Wednesday, April 15, 2009
Crazy Crap / Media / Silverman Apparently Someone Does Remember the Toby Keith/Kris Kristofferson Incident
Posted by Jack Silverman on Wed, Apr 15, 2009 at 7:31 AM
- In a Rolling Stone story on Kris Kristofferson, Ethan Hawke describes a scene at Willie Nelson's 70th birthday concert in 2003 in which Kristofferson allegedly chewed out a star who "had a monster radio hit about bombing America's enemies back into the Stone Age" for saying, "None of that lefty shit out there tonight, Kris."
- On April 3, Tennessean music reporter Peter Cooper pokes fun at Ethan Hawke for making it completely obvious that the unnamed star is Toby Keith, yet refusing to name him.
- On April 5, Toby Keith denies that the incident ever happened, and for some bizarre reason chews out Peter Cooper in front of a gaggle of reporters in the press room at the Academy of Country Music Awards. A video of the incident soon hits the Internet. Keith erroneously claims that Kristofferson also denied it happened, when in fact, Kristofferson merely said, "I have no memory of talking so tough to anyone at Willie's birthday party...." And there's a lot he doesn't remember.
The Rolling Stone story brought a denial from Keith last week. And Kristofferson himself has retreated from the situation. "Actually, I like Toby Keith, but I don't agree with his politics," said Kristofferson, who will perform tonight in Minneapolis. "There are a lot things in artistry that transcend politics." He says he doesn't even remember the exchange with Keith, but his wife does. "That's something that happened six years ago," he said, "and I can't even remember what I had for breakfast."
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What a right wing P*ssy!
I'm left wing Marine Vet myself and those P*ssy arse singers that make a buck about the war or patriotism is a bunch of bunk!
Toby Keith is a big fat vadge!
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To Anonymous @9:44:
Ok, I'm totally with you, except for one not-so-little thing. Is it really necessary to use derogatory terms about a woman's anatomy to get across the point that TK is a jackass? Fail... epic fail.
(Seriously, though, TK IS a jackass.)
I know that Toby Keith has a Lot of Respect for Willie Nelson & wouldn't do anything that make Willie Think less of Him & If He
did it was a mistake Isn't Toby allowed to make Mistakes Toby is a human being like the
rest of us. I love Toby unconditionally No matter what he does even if he did the worst thing in the world. I would Not like the choice He made but I would not stop
loving Him & I would help Him get out of it
by supporting him. When I say I Love Toby I don't mean as a boyfriend I Mean I Love Him as a Big Brother & I really Look up to Him as such
Dear Anonymous, That was a VERY Rude thing
you just wrote. I believe in Freedom of the press But I also think that should not include abusive comments If you don't Like
Toby Fine But use constructive criticism instead of Abusive Destructive Criticism.
It really Hurts my Heart Reading Those Awful things about Toby
Kris Kristofferson also said he liked Toby just didn't agree with his politics. Isn't being able to have your own opinion what America is all about. Keith has done a lot for children's charities, for veterans etc. So while you may not agree with his politics, if you believe in America and the Bill of Rights and Constitution, you should believe in right to express his views and opinions just like Kris Kristofferson has the right to express his views and opinions. And give TK credit where it is due, he does a lot for soldiers, veterans and children.
