it that black people get all upset when someone calls then the N word, but they call each other it all the time. I think they're just upset because of the whole oppression thing. You just want to take over control of the world. Want to control something? GO CONTROL AFFRICA!!! Obama for president? I don't think so - the next thing you know we will all be eating fried chicken, watermelon and tap dancing. You get all upset when someone calls you the N word, but do we cry racism when you call us HONKIES? Grow up and get a life. And while you're at it, how about taking some cultural diversity classes along with some English language classes. Ebonics is not the official language of America - "YAW-MEAN?"
Unconcerned about your N word - 12/8/2007 12:05:00 PM EST -
I don't think that it is so much that dog used the N word but that he used it repeatedly. The word was termed as a way for people to stigmatize a whole race of people based on bigotry. For a man living in this age of politically correctness I think he brought it on himself so good riddance. also I am a black man and I didn't like Dog prior t this revalation of him being a racist.
cedric Winston - 12/7/2007 11:14:00 AM EST -
I want to wish the family a merry christmas and a great New Year. Keep the faith Dog youll be fine you over came worse then this and made it. I also feel you should be sueing A&E and that kid, its really bad when the EX cant leave you to be happy god bless and stay strong.
lynn - 12/7/2007 2:41:00 AM EST
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