Posted on 11/30/2017 5:54:28 PM PST by Olog-hai
Humorist and long-time radio host Garrison Keillor, of A Prairie Home Companion fame, says he might have to move out of the country after being ousted from the Minnesota Public Radio for inappropriate behavior.
Keillor, the 75-year-old veteran broadcaster who is married, confirmed his firing on Wednesday, claiming that it stemmed from an incident from years earlier in which he says he accidentally touched an acquaintance’s bare back while attempting to console her.
Keillor later took to Facebook, bemoaning his downfall after five decades of ‘hard work’ and lamenting that he was feeling ostracized everywhere he went. The post has since been deleted, but the Minneapolis Star-Tribune got a screenshot of it. […]
In an email to MPR on Wednesday referring to the recent spate of sexual harassment allegations against powerful men in politics, entertainment and the news media, Keillor argued that the country was ‘in the grips of a mania.’
The comment was made in the context of the sexual misconduct allegations that multiple women have made against Senator Al Franken, a Democrat from Minnesota whom Keillor defended in a newspaper column a day earlier. …
(Excerpt) Read more at dailymail.co.uk ...
Just in case.
I’ve heard that Danish is like talking with a potato stuck in your throat.
Plenty of people have worked or served their entire lives just to be screwed by liberals. Too bad, mr k.
#6 Because he groped the women there too : )
Accidentally eh...On the day Keillor’s departure was announced, a show that night in Pittsfield MA was hastily cancelled and co sponsor WAMC radio in Albany, which airs on a network of NPR affiliates, swiftly divorced themselves from the man. A show in Buffalo was also cancelled.
He is scheduled to perform next May in Lexington MA.Buyer beware (tix are now on sale)— the promoter says no refunds if show is cancelled...
NPR eats its own.
What’s not to like?
It tells me there may be more shoes to be dropped.
I’d feel just a bit sorry for Keillor if he hadn’t made a career out of mocking Christians and middle Americans.
But without that condescending elitist shtick, he probably wouldn’t have had a career to begin with.
I was thinking the same thing. Either there is more to the story or MPR wanted a payroll reduction.
Please, just leave. After you complete your American prison sentence.
Listen, now, don't let them catch you bent over a desk!!
In every telling of the Frankenstein legend, the monster ends up destroying the creators’ world....
The Leftys had NO PROBLEM destroying peoples lives with nothing more than accusations for years and now its turned on them.
I’m scared!!!
When your fake name rhymes with “Harass and Feel her”...
Though seriously, I doubt he’s much of a cad though he is a bit of a commie.
Disclaimer: Opinions posted on Free Republic are those of the individual posters and do not necessarily represent the opinion of Free Republic or its management. All materials posted herein are protected by copyright law and the exemption for fair use of copyrighted works.