Balloon Boy vomits on the Today show: How much weirder can this story get?

And the Balloon Boy story only gets stranger. First, Falcon Heene flies to fame when he's said to be aboard a runaway balloon. Then it turns out he was never on the balloon at all, but hiding in the family attic. A few hours later, he goes on CNN and...
By Michael RobertsOctober 16, 2009
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And the Balloon Boy story only gets stranger. First, Falcon Heene flies to fame when he’s said to be aboard a runaway balloon. Then it turns out he was never on the balloon at all, but hiding in the family attic. A few hours later, he goes on CNN and seems to imply that the entire adventure had been an elaborate show — which fame-junkie dad Richard Heene adamantly denies, of course. And now, this morning, as seen in the video above, he goes on the Today show and pukes in front of Meredith Vieira and the rest of America. Can this story get any more awesome? Just wait.

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Michael Roberts began his career with Westword in 1990 as music editor. In 1999, he took on a new role, full-time media reporter, as author of a column called The Message. In 2008, he became the lead writer for Westword‘s news blog, The Latest Word, a position he held until January 2023. Michael continues to freelance for Westword, covering everything from business to sports and the media; he also contributes to Jazziz, a national music magazine. He holds a bachelor’s degree from what is now Colorado Mesa University and master’s degrees from the University of California, Los Angeles, and Northwestern University.

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