‘Game of Thrones’ creators apologize for using Bush’s decapitated ‘head’
The people behind of HBO’s “Game of Thrones” have apologized for using a likeness of President George W. Bush’s head on a spike in its first season. It was an accident, according to the Hollywood Reporter:
Showrunners David Benioff and D.B. Weiss acknowledged the likeness during the commentary feature on the show’s DVD boxed set, noting the decision to use the model was motivated by budget and not by politics….
HBO and Benioff and Weiss issued a pair of statements late Wednesday apologizing for the incident.
“We use a lot of prosthetic body parts on the show: heads, arms, etc. We can’t afford to have these all made from scratch, especially in scenes where we need a lot of them, so we rent them in bulk. After the scene was already shot, someone pointed out that one of the heads looked like George W. Bush,” Benioff and Weiss said. “In the DVD commentary, we mentioned this, though we should not have. We meant no disrespect to the former President and apologize if anything we said or did suggested otherwise.”
Feel free to express your skepticism below.
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dood
June 14th, 2012
9:33 am
LA = insanity.
joe
June 14th, 2012
9:33 am
“It was an accident” LOL
“noting the decision to use the model was motivated by budget and not by politics…” LMFAO
I guess if this show is still on the air we can expect a “likeness” of Barry the great as Emperor…
JRS
June 14th, 2012
9:40 am
Much like King Joffrey, Dubya was a warmongering coward who was an illegitimate, unfit heir to the throne. Can’t imagine a more fitting comparison.
markie mark
June 14th, 2012
9:42 am
Ill believe this malarkey when they show me the Loch Ness monsters’ body…….
markie mark
June 14th, 2012
9:43 am
JRS, his friends, neighbors, and countrymen voted him to his position….twice. Get a brain before posting again.
AthDawg
June 14th, 2012
10:13 am
so insightful markie mark, so deep….
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Smokewagon
June 14th, 2012
10:31 am
This whole thing is pure bullsh_ _. I can’t believe that there are Americans that support Hollywood and their liberal agenda. Sure a lot of them are good and talented actors but I do not give a flying fornication about their political views. To me supporting them by paying for their products is the same as supporting the demise of our country.
Pompous Pontificator
June 14th, 2012
10:45 am
I understand that a likeness of Obama was given consideration until they realized how much it would cost to fabricate those giant ears.
mmsurvivor
June 14th, 2012
10:46 am
If it was Obama, they would not do it. Hollywood makes me sick.
zgoldatl
June 14th, 2012
11:04 am
JRS- Typical liberal garbage. He was elected… twice. Show some class man
ed
June 14th, 2012
11:11 am
ummm who cares about Bush anymore?
RAD
June 14th, 2012
11:11 am
JRS quit watching so much TV and go get a job – Oh that’s right there aren’t and jobs unless you work for the Government. I now I know you are the 99%. (of what wrong with our country. One and done baby – NOBOMA 12.
Spade
June 14th, 2012
11:13 am
They knew is was a likeness because they designed the set. Nothing Hollyweird does is an “accident” until they are called out on it.
Vining Dawg
June 14th, 2012
11:13 am
What a joke, if that was Obama head, there would have been world war 3 on the Media, it would have put the producers in jail. It if funny how the Liberal Socialist talk about peace and love but they are one full of HATE, BACKSTABBING AND OPPRESSING OTHERS WITH DIFFERENT IDEA BUT THEY LOVE IT WHEN THEY SPEAK, NO ONE SHOULD OPPOSE THEM. HBO IS LOSER NETWORK.
ed
June 14th, 2012
11:14 am
RAD – I guess Mitt is going to save the day now?? Please…. LOL
Jaquen H'ghar
June 14th, 2012
11:16 am
A man must use whatever heads are available to him
Vining Dawg
June 14th, 2012
11:17 am
JRS, I don’t blame you because people like you have been stuck in the Dumocratic Party and standing still since 1932 and haven’t left that ERA. You are the reason why there is HATE in this country. Remember, just like others put up with Obama and Clinton, you too and your morons have to put up with the other side. You pompous ass.
RonnieMackAtl
June 14th, 2012
11:24 am
I suppose this is just semantics, but, isn’t “We meant no disrespect to the former President” disrespectful itself? There is no such thing as a former President. That’s why we refer to the living Presidents as President Carter, President Bush, President Clinton and President Bush.
bob
June 14th, 2012
11:27 am
Mission Accomplished!
Wendell
June 14th, 2012
11:31 am
Where is all of the Liberal Outrage about toning down the rhetoric, etc?
Democrats, especially under this buffoon of a President, have reached an all time high level of hypocrisy.
P.S. Send Chris Vivlamore to Canada.
Walt
June 14th, 2012
11:38 am
Bush shouldn’t be decapitated, but he -should- be put in the way of Justice. He violated US and international law forbidding torture. He shouldn’t be on the veranda having a non-alcoholic beer.
Walt
Ebenezer Snerdberg
June 14th, 2012
11:44 am
Horse Hockey…that was no accident! Just more liberal Yak Squeeze!
