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Stern writer threatened after Weiner outburst

Man tells Bronk 'if you ever do that again, you'll never walk again'
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Benjy Bronk, a writer for "The Howard Stern Show", yells a question at
former Rep. Anthony Weiner (D-NY) as he announces his resignation on
June 16.
By Marianne Garvey
E!online
Howard Stern writer Benjy Bronk certainly caused chaos during Anthony
Weiner's public farewell address.
But he definitely didn't deserve the violent threat aimed at him
following the outburst.
So what happened?
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After Bronk interrupted Weiner's speech with a barrage of questions
=E2=80" "Will you maintain your hot physique and smooth sexy chest?"
=E2=80" he was escorted out by police, who, Bronk revealed, actually
laughed while hauling him out because they were huge fans of the Stern
show.
While outside, Bronk was surrounded by different media outlets who
wanted to find out where he was from and why he was shouting absurd
questions.
In the midst of the interviews, one man was caught on tape (by a Stern
camera crew) approaching Bronk and whispering in his ear, "If you ever
do that again, you'll never walk again."
The man quickly disappeared after the threat, with reporters (and Bronk)
in shock.
On his radio show Monday, Stern instructed his staffers to deliver the
tape to the NYPD so they could find the culprit, who is clearly visible
in the video. Stern explained that whether you found humor in Bronk's
stunt or not, he was going for comedy, not trying to harm anyone.
Bronk, was upset about the threat because he felt his prank was
misunderstood, and exclusively explains to E! News his reasoning behind
the questions, which he only began shouting during Weiner's speech
because someone else yelled out, "Buh-bye, pervert!" (That was not
Bronk.) His questions followed.
"People have misattributed me as being the guy that yelled "pervert" at
Weiner during his resignation speech, that wasn't me. I don't think of
Anthony Weiner as a pervert, I think he's a horny guy who handled his
thing wrong, and I think the words 'horny guy' are redundant," Bronk
tells us.
Bronk says he wasn't trying to make Weiner feel terrible, he was trying
to mine for radio gold, and ended up getting threatened for something he
did strictly for laughs.
"I didn't go to make moral judgments, I went to make comedy. But I
shouldn't have interrupted him, that was wrong," Bronk said, adding that
he feels "kinda torn" about the fiasco.
"I was cool with what I did at the first press conference (Bronk
launched "were you fully erect?" at the end of that speech), because as
absurd as my questions were, I did them at the proper time and they were
questions I was really curious about his answer to. I thought they were
funny and I thought they appropriately satirized the situation," he
says.
"Like many members of the media, I like to be on TV, I just might be
more blatant about it. But, I shouldn't have interrupted him at his
resignation, I don't believe in heckling =E2=80" unless it would help
end some extreme evil violent situation, which this certainly wasn't.
"I'm embarrassed for most of it. Although, I didn't ask the last
question about whether he would maintain his physique until he had
already ended his speech. My intention was for comedy and attempting to
mock it. Like journalism I think comedy brings out a truth and that's
what I was trying to do and to get people to look at me."
Instead he was threatened. Hopefully, the cops nail the anonymous
character. And he learns to get a sense of humor.
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