Richard Heene "Terrifying," Associate Says:

Richard Heene, the Colorado man at the center of the alleged "balloon boy" hoax, was "terrifying" to be around at times and has created an unsafe environment for his three sons, two former associates told CBS' "The Early Show". Barbara Slusser, who worked with Heene as a stormchaser and appeared with him in the reality show "Wife Swap" said he could be "a lot of fun" sometimes, but "it could be terrifying at times when he'd go off. It was a three-ring circus." Slusser described an incident during the filming of "Wife Swap" when she was prodded by a producer to say something about women, which made Heene go "ballistic." "He jumped off the couch, ran down the hall, grabbed some toilet paper, and ran back and was physically trying to shove it in my mouth for my 'verbal diarrhea,'" Slusser said. "And then on top of it, once we quit, he starts screaming 'She's out of here! Get her out of my house. She can't do the show anymore.'" Slusser didn't mention the specific comment that set Heene off.Harry Smith spoke with a former friend of Richard Heene who claims he heard Heene talk about the balloon stunt in the past. - Captured Live on Ustream at http://www.ustream.tv/channel/speak-your-mind-with-ndsman.

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[lancetop]

I think Richard Heene is a lousy actor. A lousy parent. A lousy haircut.

[cinstlu]

Cashing as in Ca-shing.

[VampireTiani]

Cashing in on 15 seconds of fame... check