MyPatootie
June 14th, 2012
11:44 am
Just imagine what we would be hearing from Al Sharpton, Jesse Jackson, CNN, MSNBC, and various others. Just heard that HBO is a huge contributor to the Democrats and Obama. Not surprised here, this had to be intentional just to see if they could get away with it and make some credibility points with their peers.
JoeP
June 14th, 2012
11:49 am
Really MyPatootie, you need to do your home work before posting.
Edward
June 14th, 2012
11:54 am
Why do “conservatives” love to imagine “what-ifs” then whine and foam-at-the-mouth about the “what-if” they just imagined? Hypocrites.
Question
June 14th, 2012
11:56 am
WHO CARES?!!!!
columbusdawg
June 14th, 2012
11:57 am
I canceled HBO about 3 months ago. They only show old movies and they show the same ones over and over sandwiched between their leftist agenda. I found that I never watched it anymore but this further validates my decision and makes me happy I did.
The network that has Bill Mayer constantly spewing hate towards conservatives and a show where Will Ferrell made fun of Bush as an HBO special? And now they say they meant nothing by this? Can you imagine the outrage if the community organizer was treated this way? There would be riots! They would be branded racists! The double standard sickens me!
fedup with Owebama
June 14th, 2012
12:02 pm
Keep blaming Bush for everything, meanwhile the celebrity in chief has done nothing for our economy in 3 years nut make it worse. And quit blaming the eveil republicans, they control 1/3 of government and only for a year. What did Owebama do the first two years when the dems had a congressional SUPERMAJORITY?
JoeP
June 14th, 2012
12:03 pm
their “leftist agenda?”
columbusconfederate you must not really watch HBO to make such a statement.
the “community organizer”
Seriously, you type “community organizer” because you obviously can’t think for yourself and just puke what AM radio tells you. Grow up.
B
June 14th, 2012
12:04 pm
Conservatives are allows spewing their reddrick towards liberals and those that represent the majority of the working class. In my opinion it was halarious, it is exactly what George Bush did to the country (decapitated our Economy) and many hard working Americans. !lol! Go HBO!
willie beamer
June 14th, 2012
12:09 pm
it was an accident, just like bush’s presidency!
Publius
June 14th, 2012
12:19 pm
“Mistakes were made…”
Head in the Sand
June 14th, 2012
12:35 pm
Vining Dawg [sic]: So, the reason you are filled with hate is because of a random blogger that you don’t agree with? Not everything is a conspiracy…I’m quite sure this was not done on purpose, or at least not by the entire production cast. We’re all Americans, so chill. The world will not end just because Obama gets re-elected or Mitt wins. You lost, quit whining and blaming every single thing that happens on the POTUS. For the record, Bush was a god awful President. I think the only good thing he did was give a good speech post-911 and the AIDS funding. Also, if McCain were POTUS, guess what? The economy would most likely be stuck in the same place we’re in right now, except people like you would blindly be blaming it on all Democrats in congress. Always need a place to point blame. How about rolling up your sleeves and working with other people for a change instead of demagoguery.
missnadine
June 14th, 2012
12:35 pm
IMO, you would have to look hard to see a resemblance. If it were a front-face photo, it may be more evident, but it is one those situtaions where you see it only when it is mentioned. If they did it on purpose, then that is really disrepectful.
midtownaTL
June 14th, 2012
12:37 pm
Wow….. you Republicans are too damn sensitive. Everything to you has a crazy hidden agenda. Get a life…
Vining Dawg
June 14th, 2012
12:41 pm
@Midtown lol I love that, speaking of sensitivity lol . Tell that to Clinton and Corey Moore or whatever of Newark about sensitivity when they disagree with Obama lol
ESims
June 14th, 2012
12:42 pm
I urge everyone to study as much as they can on 9/11 and DO NOT ignore the material that the mass media will not touch. Start with the book “The New Pearl Harbor” by Griffin and go from there.
I’m not telling you what to think. Just pleading with you to do some research. I’m not sure what I believe – my head is spinning after everything I’ve read over the last couple of months.
The Austrian Brotherhood
June 14th, 2012
12:59 pm
Well, just like Obama, Bush was a traitor to the country and what it used to stand for, so it has merit. But the line is long now, so who cares, right?
Gram
June 14th, 2012
1:21 pm
Hollywood/LA is full of left-leaning nut cases. If you believe it was an “accident”, I have some beachfront property in Wyoming I’d like to sell you.
Redcoat
June 14th, 2012
1:48 pm
What does “Your comment is awaiting moderation” mean?
Sammy
June 14th, 2012
2:50 pm
Correction: Bush was not elected twice. He was selected the first time by the US Supreme Court who trampled all over the Florida Supreme Court’s deliberations. So much for states’ rights!
Comment: Why didn’t they just use a burning Bush instead?
BL
June 14th, 2012
2:54 pm
This would be front page news on every website if this was Obama.
guest
June 14th, 2012
2:57 pm
liberals are full of hate
aps
June 14th, 2012
3:02 pm
Sammy – You do realize that the NY Times and Washington Post tried to prove your drivel as fact and couldn’t do it. It’s also getting close to summer so that tin foil on your head is going to make it quite uncomfortable for you. By the way, it’s 2012. Do you have anything current?
