Janos blames “Scruff-face” story for his worthless name
David sends us a link to MSN which reports that Jimmy Janos Ventura blames the Chris Kyle story about knocking down “Scruff face” in a bar for his diminished star power;
Ventura, who entered politics after a career as a professional wrestler, said in testimony on Monday his career was thriving until the book’s publication but afterward work started to dry up.
He said his income averaged about $1 million a year in the prior decade but that it dropped off after Kyle’s book came out.
“It came to a screeching halt is the best way I can put it,” Ventura said of his entertainment career.
I guess it couldn’t be that blaming Bush went out of vogue about the same time and that his entertainment ventures bordered on a clone of “The Lone Gunmen” short-lived TV series. The Kyle team tells a different story;
Lawyers for Kyle’s estate told the court Ventura’s income was on the decline before the book due to waning popularity, adding the passage about the bar fight had little impact on the dwindling demand for him as a media personality.
Of course, that’s what I’d expect them to say, but I think their version is probably a little closer to the truth. I can’t ever remember Janos being in demand.
Category: Politics
By the time the book came out, Jesse was in full tin foil hat wearing conspiracy mode and people were getting tired of his schtick.
Keep suing the widow Jesse. That is going to help your earning potential.
Fuckstain.
I would add something, but you summed it up perfectly, Master Guns. Fuck James Janos.
Yes it had nothing to do with his 9-11 Truther BS or that ding-bat TV show where he exposed all the worlds secrets.
M-Guns is right, Tin Foil to the 10th power.
Another trainload of worthless shit. Grow a pair Janos, go into full retirement down in ol Mexihole since you can’t stand the USA any more and call it a mother f’ng day. BUT stop sueing Kyle’s estate for your perceived “drop in popularity and loss of income” you f’ng moron or keep going full retard.
janos/venturda wild a$$ed conspiracy theories were way over the top. Even those who watched his poorly prepared TV skits saw the fakery and false sensationalism.
He lost his credibility and earning power way before Kyle came on to the scene.
Not surprisingly, janos/venturda’s credibility is lower than a horse turd after attacking Kyle’s wife and family.
Good riddance jesse janos venturda.
Proof that some has been ‘celebrity’ bottom feeders will do anything for publicity. The only reason you’re ‘in demand’ now is because you’re suing the widow of a guy who knocked you on your worthless, 9-11 truther, tin foil hat wearing, military bashing, wrinkled ass. No load f***wit.
Maybe I’m mistaken, but after reading Chris Kyle’s book, I only remember the name Scruff Face, and don’t recall seeing anything saying it was Ventura.
It wasn’t in the book, Scubasteve. But in subsequent media interviews, Kyle was asked about rumors that “Scruff Face” was Ventura, and Kyle admitted that he was.
No one was watching his stupid TV show and he’s blaming a dead man for that? Wow. That is a new low.
Post governor Ventura had all the name draw capability of Stephen Tobolowsky, well Tobolowsky still gets work so maybe he’s more in demand than Ventura has been.
Ventura ventured into territory best left to the tin foil hat brigade and he thinks a Chris Kyle story ruined his name draw? What a jackass.
There are alternative explanations for the claimed loss of income:
Could it be that he was just a hack B-movie actor to begin with and he got older still and the roles for B-movie old, hacks dried up? Could it be that no one really cared about him as a politician and that wore off as well? Could it be that Las Vegas doesn’t even want him anywhere as a door greeter? Jesse’s problems are of his own making and he’s just looking for a pay day since signing 8X10 glossies for folks who said, “Jesse WHO?”, went away.
One thing is certain: he will never, ever be in any sequel of “The Expendables.” Wasn’t gonna happen before Chief Kyle kicked his ass, still ain’t gonna happen now.
It could also be that the once fat bastard has lost a great deal of weight and his neck does, in point of fact, look to me like a vagina.
It was all those movies he was the lead that made him, like…uh…like…
Fuck it. I got nuthin.
I thought his lack of income was because Willy Mays Hayes didn’t want to do a sequel to “Black Thunder and White Lighting”
The underlying question has not been answered, yet; did the incident happen, or not?? Establish that, first, then move on to how much star power he lost. If it is determined to be true, then Janos has nothing to bitch about. If it didn’t happen, then he can whine about how much star power he thinks he lost.
His declining popularity couldn’t be due to his tin foil hat conspiracy theory crap, could it? I watched a single episode of his last show and kicked myself in the ass for wasting a precious half hour of my life with his stupidity.
‘No Load Cat 3 Stand Clear!’
…and Janos gets shot off the waist and into Davy Jones’ Locker.
Just a small fantasy of mine since this shit started.
Didn’t care a whit about Jimmy before, and still don’t care a whit about him. Only dif now is that he is demanding attention due to his decision to sue the estate of a dead guy. Makes no dif to me whose estate it might be – it is a low-class, disgusting thing to do even if Jimmy had been entirely justified in his original decision to sue. The simple fact that he sued a friend to the veteran community over a dumb stunt that he, Jimmy, initiated only makes it exponentially worse.
Ah, well. Some of us age more gracefully than do others. Jimmy isn’t taking his slide into even less relevancy than he had previously with even a tiny bit of grace.
Inescure and irrelevant is a hell of a way to be remembered.
I see that he is still refusing to acknowledge he was never in combat. He needs to come to grips with the notion that it is the service that is honorable, not necessarily combat. I am proud of my service and the only shots I ever heard fired in anger were outside a bar in Killeen TX.
I think I read somewhere that this guy was governor of Minnesota. And a UDT squaddie. And that he went to a bar where some SEALs were mourning the passing of a guy who was awarded the MOH, he got tanked up and said something stupid and got punched out. And now he is suing some guy’s widow? What a dick.
Yeah, I know it was Chris Kyle. I went to the funeral. I saw a lot of Chris’ friends talk about him. I saw Taya stand up and talk about her husband. Chris Kyle was a standup guy. What-his-name? What a dick.
Jessie Ventura.
I knew he was at one time he was a “heel” in pro rasslin’.
Not my cup of tea, but I understand he was good at what he did.
I really liked his character in “Predator” Never really watched anything of his other than that.
I saw him in person once, at a services ball. He spoke for 10 minutes and came off as a drunken arrogant asshole.
He is irrevalent.
He has plently of scratch to live like a King in Mexico, thats where he needs to go.
Sounds good to me, Old Dog – with 2 caveats:
(1) the Mexicans agree to take him permanently; and
(2) he formally renounces both is US citizenship and any future rights to Social Security and/or any other payments from the US government.
Testimony period has ended.
http://abcnews.go.com/US/wireStory/testimony-ends-jesse-ventura-defamation-trial-24628300
I guess they go to the jury next.