Balloon Boy tosses his cookies live on Today Show

[tomm2thumbs]

I won't post in videos but thought it shows what the kid thinks of his dad's story

Link to Bubble Boy Throwing up live on Today Show

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZY-06rut5vQ

poor kid - I'm sick of his parents too

[saltpoint]

1. An entirely appropriate response to mainstream media in the United States.

[tomm2thumbs]

2. gawd, you can't write this stuff

the other boys' expressions are priceless - kids being kids

[ReverendDeuce]

3. I am still LOL'ing... oh gawd

I am dying of laughter over here... bahaha

The expression on his dad's face is priceless... hahahaha

[Ian David]

4. OMG! Did you see the look on his brother's face when he got puked on? n/t

[NOW tense]

5. The media deserves every second of this.

All the media does is report on hoaxes.

[malaise]

6. The father looks pissed

That's priceless - a perfect end.

[adamuu]

22. you think it's over? n/t

[ejpoeta]

7. yeah that was gross. i can't understand why this story is getting so much airtime.

i mean, yes, glad the kid is ok and it was a horrifying thought that a kid was in the balloon.... but come on!! is it a slow news day?

[ecstatic]

8. In the interview last night, did anyone notice how the two younger boys

would cough loudly when their older brother began lying? Kids are a trip! :)

[amyrose2712]

9. Why are they still on tv while their kid is puking? A-Holes! nt

[tomm2thumbs]

10. That dad thinks he's Eddie Furlong from Terminator, all growed up

I'm from the future - I'm here to save the world from UFO's ... uh, by building them.

[Maine-ah]

11. what a couple off assholes that kid's parents are

[ReverendDeuce]

12. Still in a fit of giggles here... Tears streaming down my face...

I am positively cackling! It's 5AM and I should be asleep, but insomnia beckoned... LOL

The pappy's reaction is absolutely hysterical! He has this expression of "this fucking kid!"... LOL

[stray cat]

13. He threw up on another show as well so he appears to really be ill

[muriel_volestrangler]

14. What - he threw up, and they didn't then cancel the second show?

Wow, that's a dumb pair of parents.

[Ms. Toad]

16. That explains why mom had the container handy.

I thought it was a little too quick for an unexpected barf.

[TornadoTN]

17. They claim they don't want to do interviews, but they are all over the news wall-to-wall

It's really telling about their true intentions in this scam.

[chatnoir]

24. They were also on GMA w/Diane Sawyer

The off camera sound effects were too much, especially when Balloon Boy Dad said, "It doesn't sound good in there", when the kid ran to the bathroom.

[ecstatic]

23. He wasn't sick last night. Was he drugged in order to prevent more

truthful outbursts?

[gkhouston]

27. Could be stress or a passive-agressive way of saying he doesn't like the situation. n/t

[TornadoTN]

15. They wanted the attention - and they got it

Hopefully people are waking up to this scam the more and more they put their faces out there.

Last night, the dad was giving a pity party about how he didn't want to do interviews, but yet he was on TV endlessly from 6PM EST to 11 PM EST, maybe later but I had stopped giving a damn by that point.

[Monk06]

18. That family is a bit tweaked. I think there are some issues there beyond RTV and hurricane hunting.

[blondeatlast]

25. "...a BIT tweaked." Make that full-on scary tweaked IMHO. nt

[Happyhippychick]

19. He must have been puking all day - his mom had a tupperware handy. Assholes.

[jeffbr]

20. Swine flu?

[cbdo2007]

21. Probably fake altitude sickness from his flight yesterday.

Imagine how your stomach would feel after not flying in that balloon thing up to 8,000 feet and then it coming down. Geez, his stomach must have not been in knots the whole time.

[JBoy]

26. Hantavirus from inhaling mouse dropping particles in the attic.

[Strelnikov_]

28. Poor little fella n/t

[TwilightGardener]

29. That's kind of sad. His parents are just total screw ups.

edit to add: and apparently they made him a filthy-mouthed, disrespectful brat. I hope they change their ways and start raising him better.

[lonestarnot]

30. Looks like that baby may be a victim of child abuse!

[Bonobo]

31. Ipecac. nt

[Lone_Star_Dem]

32. Poor, baby. What kind of people are his parents?

Forcing the little guy to do television interviews when he can't even keep from vomiting?

[tilsammans]

33. That poor kid, indeed!

They STAYED on the set while the poor little guy is puking his brains out?! They couldn't take him backstage at least?

Lovely parents, they are. :sarcasm: