Posted on 12/28/2013 7:33:50 AM PST by 2ndDivisionVet
A stir in the upscale restaurant at the Beverly Wilshire Hotel in Beverly Hills was evident as soon as the men with the forest-thick beards and camouflage gear entered, accompanied by wife, kids and entourage.
The group instantly seemed out of place among the lunchtime crowd of sharply attired patrons, many in suits and ties.
But it was immediately clear that more than a few of the customers recognized them as the Robertsons of A&E's "Duck Dynasty."
It was late February, more than nine months before "Duck Dynasty" became the lightning rod for one of the year's most contentious TV controversies. At the time, the Robertsons were in the midst of a whirlwind promotional tour for the launch of the show's third season.
The family had just finished a photo session on the hotel's rooftop for an article scheduled for the Sunday Calendar section of the Los Angeles Times. Minutes later, there were sitting down with a reporter -- me -- who was seated at the head of a long table, poised to ask the most popular family on television about life, fame and duck hunting as they ate.
Not the best or most comfortable situation for an interview, but it was the best that could be done on their tight schedule, which included an appearance later that day on "Jimmy Kimmel Live."
Of the hundreds of people I have interviewed this year, I am most often asked about the Robertsons: "What are they really like?" "Did they really dress that way?" "Did you like them?"(continued)
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The Robertsons would probably be offended to hear that they aren’t ‘offbeat’.
Come on, this guy’s writing for an LA readership.
translation - they seemed in person just as they appear on the show, a nice & friendly family and a bunch of down-to-earth people who have a strong set of values they try to keep -
OMG!!!! something must be wrong with them!!! LOL
“But I have to admit it was a bit difficult seeing out of those sunglasses at night!”
You must be deficient of the Corey Hart gene.
;D
Until I turned 18 and went off to town to work, I didn’t know men had clothes without leaves and branches on them.
Took some getting used to.
Himself has no choice.
If the beard goes, I go.
He knows I’m not kidding.
[he still remembers The Wrath Fest Of ‘93 when he came home with his hair cut really short]
;]
Clean shaven men kinda freak me out.
They look naked.
/happy here, in the bosom of bikers
” So what if he’s African American?”
What?
He was born in Africa, came here and got his citizenship?
“African” is not a race.
It’s a continent.
It’s called pre-emptive cushioning by identifying yourself as a potential victim.
That way, if something goes wrong, the writer can scream racism.
“As a white person”, I find that disingenuous, cowardly and stupid.
/see what I did there?
Post of the day!
Man, I love hanging out at the top of the Wilshire..
Hubby shaved his beard and shaved his head while I was napping and 1m postpartum my oldest child. He danged near got shot when I came downstairs. I thought we had an intruder. Never do this to someone who’s had a baby in the past month.
I know. I’ve worked in Kalifornia including near LA. I couldn’t wait to get back to Mississippi. Effed up doens’t come close.
I wish I was still getting residuals from my commercials from back in the day. LOL
The Robertson’s probably treat black people the way I do.
I treat them like anyone else. Their color doesn’t matter, unless they make it matter.
We still joke about that. Ok, he jokes, I guilt trip him.
I still miss the long curly red waist length hair he had. He did grow a goatee to kind of alleviate the shock.
No.
You’re just a Bronx American.
I’m Appalachian American.
It’s all about the localities and labels.
/good grief
;]
Well, I need to see photos if I’m to evaluate this properly.
/evil grin
There are more racists in LA then there are in Louisiana. The South has no real problems with race like the North does. Where are all the knockout games happening, not in the South.
Pray America is Waking
Even more reason now for the intolerant and hateful liberal Left to loathe and despise them.
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