Family friend: Obama’s Criticism Sent Bernie Mac To An Early Grave
Now that Bernie Mac has been laid to rest, a friend of the comedian is speaking out about the unfair criticism leveled at the funnyman by presidential hopeful Barack Obama. The friend believes the criticism by Obama broke his heart and sent Mac to an early grave.
Mac, 50, died last week from complications due to Sarcoidosis after being diagnosed with pneumonia and hospitalized at Northwestern Memorial Hospital for three weeks. The beloved comedian was a longtime supporter of Obama.
Last month, Obama invited Mac to perform his stand up comedy routine at a fundraiser in Chicago. But Mac’s jokes didn’t go over well with the audience of stiff shirts at the Hyatt Regency who each paid $2,500 to attend the fundraiser. One of Mac’s jokes in particular sparked a strong reaction from a few in attendance:
“My little nephew came to me and he said, ‘Uncle, what’s the difference between a hypothetical question and a realistic question?’” Mac said. “I said, I don’t know, but I said, ‘Go upstairs and ask your mother if she’d make love to the mailman for $50,000.’”
As Mac’s 10 minute stand up routine continued, the mostly white audience grew restless. “It’s not funny. Let’s get Barack on,” a man shouted.
When Obama came on a few minutes later, he made a joke of his own:
“We can’t afford to be divided by race. We can’t afford to be divided by region or by class and we can’t afford to be divided by gender, which by the way, that means, Bernie, you’ve got to clean up your act next time… “This is a family affair. By the way, I’m just messing with you, man.“
Despite the fact that Obama downplayed the incident, it was blown way out of proportion by the media.
Obama’s camp hastily released a tersely worded statement rebuking Mac for making “inappropriate” statements during the fundraiser. “Sen. Obama told Bernie Mac that he doesn’t condone these statements and believes what was said was inappropriate,” spokeswoman Jen Psaki said in a statement.
“Obama was well familiar with Bernie’s material before he asked [Mac] to appear,” wrote the family friend in an email to me. “He’s a comedian. How can they say his material was inappropriate when he tailored his material specifically for that audience?,” wrote the friend, who is also a fellow blogger.
Mac’s friend accused Obama of “backpedaling to insulate and protect himself from any backlash” and to “appease the undecided Hillary Clinton supporters.”
The family friend, who asked to remain anonymous, wrote that Mac was “deeply hurt” by what he felt was a “personal betrayal” by Obama who used Mac as a “scapegoat” to appease the media. “He threw Ludacris under the bus to appease the media too,” wrote the friend.
The friend also pointed out the hypocrisy in Obama’s condolences which was sent to the Mac family on the day of his funeral in Chicago over the weekend. “Michelle and I were so deeply sad to hear about your loss… He… (made) us laugh and laugh hard,” read Obama’s statement.
“[Obama] publicly disgraced Bernie,” wrote the blogger. “He shamed and embarrassed Bernie for doing what he did best. Bernie hadn’t been right since. It took something out of him. It hurt him deeply [and] he took that hurt to his grave.”
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OK .. IMMA HAVE TO CYBER CUSS HERE (Lord forgive me)
GET THE FLUCK OUTTA HERE WITH THIS GAT DAMNN FLUCKIN FOOLISHNESS !!
Good Morning Kym
You said it very well!
kym can i put you in the corner? i always wanted to do that but i never had a chance. lol
So Bernie Mac didnt die from what the doctors told us, he died cuz Obama didnt like his act……. Riiiight
The “family friend” needs to get a life. Barack Obama didn’t give Bernie Mac pneumonia. The Bernie Mac incident didn’t even receive that much press so why would it destroy him? Bernie was a grown man with a brain. He knew what was going on. He wasn’t some weak a$$ punk that would die from Barack “distancing” himself from jokes that offended some of the audience. You are reaching with this one Sandra.
yes licia .. you can .. and I’ll go gladly … lol
Morn NYCutie !!! …
in my Kat Williams voice .. this ish right heere .. this ish right here !! …
I agree with all of ya’ll! Bernie Mac was NOT the kinda dude that would give 2 shyts about this foolishness 4 real! Anybody that would book Bernie Mac to do a routine knows damm well what brand of comedy to expect! These “friends” who want to remain annonymous kill me!!!! They need to shut da’ phluck up and let this dude RIP!
