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  • 28
    Nov
    2012
    4:11pm, EST

    Glenn Beck puts Obama figure in jar of 'pee pee'

    By Gael Fashingbauer Cooper, NBC News

    Conservative media personality Glenn Beck's attempt to sell a project he called "Obama in Pee Pee" was thwarted by eBay Wednesday, but Beck then began taking bids via email instead.

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    Glenn Beck's Obama bobblehead floating in a jar of what he joked was "pee pee," but was reportedly only beer.

    On Tuesday, Beck was discussing a controversial painting titled "The Truth," which shows President Barack Obama in a Christ-like pose wearing a crown of thorns.

    Dressed as a parody of an artist, Beck pointed to a copy of the Constitution and said, "That document means I can't stop (the artist), and the spirit of that document is that I shouldn't try."

    After painting clothing on replicas of some famous nudes, Beck then walked to a large jar of yellow liquid, calling it "my own specially brewed CountryTime, if you will."

    Placing a bobblehead of a flag-draped Obama in the jar, Beck called the president the "savior of mankind" and announced, "this is when icon and art come together." He labeled the jar with a pricetag of $25,000.

    "So whether you're offended by this one or by this one," he said, indicating the Obama jar and a framed copy of the painting showing Obama in the crucifixion pose, "Sucks to be you, doesn't it? Welcome to America."


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    He then said if the original project sold, he would make another one featuring "Michelle Obama and her little abs."

    On Wednesday's show, Beck was given a letter from eBay, where bidding on the jar had topped $11,000. The letter said the auction had been removed because it contained "bodily waste." The liquid was revealed on Beck's website to be beer, not urine.

    "But everybody on the left, they are so open and tolerant, and they just don't like it when people complain about taking the image of the savior and putting him in pee pee," Beck said. "But the savior Obama in pee pee? Oh no, that's just too much."

    Beck said proceeds from the sale of the jar would go to his Mercury One charity.

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  • 11
    Oct
    2012
    11:22am, EDT

    Glenn Beck flips rental car at daughter's wedding

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    By Alexis L. Loinaz, E! Online

    Talk-show host Glenn Beck certainly knows how to put his spin on things, but this particular spin is frighteningly bonkers! The pundit survived a close call this past weekend when his car rolled down a hill after he parked it, flipping over several times before coming to a stop. 

    Thankfully, the 48-year-old was left unscathed and no injuries were reported.

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    "So my rental car got totaled this weekend...at my daughter's wedding," he tweeted on Tuesday.

    According to Beck, who later recounted the hairy incident on his radio show, he was attending his daughter's nuptials in Finger Lakes, N.Y., when, after parking his car atop a hill, he suddenly heard his wife screaming.

    "I see my wife dressed in her evening gown from the wedding, and she's holding on to the door handle of the car as the car is starting to slide down the hill," he reportedly said on the show, per the New York Daily News.

    "I watched my car roll down the hill, literally roll," he recalled. "It was like an action movie."


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    Photos of the wrecked SUV were posted on The Blaze, which reported that after Beck's wife tried to hang on to the vehicle, a member of his security team hopped into it and attempted to stop its slide. He managed to jump out in time just as the SUV began to flip over.

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    At least Beck found a way to keep a good sense of humor throughout the debacle.

    "This is like the end of 'Father of the Bride,'" he said on his show. "Everything you've done. It's in God's hands now."

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  • 11
    Jun
    2012
    4:41pm, EDT

    Glenn Beck signs $100 million radio contract

    By Lacey Rose, The Hollywood Reporter

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    Glenn Beck will remain a force in radio for at least five more years. The conservative firebrand has inked a new five-year, $100 million deal with Clear Channel's Premiere Networks. The pact, roughly double the size of the previous five-year deal he signed in 2007, is a vote of confidence for the syndicated "Glenn Beck Program," which regularly lures 10 million listeners a week.

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    The morning show, behind only to Rush Limbaugh and Sean Hannity's radio programs in typical audience size, is carried by more than 400 stations. Since "The Glenn Beck Program's" official launch in early 2002, Beck has used the mutliple-hour format to peddle all part of the Beck brand, from books to Web shows to comedy events.


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    The news, first reported by The New York Times, comes about a year after Beck signed off on his popular if ever-controversial Fox News show. In the months since, he has continued to grow his subscription-based Internet-only network, GBTV, which a recent Wall Street Journal article estimated would bring in at least $40 million in revenue this year.

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