Paul Henry on the Paul Henry Show decided this morning to ‘celebrate’ International Women’s Day by telling viewers how attracted he was to the female MP he had invited on the show to discuss the position of women.
Metiria Turei was the MP, and that she had to put up with a host telling his audience how attracted he was to her before she began to talk about the plight of women in society is audacity, irony and hypocrisy all rolled into one.
This wasn’t the only mainstream failure this week. Last night on Waatea 5th Estate we discussed the minimum wage vs the living wage with economists and unionists. Seven Sharp was interviewing psychics.
NewsHub need to apologise to Metiria for Paul Henry’s appallingly sexist behaviour.
What a dick he is. And he’s BFF with the PM. That says it all really. The way women have been treated by the PM comes straight from Paul Henry’s self-proclaimed autobiographic narrative
“I am invincible and teflon-coated”
It’s sickening. I wonder if the Minister of Women’s Affairs will comment on it. Thought about it. Nope.
Any acrimony sent Paul Henry’s way will imply a criticism or rift in National. Dicktatorship New Zealand. Should be a large white penis on John Key’s new flag, not a fishy fern. How do they get away with it? As a slightly more than middle-aged women I find New Zealand deteriorating into some kind of dick-macho-Putinland in the South Pacific.
“Dick-macho-Putinland in the South Pacific.”
Not only is that wickedly funny and sharp, but it’s also true!
The Tories are now the leading example of all that is wrong, not just economically but also socially and philosophically.
Upper class twats with no class at all…
Should be a large white penis on John Key’s new flag”…for John I think a bent little finger might be more appropriate.
…while tugging a pony tail.
Why would Metiria Turei want to be in the same room as the corporate puppet?
Back in the 1960s marionettes were quite popular and were the basis of Thunderbirds and Stingray etc.
Paul Henry has slightly more brain power than a wooden doll but has less charisma, and if you look closely you can see the strings.
I stopped watching the crap he churns out a decade ago. His inane rants stopped being funny even, and became just an irritating waste of time. That now applies to practically everything mainstream.
And no mention from the MSM of how thankful Metiria Turei should have been at paul henry’s overtures? That surprises me. She should have been grateful that such a Super Star was even vaguely interested in her. Silly little girl.
And to think. Back in the day. One small, simple condom could have saved us all from paul henry.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_condoms
When I found out Paul Henery stood as a National party candidate some time back I stopped watching anything he is involved in because he can’t be impartial or objective the main criteria for a TV presenter
He is more interested in self promotion and causing an uproar than taking a serious approach to what’s happening in NZ
Says a lot about Media Works and their priorities about giving this clown air time.
Paul Henry is so far beyond being a dick head – he is a national embarrassment. The Australians got rid of him for very good reasons.
Why do we suffer such fools when there are so many others who would do a much better job ? How much does donky jonky pay him ? How Hillary Barry and Jim Kayes can stand working with him, day in and day out, with all his insults; rudeness; (pea size brain) and massive ego is mind-blowing and unbelievable.
When someone has to blow their own horn as much as he does only shows what an idiot he really is. It is so sad for our country to have the world witness him as a journalistic rep. for us in the TV realm. We deserve so much better.
Thank goodness for Waatea 5th Estate and it contribution to sane and ethical journalism – something Paul Henry knows not much about.
Paul Henry is a dickhead — but not for this.
Someone is actually going to need to explain to me how this is “sexist”?
Good point actually.
Haven’t forced myself to watch it but the reality is this.
Metiria Turei would have been invited on the show to talk about International Women’s Day NOT as a possible contestant for Paul Henry’s personal version of The Bachelor.
To be subjected in every instance to an assessment of your attractiveness as part and parcel of a response to anything you have to say is not appropriate. But unfortunately, we see examples of this all the time IRL and MSM.
It is “sexist” primarily because we see this occur most often when men are interacting with women. And from what I recall of Henry, he does this without thought, reflection or concern.
Well Bomberino, what can I say?
A perfect example of why this household no longer watches television (and with a bit of luck is also contributing to the protracted downfall of the Media Wonks network)…
Paul Henry is one of the few people in the world whose existence makes morally acceptable the use of tactical nuclear weapons on him.
Paul Henry is AN AGGRWESSIVE OVERBEARING IDIOT.
He is clearly to full of HIMSELF.
He should be checked for excessive Testosterone levels.
I don’t know if its sexist but rather unseemly and vulgar behavior to be honest,… and really … much like his preferred PM. The same strain of vulgar , unseemly tackiness seems to be a characteristic of the neo liberal bought MSM at present….
Perhaps it is because they feel – erroneously – that they are unassailable therefore they can carry on like pigs and people will think its funny… it certainly seems to be an attitude they express.
Much like John Key yelling out that Labour/ the left supports murderer’s and rapists… the same sort of common gross behavior as that.
If it had come from anyone else other than Paul Henry, it might have been seen as an ice breaker, or a light-hearted comment to set a good tone for the interview.
But as we have seen so many times before, Paul Henry’s attitude is either “your boots taste delicious” to those he likes or “I’ll take you apart you scummy….” to those he doesn’t like.
When you are either black or white, people won’t believe you on the rare occasions you want to be grey.
Paul got 10 points from me with this interview … a fucking lot more than any other media outlet in NZ
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zaZvxCQ3iW0
He is still a dick shit.
People really like arseholes though – don’t they. Paul Henry, Mike Hosking, John Key, Donald Trump – these people are obviously complete arseholes, but very, very popular.
Why do people like them so much?
P.S. Could someone do a post comparing Trump and Key – there are many similarities there especially the complete disregard for the truth.
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