Chuck Norris is suing publisher Penguin and author Ian Spector over the book “The Truth About Chuck Norris: 400 facts about the World’s Greatest Human”. Among other claims, the suit states that the “book’s title would mislead readers into thinking the facts were true.” This means that apparently Chuck Norris cannot cure your cancer with his tears, he did not create a giraffe by uppercutting a horse, and he cannot speak braille. If only Kevin Trudeau could be so honest.
“Chuck Norris sues, says his tears no cancer cure” [Reuters]
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@thisaintsweettea: “It sounds to me like he is upset that he isn’t able to cash in on book”
I think you’re absolutely right. Or rather, his agent was upset for similar reasons, and pressured him into suing. As was mentioned, Norris even read his own facts on some TV show (you can see it on YouTube). I won’t take the usual celebrity-bashing rhetoric of “it’s a publicity stunt.” Who knows what his reasons truly are, but I think it’s safe to say this lawsuit is lame.
As for Norris, I love the jokes about him, but I think he’s a huge loser.
Banmojo, you need to cool it.
@morganlh85: There were ads and affiliates on the site producing money for the website too.
Might as well add a new fact: Chuck Norris loves milking his luck.
This is just a ploy to get the defendants in the same room with Chuck Norris…
After that happens, we can all guess whats next.
I think people are being a bit hard on ol’ Chuck. He has gone on record as being quite amused by the ‘facts’ about him. The issue seems to be his naive innocence of how absurd this whole meme is, to the point that he does not want people misinformed.
It’s a reasonable request, especially since it plays fast and loose with the word truth.
I happen to know Chuck Norris and he is one of the two most straight-arrow humans I have ever met. He knows this stuff is a joke and ridiculous. All the same, as a public figure whose name is valuable, he has to protect it just as a musician or author must protect his works.
If such a figure does not do so, he can lose his rights just as the Moving Stairway Company lost the rights to “Escalator”.
I have even seen a video of Chuck Norris reading some of these on a TV show and being very amused by them. Jokes passed freely among people are one thing. Someone compiling them and making money from his name and likeness is quite another.