Tariq Haleem
June 14th, 2012
3:19 pm
aps or better yet pms, there still isnt presentation of fact that Iraq had weapons of mass destruction. If you show me some evidence, I’ll give Elton John a reach-around in the middle of Piedmont park..
GaBlue
June 14th, 2012
3:29 pm
I’m sure y’all were equally as offended when Bush’s face was mass produced on rubber masks and sold in Halloween costume stores, right? Because it’s the same sort of thing. You probably went into fits over the movie Point Break, when the surfer gang robbed banks using presidential face masks, too. Uh-huh. SURE you did.
I watched every minute of the show and never noticed that one of the multitude of rented rubber body parts manufactured for movie sets bore a likeness to GWB — and I would have found it hilarious!
Conclusion: Your faux outrage is lamer than usual today. Seriously, do you bidtzh when you’re happy, or are you only happy when you’re bidtzhing?
WhiteRabbit
June 14th, 2012
3:48 pm
Ever notice how conservatives, no matter how they try, aren’t funny? I do admire that some of them try to engage in wordplay and however they may fail and act out I suppose they should be encouraged, as was their Idiot King of Yore.
Number 15
June 14th, 2012
4:21 pm
I am not surprised at the comments about President Obama. Clearly the Republicans, and the Democrats who are considering changing parties are worrying more and more as we approach November. Man-up why don’t you and express your true feelings about our President. Time has run out on the previous President’s free-pass on his responsibility for this country’s condition!
Babs
June 14th, 2012
4:37 pm
Slow news day???
wow
June 14th, 2012
4:47 pm
republicans never cease to amaze me. i agree obama dropped the ball when he had majority in the house. that being said, yall still fail to put the majority of the blame on gwb who created this mess. its like if u moved into a new house and s*#* was everywhere. r u to blame for the condition of the house or the previous owner? now, how long will it take for you to clean house if u constantly have ppl throwing trash on your floor everytime u clean up? he hasnt done the best but who can in the mess we have today? mccain? u sayin romney is the savior? puuuuuhhhhleeeeezzzeeee!!!!
The Truth
June 14th, 2012
4:52 pm
Ed.ummm who cares about Bush anymore?
People who look for excuses for Obama’s lack of leadership care..
See Wow’s post above.
Honker
June 14th, 2012
4:59 pm
“You go to production with the decapitated heads you have, not the decapitated heads you might want or wish to have at a later time.”
wow
June 14th, 2012
5:02 pm
nope not giving excuses. u should read The Truth. thats the problem with us now, we dont wanna read and listen, just talk. obama could do more. he hasnt been that great. just saying stop acting like he was given a platinum watch when it was really cheap silver.
irishmafia116
June 14th, 2012
5:05 pm
Behar “burn down Romney’s houses…” Decapitate Bush —liberals the bastio s of tolerance and understanding –as long as you completley agrre with their views.
And BTW despite billions of dollars spent and every liberal who ever crawled out from under a rock trying to find shred of evidence Bush still won FL even though the dems tried to cheat
irishmafia116
June 14th, 2012
5:08 pm
Conveniently forgotten as usual the Dems controlled Congress the last two years of the Bush admin and controlled the WH and Congress for barry’s first two years, but yeah it’s all Bush’s fault
GA Sandlapper
June 14th, 2012
5:24 pm
Braves swept by the Yankees….Bush’s fault!!
Jerry Stamey
June 14th, 2012
5:31 pm
OMG, you people bashing hollywood didn’t any read the darn article.Geez, people are just ignorant.
DU WHUT!?
June 14th, 2012
5:42 pm
Bush was the joke to the country/world. He finally found his calling..riding a bicycle in circles… Republicans should pay more taxes as soon as the register to the party.. then they should be publicly smacked for being stupid… will the North have to stand up AGAIN and lay the smack down to brainless white Republicans?… i’m voting for Romney he’s a real American that I can relate too.. and I can buy that new boat with my tax breaks…wha wha what!?
Sourgrapes
June 14th, 2012
6:02 pm
It’s not George W’s head. It’s Will Farrell’s head while doing his GW impression.
Sourgrapes
June 14th, 2012
6:02 pm
It’s not George W’s head. It’s Will Farrell’s head while doing his GW impression.
Sourgrapes
June 14th, 2012
6:03 pm
have any of you gone and actually tried to SEE the incriminating bodyless head? It looks like a freakin’ decapitated head, I don’t see a resemblance to W.
I know you Republicans like Jesus, but get off the cross.
RGB
June 14th, 2012
7:01 pm
Liberals are mostly vile, disgusting people and nothing is off limits to them, offends their sensibilities, or violates a moral code which they do not possess. After condoning the killing of 50 million babies, engaging is behavior such as that described here only serves to elevate these crass individuals.
Redcoat
June 15th, 2012
6:07 am
Redcoat Your comment is awaiting moderation.
June 14th, 2012
9:28 am
Apology accepted……..Now, any commentary on the Wisconsin recall results? Reading the imaginative spin on that would be interesting and highly entertaining.