CHRISTIAN BALE RANTS, JAMES LIPTON PARODIES, CONAN GETS A BIT

HOLY FLYING F's, BATMAN!

Okay, everybody's talking about it - Christian Bale's profanity laced rant at DP Shane Hurlbut (no, I am not making another bad pun - that's Shane's real last name, okay?) on the set of Terminator: Salvation.

I have to admit I was kinda transfixed when I listened to it the first time on television the other day. I mean, seriously, I didn't know anyone could manage to get than many "f" words into any kind of speech - there were so many I kept losing the point of Bale's rant because I was laughing so hard.

Yup, it was a whale of an outburst, worthy of the World's Biggest Dumbass Award and Bale has apologized for it and admitted that it was "unexcusable" and he was a "potty mouth".

But guess what, folks - this is really OLD NEWS!

Yup, this tirade by Bale didn't just happen the other day. This outburst occurred LAST YEAR on the set in New Mexico! Why, all of a sudden, is it "big news" and why, I wonder, did it take so long for the audio to surface????

Here's my little rant about Bale's rant and the ensuing hullabaloo - folks, everyone has a bad day! I would hate to think that someone was hovering around just waiting to video or tape me in one of my all-too-human fits of anger! I'd have to give myself the World's Biggest Dumbass Award weekly! I'd be apologizing so much I'd wear out my tongue!

Yes, celebrities do put themselves out there as targets. I agree that it is the price of fame. No, there is no excuse for angry tirades, liberally laced with curse words or not. And Bale's rant was a doozy!

BUT. . . . let's cut him some slack and consider the circumstances. During his apology interview on KROQ's Kevin and Bean Show, Bale had this to say about what brought his tirade on, he "puts so much into what I do and care so much about it and sometimes the enthusiasm just goes awry." Passion for your work is not a bad thing, acting is an emotional profession, and pivotal scenes are highly charged and stress inducing for all involved.

As for me, though I sympathize with his plight, I have to admit I'm getting a lot of enjoyment from all the parodies and spoofs out there. So I have to thank Mr. Bale for more entertainment than I got from his mumbling Batman performance! I'm sorry, Christian, but I couldn't hear half of what you said in that movie so I spent my time concentrating on Heath Ledger's phenomenal performance as The Joker.

For those of you who haven't heard the original audio in question, here it is, but BE WARNED this is not edited and it is definitely R rated!

The Audio of Christian Bale's Rant - Warning, No bleeping of the curse words here!

And here is an absolutely hilarious parody by James Lipton on Conan O'Brian - as Bale AND Hurlbut - a dual acting role, no less!:



And if that wasn't enough to tickle your funny bone, here's a FEW MORE FUNNY PARODIES OF THE BALE RANT

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