Video: Jian Ghomeshi 1996 improv entitled "All My Fans Make Me Sick"

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      Long before Jian Ghomeshi became a famous CBC broadcaster and 18 years before he was fired as host of Q, he composed a little ditty that reflected contempt for admirers of his band, Moxy Fruvous.

      It was called "All My Fans Make Me Sick" and even though it was recorded in 1996, it was only posted on YouTube yesterday.

      "I just want to say it sounds like a bit of a joke song but it's something that I really mean," Ghomeshi says in the video. "I just find that there's a lot of people, for instance, at the Buffalo show tonight in the audience who are, for lack of a better term, losers. And you just look out there and you just go, 'You fucking idiots.' What are you paying to see this group for? You, you're so below us."

      He acknowledges that the band's fans are "human beings", albeit "really ignorant".

      "You ever accidentally stepped on a bug like you didn't actually mean to kill it? But you don't feel bad? You know? I feel kind of that way sometimes when I snub some fans," Ghomeshi says. "Yeah, I'm saying this with a smile but I am serious."

      Comments

      28 Comments

      sick of him

      Nov 2, 2014 at 11:22am

      This dude is going from bad to worse in a hurry.

      cmolbc

      Nov 2, 2014 at 1:03pm

      O.M.G!!!!!!!!!

      Creepy

      Nov 2, 2014 at 2:20pm

      It would appear that 'the mask of sanity' was never really that firmly in place to begin with.

      juss curious

      Nov 2, 2014 at 2:36pm

      This guy is such a loser.

      Moxy no more

      Nov 2, 2014 at 3:31pm

      I agree with him to the extent that being a fan of the lameass, pretentious novelty band Moxy Fruvous either required substandard intelligence or bad drugs.

      Donna

      Nov 2, 2014 at 3:48pm

      Jian reminds me of Keith in A Clockwork Orange!

      He's kinda got a point...

      Nov 2, 2014 at 4:19pm

      ...one wonders what kind of person would pay money to see the likes of moxy fruvous...have you heard any of their so-called 'music'?! I think I'd pay NOT to have to hear it, or anything like it, EVER!!!

      Actually...

      Nov 2, 2014 at 4:43pm

      I feel terrible when I step on a bug, even if it is an accident.

      Ted Scanlon

      Nov 2, 2014 at 5:54pm

      What he's allegedly done to women is terrible. What he's doing in this joke is obviously tongue-in-cheek. Anyone who misses that is an idiot.

      Jordan

      Nov 2, 2014 at 6:41pm

      Clearly this is a joke. Stop trying to connect the dots. It's a joke people!