On the bus with “GGW”- Part 2
The surreal atmosphere onboard the bus is conducive to the quashing of possible repercussions as girls talk other girls into compromising positions with a peer-pressured “everything’s gonna be alright” attitude. A few drinks don’t hurt either. Is it a little shady? Yes. Is it legal? Looks like it. Does it come back to haunt people sometimes? Definitely. Bottom line is the GGW bus is a traveling Mardis Gras and college girls out for a night of fun may not consider that future run for office after a Mai Tai or two.
Just when I thought I was getting a handle on the 32-year-old entrepreneurial, skinpix whiz kid (who many have likened to a young Hugh Hefner), he said: “You want to see something really wild?” I said sure and Francis pulled out a camera phone with some pics I am sure the editors had never seen. My photographer, myself, and a couple of women on the bus got treated to some pics that will NEVER make the GGW tapes. They show Francis en flagrante with no less than three VERY well-known, high-profile, always in the news actresses/divas/singers.
Before he left, Francis said: “Come to my island, no reporter has ever been there.” I checked it out and it’s true. The man owns a private island off the coast of Mexico where no one with the media but “Architectural Digest” has ever gone before. If I can get a mag to underwrite the cost, heck, yeah, I’ll go get the inside scoop. Unfortunately, FHM, Maxim, And Rolling Stone have all passed so far and I’m afraid my editors at the unnamed “big one” will get pissed if I even pitch it (our readership, I’m informed, is 80 percent female). Right now, GGW is too hot to pick up.
LATEST NEWS: Banana Joe’s has apologized for the event and GGW won’t be coming back for a visit. “I write to again assure you, the city of Charleston and its citizens of the commitment of the owners and staff of Banana Joe’s to operate their business in a lawful maner that contributes in positive ways to the entire community and especially to downtown Charleston,” wrote attorney Benjamin Bryant, representing the club, in a letter sent to the mayor and quoted in media reports. Too hot, indeed, to handle. Goodbye, Joe Francis.
July 30th, 2005 at 4:03 pm
Your writer is well versed, and prepares for the issue versus just writing something someone will read!
July 30th, 2005 at 4:05 pm
Jeff Hanson is a go getter for “news”. His articles reflect that he does the foot work first, enabling him to get the true story!
August 1st, 2005 at 11:51 am
Are these paid endorsements?
August 1st, 2005 at 11:52 am
Actually, I think the hoopla was a bit played out. Did anyone see the line outside Banana Joe’s that evening (and with a cover of what, 15 bucks)? The only people from whom I heard objections were those who rarely venture downtown at night anyway.
July 6th, 2006 at 6:18 pm
Jeff Hanson did not get much of a real story here. Joe Francis is a complete idiot and not to mention a liar. Reporters havent been to any island because he does not own any island. He has a mansion in Porta Varta Mexico, but not on an island, on the coast. How do I know? Because I’ve been there.–>
October 25th, 2007 at 10:22 am
Yeah, you’ve “been there” yet you can’t even spell Puerta Vallarta. You’ve been there in your wet dreams, maybe…
We see who’s the liar here!