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Balloon Boy Parents Are Coming to New York

111409balloon.jpg Ah, fresh meat! After pleading guilty to staging their ridiculous hoax involving their 6-year-old son Falcon and a runaway helium balloon, fame-hunters Richard and Mayumi Heene were granted permission by a Colorado judge to visit New York City. The purpose of their trip? An unspecified "employment opportunity." See? Exploiting your children and deceiving an entire nation pays!

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By John Del Signore in on November 13, 2009 5:00 PM

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  • Neverhaditsogood

    They've come to New York to escape American justice.

  • ilovejapgirls

    there's still comments for this topic?

  • robingee

    I still don't understand what the hoax was supposed to do. Our balloon took off with our kid, no not with our kid but he's missing, oh wait here's our kid. Let's make a TV show?

  • wow 14th street

    "Live from the Hotel Plaza it's the Falcon Heene show"

  • NannyState

    Now we know what that "UFO" in Central Park contains.

  • carbomb

    oh boy, this is gonna be good....

  • hunter.blatherer

    "Exploiting your children and deceiving an entire nation pays!"



    Duh. Just ask Sarah Palin.

  • V-Dawg

    Well now this story finally belongs on this blog.

  • MT

    Wasn't it inevitable that they brought their fame whoring to New York? Gothamist was just getting in front of the story.

  • Global Wombat

    Diablo much, Mr. Signore?

  • Spirit of 76

    That's Mr. Del Signore to you, chum.

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