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Conan to film special in Haiti after Trump's 's---hole' insult
EW ^ | January 14, 2018

Posted on 01/15/2018 3:16:09 AM PST by SMGFan

Conan O’Brien was one of many Americans who were unhappy to read the reports that President Donald Trump called some foreign nations, including Haiti, “s—hole” countries — an insult that has been met with outrage and charges of racism. (Trump and Republican officials have disputed the exact comment, and today, Trump declared, “I am not a racist.”) But the host of Conan is not just doing a monologue about it, he’s hopping on a plane and letting cameras roll for an hourlong special.

O’Brien will take his TBS late-night talk show on the road again, this time to Haiti, to film a special episode of his show under the Conan Without Borders banner, the network confirmed on Sunday. And O’Brien, who shared the news first on Twitter, sounds ready to reestablish ties with the Caribbean nation in his own way.

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TOPICS: TV/Movies
KEYWORDS: haiti; hellholes; hollywood
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To: CarolinaPeach
“If any of his crew happens to do any real research about where they’re going, Conan may find those people backing out of the trip”

Yes Ma'am, there is a better than 50/50 chance someone in the crew will be, shaken down by the local government, local criminal gangs, street thugs, street criminal or corrupt police official. And then there is a fair chance of becoming infected with cholera, typhoid, malaria, yellow fervor or some unnamed tropical disease or parasite. Of course his crew will likely bring in a full security force inside a fenced compound with flown in catering facilities.

61 posted on 01/15/2018 6:37:45 AM PST by 2001convSVT (Going Galt as fast as I can.)
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To: SMGFan
Do not expect him to ask experts to explain & compare Haiti with Dominican Republic.

Now that really is an inconvenient truth.

62 posted on 01/15/2018 6:37:57 AM PST by windsorknot
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To: SMGFan

Is he planning on bringing back some hot dogs and pizza for Hillary while he’s there?


63 posted on 01/15/2018 6:38:18 AM PST by rawcatslyentist ("All that is necessary for evil to triumph is for good men to do nothing")
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To: dfwgator

What he also won’t discuss is why do Haitians hide their identity when they win the lottery in Florida? - They do cause they fear being kidnapped & robbed by their own people.


64 posted on 01/15/2018 6:41:20 AM PST by eaglestar
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To: SMGFan

I hope Gonad proves to us that Haiti is not a ****hole and that he is not a “rasis” by drinking lots of their water and eating a lot of their food. ROTFL.


65 posted on 01/15/2018 6:41:47 AM PST by FlingWingFlyer (2017 - The year the liberals' "sexual revolution" strikes back!)
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To: Morpheus2009

Everybody knows he will do that and that general conditions in Haiti are bad.


66 posted on 01/15/2018 6:42:43 AM PST by Anti-Bubba182
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To: Morpheus2009

I’m sure he’ll expose how the Clinton’s financially exploited the Haiti earthquake. /sarc


67 posted on 01/15/2018 6:46:02 AM PST by Spok ("What're you going to believe-me or your own eyes?" -Marx (Groucho))
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To: SMGFan

He better be careful in what he shows. If he edits it to look like Haiti is a paradise the audience may ask..”Why are all those people fleeing Paradise to live in the USA?”


68 posted on 01/15/2018 6:47:16 AM PST by Ruy Dias de Bivar
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To: Ruy Dias de Bivar

Any chance he might cover Voodoo rituals and animal sacrifices?


69 posted on 01/15/2018 6:55:07 AM PST by eaglestar
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To: SMGFan

Will he bring a Rape Kit ?


70 posted on 01/15/2018 7:05:38 AM PST by butlerweave
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To: SMGFan

Shoot a TV show there and it will be apparent to all that it IS a sh*thole country.

No place you can go there that comes off looking good on video.


71 posted on 01/15/2018 7:44:41 AM PST by Buckeye McFrog
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To: SMGFan

It’s one thing to go to Haiti searching for truth about average life there.

It’s quite another to go there on a budget of millions of dollars. You Won’t find much truth nor reality that way. - just a more AMERICANIZED standard of living for yourself while you’re there...

Which on do ya think Conan will choose, hmmmmmmmmm???


72 posted on 01/15/2018 7:44:52 AM PST by joethedrummer
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Maybe Conan can interview Senator Beauplan on his make-believe tour of Haiti...

From November, but spot-on...(and this is just the recent stuff)...worth a two-minute watch...

Years of unchecked corruption hamper Haiti's development

Nov 14, 2017 Beauplan's commission recently released a 656-page report on the management of $2 billion in loans that Haiti received as part of Venezuela's PetroCaribe discounted oil program. The investigation accuses 15 former government officials, including two former prime ministers and current President Jovenel Moïse's chief of staff, of corruption and poor management.

73 posted on 01/15/2018 8:09:49 AM PST by Prov1322 (Enjoy my wife's incredible artwork at www.watercolorARTwork.com! (This space no longer for rent))
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To: SMGFan

I sure hope he includes the following information.

https://www.npr.org/sections/health-shots/2013/01/29/150501695/port-au-prince-a-city-of-millions-with-no-sewer-system


74 posted on 01/15/2018 8:09:54 AM PST by Robert357 ( Dan Rather was discharged as "medically unfit" on May 11, 1954.)
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To: SMGFan

Hopefully there will be a monstrous storm while he’s there.


75 posted on 01/15/2018 9:36:49 AM PST by mass55th (Courage is being scared to death - but saddling up anyway...John Wayne)
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To: SMGFan

Conan who? Did he use to be someone and why should I care?


76 posted on 01/15/2018 10:09:06 AM PST by Mastador1 (I'll take a bad dog over a good politician any day!)
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To: SMGFan

He will visit a Potempkin Village.


77 posted on 01/15/2018 1:19:15 PM PST by hattend
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To: SMGFan

Hope he takes his sword and cleans up some of the people responsible for the sh!t......wait, wrong Conan? Didn’t know there was another one. Never mind.


78 posted on 01/15/2018 7:45:35 PM PST by Some Fat Guy in L.A. (Still bitterly clinging to rational thought despite it's unfashionability)
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To: Mark17

Conan O’Brien will lie and not show the truth.
Go to google and type: Haiti
Click on images. Conan O’Brien will cover up what you see.


79 posted on 01/15/2018 8:15:54 PM PST by minnesota_bound
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