Recently, country singer Hank Williams Jr. made a couple of negative statements about President Obama on Fox News. The singer made an appearance on Fox show "Fox & Friends" with hosts Gretchen Carlson, Steve Doocy, and Brian Kilmeade. He was asked by host Gretchen Carlson about his favorite in the Republican presidential race, he replied "nobody." But the conversation went a different direction when Williams made a comment about the President. Read the dialogue below:
Hank Williams: Remember the golf game?
Steve Doocy: Boehner?
Hank Williams: That was on the biggest political mistakes ever.
Co-Hosts: Why?
Hank Williams: That turned a lot of people off. You know watching, you know, it just didn't go over.
Gretchen Carlson: You mean when John Boehner played golf with President Obama?
Hank Williams: Oh, yeah! And Bident and Kasich, yeah. Uh-huh
Gretchen Carlson: What did you not like about it? It seems to be really pivotal moment for you.
Hank Williams: Come on. Come on. It would be like Hitler playing golf with Netanyahu, Ok?
After the statement was made, the three hosts seemed uncomfortable. Brian Kilmeade said, "Yeah, I don't understand analogy, actually." Williams responded to Klmeade by stating"
"I'm glad you don't brother, because a lot of people do. They're the enemy.... Obama! And Biden! Are you kidding/ The Three Stooges."
At the end of the interview, Carlson said she disavowed Hank's comments.
Peep what went down below:
Well, Hank's comments really backfired. Every Monday, Espn uses Hank's song "Are You Ready For Some Football" as the open intro to Monday Night Football. Espn decided to pull the song and released this statement on Monday:
"While Hank William, Jr. is not an ESPN employee, we recognize that he is colosely linked to our company through the open to Monday Night Football. We are extremely disappointed with his comments, and as a result we have decided to pull the open from tonight's telecast."
Hank also released a statement about the incident on Fox News Channel:
"Some of us have strong opinions and are often misunderstood. My analogy was extreme-but it was to make a point. i was simply trying to explain how stupid it seemed to me- how ludicrous that pairing was.
They're polar opposites and it made no sense. They don't see eye to eye and never will. I have always respected the office of the President. Every time the media bring up the tea party its painted as racist and extremists- but there's never a backslash- no outrage to those comparisons... Working class people are hurting- and it doesn't seem like anybody cares. When both sides are high-fiving it on the ninth hole when everybody else is without a job- it makes a whole lot of us angry. Something has to change. The policies have to change."
Not yet done with his apologies, Hank released another apology on his official website titled "THANKS TO MY SUPPORTERS":
I have always been very passionate about Politics and Sports and this time it got the Best or Worst of me. The thought of the Leaders of both Parties Jukin and High Fiven on a Golf course, while so many Families are Struggling to get simply made me Boil over and make a Dumb statement and I am very Sorry if it Offended anyone. I would like Thank all my supporters. This was Not written by some Publicist." -Hank Williams Jr.
People make mistakes, but did Hank take it too far with his comments. What are you thoughts on this matter? Do you believe he's really sorry?
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