as you all can see i am trying to bring a little happy into this post because i see it getting ugly really fast.
in my best meemaw voice * kym get in the corner!!!*
laffin … ok … laffin
You must be a really miserable person, Sandra
this is some inquire ****t, from an un named source. first of all barack has people who issues statements not he. bernie mack didnt care if obama people didnt like the joke, you ever been to a bermie mack show, because that was tame compared to most of his comedy routine.
Dis is some straight up bullshyt. I mean really, really. Is this so called “family friend” serious. no wonder the dumbazz wouldn’t but their name to it, cuz its bull shyt.
i say bull-shyte to that.how does checking someone cause death.i’m damn sure he’s been checked before. bottom line there is a time and place for everything. me? i wouldn’t have waited to write him a letter. i would have order him of my stage that very minute.
HERE WE GO AGAIN, MORE OBAMA BULL$HYT!!
This is so tired.
I’m pretty sure that in 50 years Bernie Mac ran into more obstacles than THIS lil ish. He died from an ailment, not a broken heart.
This is so crazy. Pointless.
Sandra,
Are you trying to start a cyber riot today?? LOL
Nice try “friend” but broken heart and pneumonia have no relation.
bullsh*t.
BOOBOO POST
Ms. Me Says:
Sandra,
Are you trying to start a cyber riot today?? LOL
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LMAO….
I really hope a family friend didn’t say this, come on!
ITA with Kymystry,
Bernie Mac was dealing with an illness, and unfortunately, he died…..
To say that Obama contributed to his death is totally assanine(sp?)!
Let that man rest in peace!
If this is an attempt to hurt Obama’s campaign, it won’t work. Sandra can now proceed to the corner.
If a friend said this then they were in so much pain they were taking crazy. Bernie did not die from a broken heart lets stop the maddness.
ONLY Sandra would print this and think it was “blog worthy”. It is foolishness. I am disappointed in the “nurse” who would even entertain this ignorance less than a week after clearly explaining what Bernie Mac’s condition was. It is really sad that we can’t take life and death for what it is and not anaLIEze it to death. I’m really disappointed in this entry. Let the man rest in peace will ya?
…and he STILL ain’t scared of you muthaphuckas!
Sandra’s gonna try to block ya, gonna try to stop ya, but ya gotta let them haters hate…
Hey SR- Is it Rihanna for pres. for you?
Seriously Sandra sometimes you really have to ask yourself if something makes any sense before you decide to put it on your blog! Obama and Bernie didn’t have problems with one another! I’m sure Obama knew Bernie wouldn’t hold his tongue during his routine just like Bernie knew that Obama would have to say he didn’t stand by what was said during the routine…It’s called an understanding!
This is ignorant FOOLISHNESS…..that does not deserve publicity…the fact that Sandra would post this ISH…is ridiculous…..!!!
Sandra…pause sometimes before you submit a POST…not a good choice to post this CRAP….!! You should be embarassed !!!
Say it ain’t so?
number 1…WELL DAMN. nuff said though. u can’t be serious with this.
So this is what caused his Sarcoidosis?
Damn Auntie I see why u call em Kool-Aid Drinkers, I fully understand how that incident would have made Bernie feel; They dont get it. You feel honored that possible the first BLACK (so-called, I keep telling yall he wasnt raised black so he aint black because he married michelle dont make him black either)President askes you to preform and then make u feel like **** about it becuase the crackers didnt like it and if you think about it he knows exactly what kind of comedian Bernie was so I feel it may have been an intention to embarassing himon some level. WAKE UP! People this man is only in office because “they” have an agenda, dont think for one minute there has been any type of victory, They are just using his “blackness” to furthur and disguise the agenda that “we” are to busy worrying about what type of designer dresses Michelle is wearing to even notice the REAL ISSUES at hand. Keep it up Sandra! Expose him for the fraud he is. I voted for him but was never sold on the idea.