Movies on a Big Screen…the blog!

Well, I finally had time to write about this!

If you haven’t heard, WWE wrestler Christopher Keith Irvine – I mean, Chris Jericho – was at this year’s Sacramento Horror Film Festival to do a Q&A for the film he’s in, Albino Farm. And so, he was on-stage with SHF’s MC, nationally syndicated late night horror host, Cinema Insomnia’s Mr. Lobo.

But he did a lot more than just “A” – specifically, drunkenly calling Mr. Lobo “Hadji” and if that wasn’t enough, then calling him a “fag.”

An edited video made it to TMZ, so take a look:

But apparently this video doesn’t begin to cover the verbal abuse drunkenly hurled about by Christopher Keith Irvine – I mean, Chris Jericho. He apparently mocked the cast and fans of Repo! The Genetic Opera more than is shown in the video above, along with ridiculing “film geeks” everywhere. And managed to spill his “apple juice” down the front of his shirt, which Mr. Lobo chivalrously dabbed at with his trademark green and black tie.

In any event, Christopher Keith Irvine – I mean, Chris Jericho – issued the following non-apology apology:
“I realize some inappropriate comments were made and I apologize if I offended anybody. Just know that everyone on stage was having a blast and we all shared a drink and a laugh after! The good news is I got my wish of being posted on TMZ.” The truthfulness of “everyone on stage was having a blast and we all shared a drink and a laugh after,” is highly questionable. OK, it’s really just not true.

Then GLAAD issued the following statement on the controversy:
“There is no time, context or occasion in which it is acceptable to utter racist and anti-gay slurs. Jericho’s hollow apology ‘if (he) offended anyone’ is a template used by many and is insincere and worn.”

At the same time, Mr. Lobo realized that this behavior could not be left unchallenged — literally! Here is video of the “press conference” he held, which also made it to TMZ:

Now I don’t know about you, but I’ve seen Mr. Lobo’s remote control thumb in action, and this ain’t a challenge anyone wants to take too lightly. Apparently Christopher Keith Irvine – I mean, Chris Jericho – felt the heat, too, as he posted to his twitter stream the following:

“Mr Lobo rules….and is in no way related to Sheriff Lobo.”

Nice try, but do you really think that’s gonna appease a resolute Mr. Lobo who now is in the position to defend the honor of legions of movie fans? I don’t think so…

And now it’s made it to Fox 40 news – embedding video from Fox40 was slowing down the blog – so just go to their site to see the news report:

http://www.fox40.com/news/headlines/ktxltmz,0,1867071.story

Stay tuned to Cinema Insomnia for updates on this developing story!!