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Fox finally had enough of Simmons after he crudely insulted female Fox staffers, taunted them and exposed his chest, and otherwise behaved like the demon character he plays onstage. Management was not amused, and Simmonss photograph was promptly posted Wednesday at the security entrance of the companys Manhattan headquarters along with a do-not-admit advisory.
Simmonss publicist didnt immediately respond to a request for comment.
The trouble started Wednesday morning after the Israeli-born Simmonsbirth name: Chaim Witz, who dresses like a preening teenager at age 68appeared on Fox & Friends and Maria Bartiromos Fox Business Network show, Mornings with Maria, to promote his new bookOn Power.
Things seemed to be going well enough when Simmons jumped up from the Fox & Friends couch to help meteorologist Janice Dean do her weather reporta delighted Dean later posted video on her Twitter feedand then sat on a panel with Bartiromo, who asked his views on the Harvey Weinstein sexual-misconduct scandal.
The lunatics have taken over the insane asylum when respected business entities such as yourself ask guys that like to stick their tongues out, Simmons answered, what I think of Harvey Weinstein.
Okay, Im a powerful and attractive man, and what Im about to say is deadly serious, he continued. Men are jackasses. From the time were young we have testosterone. Im not validating it or defending it.
Maybe not, but within minutes he was demonstrating it. According to a knowledgeable Fox News source, Simmons showed up on the 14th floor to do a book-plugging interview with FoxNews.coms entertainment section, but instead barged in on a staff meeting uninvited.
Hey chicks, sue me! he shouted, and then pulled open his red velvet shirt to reveal his chest and belly, according to the source. Then he starting telling Michael Jackson pedophilia jokes, and then bopped two employees on the head with his book, making derisive comments about their comparative intelligence according to the sound their heads made when struck.
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Not Ruth
(3,613 posts)democratisphere
(17,235 posts)Doreen
(11,686 posts)who they are protecting for doing the same type of things? If it had been MSNBC they would have said MSNBC was over reacting.
KT2000
(20,587 posts)he is a narcissist - have never understood his popularity.
Mopar151
(9,997 posts)Gene had been a little better at the public persona. But that's over.
David Allen Coe has lost his place at the bottom.