All things considered, Joe Francis is a real charmer. He first squirmed into the public eye in the late 90s as the founder of the illustrious Girls Gone Wild franchise, and?he still pops up in the news periodically … usually for some shockingly assholish legal issue.
Over the years, Old Joe has been arrested countless times for a variety of unpleasantness, including, but not limited to, child abuse and tax evasion. Earlier this month, he was found guilty of three counts of being a huge arrogant asshole … oops! I mean false imprisonment and one count of assault likely to cause great bodily injury. Like I said, he’s a charmer.
Displeased with the?recent verdict, Joe made?an unwise decision to sound off on video during an interview with The Hollywood Reporter, and?the result is beyond amazing. Nearly as entertaining as Girls Gone Wild: Funkin’ at Freaknik (my personal?favorite).
In the video, Joe reveals his true crazy. He repeatedly calls the jury who convicted him “retarded” and recommends that they?be “shot dead by a firing squad.” Charming, right? In the print interview he’s quoted as saying:
“I want that jury to know that each and every one of you are mentally fucking retarded and you should be euthanized because, as Darwin said, you have naturally selected yourself.”
Not exactly what Darwin said, but we shan?t nitpick. Here’s the full?transcript of the?video.
?Wealthy people don’t kidnap people and bring them to a party with, you know, 30, 40 people. Just because a jury is mentally retarded and jealous of who I am, y?know, that jury, you should be put in jail, you stupid idiots. That’s all I have to say.
You stupid, stupid idiots, you stupid jury, you should be put in jail or lined up and shot. You’re idiots. It’s sad. I mean, that’s what they should give the death penalty to stupid juries, because I’m? not that person. It’s awful.
To convict people because you’re jealous of them is? is retarded. And you’re a retarded jury. And you should be shot dead. You should?If they have the death penalty for juries, you should be shot dead. By a firing squad.?
It’s a good thing he’s going to be on VH1’s Couples Therapy this summer because I sense a little hostility. He goes on to explain why he is continually targeted.
“You know why I’ve been criticized, why I’ve been brutalized? Anybody who criticizes me ? everybody who says, ‘Oh, Joe Francis is this,’ look at their penis and tell me if it’s small.”
Because, of course, it all comes down to penis size.
After the video was released, Joe made a statement apologizing for his vitriol.
“I deeply regret the remarks attributed to me in the interview with the Hollywood Reporter. They were hurtful and do not reflect my true feelings.”
No one believes you, dude. Not a single person. A member of the jury … who is evidently not mentally challenged, as Joe suggested … gave a biting response to Joe’s rant and said that it only serves to “[reaffirm] the decision [the jury] came to ? unanimously, of course.”