Quoted: Joe Francis
Excerpted by Latoya Peterson
His enemies list has grown as he sits in jail, and it was recently expanded to include Access Hollywood reporter Maria Menounos, who did an interview Francis didn’t like. “She called me the ‘ever defiant Joe Francis,’ ” he howls. “Fuck yeah, I’m defiant! It’s like that defiant Rosa Parks won’t give up her seat. Fuck you, Maria. The ever defiant Nelson Mandela just can’t stand apartheid. The ever defiant Martin Luther King. The ever defiant Jesus Christ. You fucking stupid whore. If I saw Maria Menounos, I’d punch her in the face.”As the tirade ends, he quietly starts repairing the phone he busted by banging it against the glass. “I’m not comparing myself to Rosa Parks or Jesus Christ. I’m comparing myself to someone standing up for their rights,” he says. “I’m just saying you can have an unpopular person who is criminalized and demonized. Jesus Christ was crucified by Pontius Pilate at my age. He was not a popular guy.”
—From “The Prisoner in Cell Block DD,” originally published in the April 2008 edition of GQ.
ETA: For those of you who are not aware, Joe Francis is famous for producing the Girls Gone Wild DVD franchise.
Carmen Van Kerckhove is co-founder and president of
Mary wrote:
There’s just not enough bad things in the world that can happen to Joe Francis.
Posted 25 Apr 2008 at 7:58 am ¶
shirky wrote:
thanks for the ETA there, I didn’t know who he was though the misogyny comes across loud and clear in his little rant. It fits.
Posted 25 Apr 2008 at 8:24 am ¶
Roy wrote:
Head, meet desk.
*bang**bang**bang*
“Hey, I’m not comparing myself to MLK or Rosa Parks, but, like, I’m just like them.”
And I bet Jesus often said “If I saw Pontius Pilate, I’d punch him in the face.”
Or maybe not.
Posted 25 Apr 2008 at 8:33 am ¶
Feminist Punk! wrote:
Joe Francis is scum, period.
Posted 25 Apr 2008 at 8:39 am ¶
atlasien wrote:
I’m surprised more people aren’t coming to his defense; after all, he’s such a charming, pleasant, prince of a man.
Narcissism to the nth degree…
Posted 25 Apr 2008 at 9:12 am ¶
Josh wrote:
he’s a dick, what do you expect? why does anyone even bother to talk about him?
Posted 25 Apr 2008 at 9:21 am ¶
RainaWeather wrote:
Well, he’s a dick but but I agree. Everyone has rights.
Posted 25 Apr 2008 at 9:24 am ¶
Latoya Peterson wrote:
I personally found it hilarious he compared himself to all of these civil rights icons (and Jesus!) when in reality, he’s just a soft pornographer.
A comparison to Larry Flynt? Yeah, I would have seen that as reasonable. But I am always amused by people who style themselves oppressed and draw an immediate correlation to the civil rights movement/certain civil rights leaders.
Posted 25 Apr 2008 at 9:24 am ¶
The Cruel Secretary wrote:
Co-sign, Latoya. But first, I gotta finish laughing at this man’s foolishness….
Posted 25 Apr 2008 at 9:41 am ¶
A wrote:
I am laughing through my tears with this one. It’s funny to me how people think being (in)famous gives them a free pass to feel as if they have something worthwhile to say… and it’s sad that the general public seems to agree.
Posted 25 Apr 2008 at 10:03 am ¶
gatamala wrote:
A comparison to Larry Flynt? Yeah, I would have seen that as reasonable. But I am always amused by people who style themselves oppressed and draw an immediate correlation to the civil rights movement/certain civil rights leaders
He’s no Larry Flynt
!
I hope Schillinger & nem get a hold of him.
Posted 25 Apr 2008 at 10:35 am ¶
Ottermatic wrote:
I’m usually above saying things like this, but:
Die, Joe Francis. Die.
Posted 25 Apr 2008 at 10:43 am ¶
Feminist Punk! wrote:
I even heard that Hugh Hefner (the founder of Playboy) refuses to have anything with Joe Francis. Not that I respect or admire Hugh Hefner, but I found that really funny.
Posted 25 Apr 2008 at 11:13 am ¶
DivergentDana wrote:
ROFL… I’m not mad @ him. He’s made my day. I’m sure interviewing him wasn’t the highlight of Menounos’ life, either.
Posted 25 Apr 2008 at 11:16 am ¶
flutterfli007 wrote:
He is such an ass. Was what she said really that antagonistic in his mind. Really?? What a little crybaby b*tch! ‘Can’t be more antagonist than having to watch all those d*mn video commercials on all the time on late night tv. I hope he has to show his titties (and more) all the time in prison!!
Posted 25 Apr 2008 at 11:59 am ¶
Ali wrote:
This is PRICELESS. Now Joe Francis is invoking Civil Rights icons to legitimize his “struggle”? Seriously, comparisons to MLK and Jesus. I don’t even know where to begin… This is almost as good as that time on the Tyra Banks show when he said he didn’t put black girls in his videos because they demanded to be paid! It’s too bad this still won’t be enough to stop little 18 and 19 year olds (note: colored girls need not apply) from taking it all off to help buy him another mansion.
Posted 25 Apr 2008 at 12:56 pm ¶
marge twain wrote:
@flutterfli007: Sorry, no justice there. I read that article in GQ. He was in the county jail, not prison and he was kept away from the other inmates in a private cell with a phone and movies to watch, ordering food from different restaurants everyday…Y’know just like Nelson Mandela.
