Yesterday in our story “Publicity stunt or coincidence? Balloon Boy has a video called “I’m Not Pussified,” we suggested that the story was a publicity stunt. But trying to be sensitive to the family, just in case we were wrong, we posed this as a question rather than a charge. Well, we were right. Just listen to not-so-crafty-after-all little co-conspirator Falcon cause his parents Richard and Mayumi to freeze in shock as he tells CNN’s Wolfe Blitzer that “We did this for a show.”
Sounds like another Wife Swap encore is in order for this clever family. Either that, or a visit by Child Protection Services.
Update: Here’s a clip of Wolfe Blitzer coming back to Falcon’s comment, gently asking for clarification. We’re no body language experts, but we’d say he knows he was busted big time. Given Wolfe’s performance on Celebrity Jeopardy last month, we’re lucky he even picked up on the slip.
