Reality Roll Call

According to TMZ.com, cable network A&E has suspended production of their reality show, Dog the Bounty Hunter, pending investigation of a tape released of Duane “Dog” Chapman’s expletive and racially charged phone call to his son.

The story, which was first released by the National Enquirer, involves a recording of Chapman, seemingly explaining why his son could not date a particular girl. It appears that Dog did not want to take the risk of ruining his 30-year career, because in his environment they like to use the N-word, and he does not want to take the chance that, “some f****** n***** heard us say n*****, and turned us into the Enquirer magazine…” Talk about self-fulfilling prophecy.

Here’s a solution: how about you just don’t use the word, and then you don’t have to worry about anything?

Chapman has already taken the first unspoken step of celebrity bigotry redemption by calling the Reverand Al Sharpton. I am still trying to figure out what they think that really does, except for maybe stopping Sharpton from blowing the situation up. It’s not a character-redeeming step. Only time will tell if the situation becomes so detrimental for Dog that he feels the need to take the next step of celebrity bigotry redemption: therapy/rehab.

To hear the full recording, click here.