And not only has he said he doesn’t want black girls on his videos, he gives his cameramen bonuses for women with blond hair/blue eyes:
http://www.slate.com/id/2097485/
Also he’s a rapist who claims he can’t be a rapist b/c he has sisters. Really, this has to be read to be believed:
http://www.latimes.com/entertainment/news/business/la-tm-gonewild32aug06,1,4686785.story
Posted 25 Apr 2008 at 1:22 pm ¶
meownette wrote:
I didn’t think it was possible, but wow, I hate Joe Francis EVEN MORE.
Posted 25 Apr 2008 at 2:07 pm ¶
amory wrote:
ph(ewwww.)
Ditto, Mary, ditto.
Posted 25 Apr 2008 at 2:14 pm ¶
gatamala wrote:
FP,
I’ve read some other articles on Joe Francis (regarding his assault of a report). While Hef has a love for a strange, hyperidealized type of woman, Joe Francis hates all women. Period.
Posted 25 Apr 2008 at 2:14 pm ¶
gatamala wrote:
^^ reporter
Posted 25 Apr 2008 at 2:14 pm ¶
Ali wrote:
That’s some fancy detective work there marge twain! I wish they’d send this fool to real prison so the “tossed salad man” (Chris Rock’s Bigger and Blacker anyone?) can make him his bitch!
Posted 25 Apr 2008 at 2:26 pm ¶
napthia9 wrote:
Ugh. UGH. I wish there was some sort of write-in campaign to Comedy Central or whatever to convince them not to sell ad space to Francis and GGW. It shouldn’t be possible to hate a stranger this much.
And there are way too many damn people willing to apologize for him because they want the exploitative crap he sells. Douches.
Posted 25 Apr 2008 at 2:28 pm ¶
Lyonside wrote:
Um, I despise the dude as much as the next person, but can we please not use misogynist (bitch, in 2 seperate comments) and rape-praising language to excoriate him? Not to play Net Police, but it isn’t cool, especially when talking about a manipulative narcissist sitting in jail for rape.
Posted 25 Apr 2008 at 2:36 pm ¶
DivergentDana wrote:
I didn’t see anything about black chicks in either article, marge twain, but I did get the distinct impression that this man is full of lose.
Posted 25 Apr 2008 at 2:38 pm ¶
Kaonashi wrote:
Didn’t he go on record saying that the reason why he didn’t have a lot of Black or Asian chicks in his videos was because they expected to get paid for appearing in the videos and he didn’t “do that?”
Ugh.
Posted 25 Apr 2008 at 3:29 pm ¶
eric daniels wrote:
He started this sthick of Public Access T.V. in tampa in the 90’s and like R. Kelly he’s a victim of what?
Let me see here, a year ago R. Kelly compared himself to Ali, Malcolm X, Marvin Gaye and Jackie Robinsion because he was “suffering” for having to go to trail for molesting teenaged girls while the former were influential in their respective fields for the right reasons. Now Joe Francis is feeling “Opressed” and comparing himself to Mandela and Rosa Parks for being criticized rightfully showing drunk high school and college aged white girls to “SHOW US YOUR T*TS” the oldest fratboy prank in the modern American Life. At least it is a step up from what he and his friends used to show on public access in tampa in the early 90’s, local strippers taking off their clothes in a contest for 50 dollars.
Posted 25 Apr 2008 at 4:28 pm ¶
marge twain wrote:
@Kaonishi and Dana, yeah, I think I saw that on a Tyra show once. Ali says the same above. I know waay more than I want to about this @#%*&^!
Posted 25 Apr 2008 at 5:32 pm ¶
Erika wrote:
Ugh. He’s a piece of shit who doesn’t deserve ANY publicity.
Posted 25 Apr 2008 at 8:36 pm ¶
Hilary wrote:
HA Ha ha ha ha ha!
What would Jesus do? Punch that f*cking whore in the face, apparently.
Posted 25 Apr 2008 at 9:00 pm ¶
gothic guera wrote:
L is loser that discribes you sir!
Posted 25 Apr 2008 at 9:42 pm ¶
RainaWeather wrote:
I always thought Black girls just didn’t do it because their parents would kill them.
Posted 26 Apr 2008 at 1:24 am ¶
Elaine Vigneault wrote:
I hate that guy.
Posted 26 Apr 2008 at 2:04 am ¶
iamnotstarjones wrote:
Here’s the part that I will never fathom…
how come not one of the fathers of the girls featured in Francis’ videos
speaks out against his filth?
Like why isn’t there a
JoeFrancisWatch Blog?
Where are the Dads on this?
Yes it is funny
that he’s comparing his troubles to Rosa Parks, Nelson Mandela
who Joe probably didn’t know existed until his lawyer
explained it to him.
Joe Francis proves that money isn’t everything because it doesn’t care whose pockets it fills.
Posted 27 Apr 2008 at 2:22 pm ¶
sfsinger wrote:
I wondered how he was able to get away with his actions for as long as he did.
Posted 28 Apr 2008 at 12:05 am ¶
Gregory A. Butler wrote:
Regarding that great human rights hero Joe Francis, I feel I must paraphrase that great social commentator Dennis Leary – “He’s an Asshole, He’s an Asshole, He’s an Asshole, The World’s Biggest Asshole!!!”
Posted 28 Apr 2008 at 2:44 am ¶
Eun-jung wrote:
Haha!! THANK YOU FOR THIS LAUGH!!
“Jesus Christ?” Are you serious? You like to take barely legal girls (if that) and sit them in your GGW RV with all its cum-stain glory and take raunchy videos that only 16-year old prepubescent boys (or 30-some men who live with their moms) find the least bit amusing and titilating.
Good grief.
Posted 28 Apr 2008 at 11:56 am ¶
Erica B. wrote:
Sometimes, people are loathed and hated because they bring a tough message that society needs to hear. Sometimes, people are loathed and hated because they are worthless assclowns.
I don’t think that he’s in the former category.
Posted 28 Apr 2008 at 2:46 pm ¶