I have mixed feelings about what Tucker Chapman did

[CatWoman]

I'm happy that he renounced his father's racism, but I'm not happy with him selling the tape.

Selling that tape somehow diminishes him in my eyes -- if he wanted the truth of his father's disgusting racial views to get out, why charge for it?



Lawyer: Chapman's Son Sold N-Word Tape

HONOLULU — Television bounty hunter Duane "Dog" Chapman's son taped a private phone conversation in which the reality star used a racial slur repeatedly, then sold it to a tabloid for "a lot of money," Chapman's lawyer said Thursday.

"I guess because of whatever level of anger he had of his father, he felt the need to express it in that manner," attorney Brook Hart told The Associated Press.

Tucker Chapman could not be reached for comment; no one answered the telephone at a Honolulu number listed under his name.

The National Enquirer on Wednesday posted on its Web site a clip of a conversation in which Duane Chapman, star of the hit A&E series "Dog the Bounty Hunter," repeatedly used the N-word in reference to Tucker's girlfriend.

Chapman later apologized to his son and the woman, then learned about how the tape got into the tabloid's hands, Hart said.

A&E has suspended production of the series, saying the network takes the matter seriously.

"When the inquiry is concluded, we will take appropriate action," A&E spokesman Michael Feeney said in a statement Thursday.

The show, in its fifth season and one of A&E's top-rated programs, has not been canceled.

An after-hours telephone message for David Perel, the Enquirer's editor in chief, was not immediately returned. But earlier in the day, Perel declined to say how the tape was obtained, saying what mattered was what's on the tape.

http://www.accessatlanta.com/entertainment/content/shared-gen/ap/TV/People_Duane_Chapman.html

[marmar]

1. Seems like a real loving family, that one.

n/t

[babylonsister]

2. I think the apple didn't fall far from the tree. He's doing what his

father probably would have done.

[hlthe2b]

3. that is probably true....

Their sense of "end justifies the means" seems to be a "through-line" in that family.

[rurallib]

4. My thought exactly

Seems like he learned well from Daddy - make a buck wherever and however you can.

[razorman]

5. Of course, this makes him a rat, regardless of how despicable his father's comments were.

His father would be completely justified in booting the boy out of the family.

[CatWoman]

6. that's pretty harsh, don't you think?

would you do that to your child as well?

[razorman]

7. If he ratted me out like that, yes.

Betraying your own family Like Tucker did is harsh, especially since he did it for money.

[CatWoman]

8. children do foolish things; adults do foolish things

its how we react to these foolish things that make us human beings.

[razorman]

9. But this was a serious betrayal.

I heard the tape. While Dog's use of the N-word was uncalled for, it did not sound like the angry, racist rant that the media is portraying. Instead of taking the tape to his dad and confronting him about his use of the language, and asking him to simply stop, Tucker sold it to the Enquirer and has probably severely damaged his family's livelihood.
I have seen the hate in these forums directed at Joe Lieberman for turning on his party, and that's only politics. Betraying your family is much worse.

[CatWoman]

11. not as serious as Dog betraying his son

I just listened to the tape too, and Dog is threatening and scolding his son not to bring that "nigger" around his house.

fuck him.

[Zookeeper]

10. I was wondering how the conversation "happened" to be...

taped! Yes, selling the tape negates any claim of noble motives the son might have.

I also think the son should have just distanced himself from his father rather than turning it into a public brawl.

[Lone_Star_Dem]

12. I agree that the son should not have sold the tapes

I'm not saying he shouldn't have released them, but to charge money for them was wrong.

I can't presume to know what was going on in their family behind closed doors. It does, however, appear that it was not a healthy family unit to those peering in from the outside.

[trash4me]

13. Tucker Chapman

PEOPLE HAVE IT ALL WRONG ABOUT WHAT TUCKER CHAPMAN DID!

YOU ALL DON'T SEE THE PICTURE BECAUSE YOU HAVE NOT SUFFERED
FROM ABUSE!

DOG THE BOUNTY HUNTER OBVIOUSLY HURT TUCKER TO CAUSE HIM TO DO
SOMETHING THAT WOULD SEPARATE HIM FROM HIS FAMILY!

THINK ABOUT IT LOGICALLY!
TUCKER THE YOUNGEST MALE
PROBABLY THE LEAST FAVORITE OF DOGS
ALWAYS BOSSED AROUND BY HIS BROTHERS AND DOG
ALWAYS THE BLUNT OF THE COMMENTS AND JOKES
TIRED OF IT BUT WANTED TO TRY TO STIR THE POT.  
MEETS BLACK GIRL WHOM IS SENSATIVE AND NICE, REALIZES THAT IT
MORE THAN JUST SOMETHING TO MAKE DOG ANGRY.  
TUCKER LIKES HER MORE AND MORE AND THEN FINALLY GETS THE
THREAT FROM HIS DAD THAT IF HE DON'T LEAVE HER HE CAN NOT BE
ON THE SHOW.

TUCKER SETS UP HIS DAD AND GETS LOTS OF MONEY FOR HIM AND THE
GIRL TO STAY TOGETHER AND BE HAPPY.

TUCKER REALIZES THAT HIS FAMILY CAUSED THIS, HE DID NOT.

F-CK THE DOG,  GO TUCKER!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

I AM PROUD OF THE BLACK GIRL ALSO, BECAUSE SHE SEEMS
INTELLIGENT ENOUGH TO STAY BY TUCKER THROUGH THIS STUPID SHIT.

THE BOTH OF YOU ROCK!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[aikoaiko]

14. Asking for money doesn't mean much to me -- especially when you know you're fired

[Pushed To The Left]

15. I really can't blame him under the circumstances

It's bad enough that his father is racist, but it had to hurt to have his father try to convince him not to date a woman he cares about simply due to her race, and to do it in such a hateful manner.