Lorena Bobbitt Opens Up After 15 Years

Black Voices ^ | 06.27.2008 | Black Voices

[Coffee200am]

(June 25) - It was the cut heard round the world.

Exactly 15 years ago this week the world first heard the story of John Wayne and Lorena Bobbitt. John Wayne, an ex-Marine, was accused of coming home drunk and raping his wife. Lorena was accused of retaliating by cutting off her husband's penis while he was asleep.

Lorena went from anonymous to notorious - her story the subject of countless newspaper and magazine articles. Now in her first ever network morning show interview she discusses how she's using her notoriety to help others.

"All of a sudden, my private life is out in the open and it's an open book and a lot of people know my history," she told The Early Show "Sometimes I couldn't even go to the grocery store to buy food because I would be recognized."

[wildbill]

T’was the unkindest cut of all.

[SIDENET]

LOL. The 2nd response was already deleted.

This could be a funny thread.

[REDWOOD99]

Off with his head!

[MaxMax]

Interesting story during an erection year.

[Brilliant]

Haven’t we heard enough about her?

[668 - Neighbor of the Beast]

next month gets her hairdressing license.

Just don't go in there and ask her to bob it.

[Free ThinkerNY]

I heard she became a Muslim Jihadist, specializing in beheadings.

[fishergirl]

Oh, dear! At the time we had a joke here in Louisiana. (And these towns really do exist.) That the Bobbits were originally from La. She was from a town called Cut Off and he was from a town called Dry Prong.

[Iowa Granny]

And the story going around Iowa was that he was moving to Algona, IA, world headquarters of Snap-On Tools.

[SIDENET]

Just don't go in there and ask her to bob it.

Other things not to say when in her salon:

"Just take about an inch off the top"

"Keep the tip"

[Liberty2007]

Lorena was accused of retaliating by cutting off her husband's penis while he was asleep

accused? she did it.

[SIDENET]

accused? she did it.

I know. They caught her red-handed.

(GROAN)

[library user]

"Sometimes I couldn't even go to the grocery store to buy food because I would be recognized."

I bet she gets strange stares at the meat market too.

/groan

[Zack Attack]

Gee! LOL. I sure hope this thread doesn’t devolve into a series of crude and lame penis jokes. { /sarc }

[Kevmo]

Another thread for the not-a-ping list.

I wonder if she ever remarried? That would have to be the bravest man on the planet.

[LottieDah]

Lorena didn’t do it right. If it were my husband, there would not have been anything left to sew back on.

[BlazingArizona]

I bet she gets strange stares at the meat market too.

Especially when she orders the sliced salami.

[upsdriver]

I wonder if she ever remarried? That would have to be the bravest man on the planet.

Or the dumbest.