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Balloon boy hoax (en.wikipedia.org)

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[–] PhilipTheBucket@ponder.cat 3 points 4 hours ago (1 children)

When Falcon and his family were being interviewed later in the day by Wolf Blitzer on CNN's Larry King Live he asked Falcon, "Why did you not come out of the garage?" After his parents repeated the question, he responded, "You guys said that, um, we did this for the show."[9] Blitzer questioned Heene and Falcon further after the statement was made. The next day, during interviews on ABC's Good Morning America and NBC's Today, the boy vomited when he was asked about his comment and again when his father was asked about it, fueling more suspicion.

[–] SatyrSack@feddit.org 3 points 3 hours ago

"the show" being a reality TV show that they hoped would get made about their family