Roger Ailes Son Vows ‘I’m Coming After’ Accusers ‘And Hell Is Coming With Me’

A teenage son’s pledge to clear his father’s name is understandable, especially when that father is Roger Ailes. But pledging a living hell on a father’s accusers is a bit frightening.

From Lifezette’s report on Ailes’ funeral yesterday (via Gabriel Sherman):

“I loved my father,” Ailes’ 17-year-old son, Zachary, told LifeZette. “He considered how much certain people hated him as a measure of success.”

Zachary pledged to fight to clear his father’s name after a series of sexual harassment allegations led to his ultimate ouster from Fox News.

“I want all the people who betrayed my father to know that I’m coming after them,” Zachary Ailes said during a speech at the ceremony, “and hell is coming with me.”

We can only imagine the grief and rage felt by Ailes’ son over the death of his father this week. Ailes' demise was not long after his humiliating toppling from king of the media world to a reportedly devastated pariah. And I would shrug off these comments as a young man’s attempt to cope with a very difficult situation were it not for the fact that his father did just those kinds of things Zachary was now promising.

Watch Ailes biographer Gabriel Sherman explain how “Ailes could be a domineering and terrorizing figure” below from a May 18, 2017 report on NBC News about Ailes’ death.

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commented 2017-05-23 17:22:00 -0400 · Flag

If he starts dreswing up like a giant bat, we are truly fucked

commented 2017-05-22 10:51:05 -0400 · Flag

Anger is part of grieving. The funeral was just two days after his dad’s death, and while it was a stupid thing to say in public, I find his emotions understandable since I must plead guilty myself in making comments that I wish I hadn’t when I was heartbroken or angry.

I hope once his head clears he’ll acknowledge to those who feel threatened by his comments that he is truly sorry and made by overwhelming grief at the moment which he regrets.

commented 2017-05-22 09:23:41 -0400 · Flag

Jabba the Ailes’ legacy is one f*cked-up kid.

commented 2017-05-22 07:02:21 -0400 · Flag

ROFLAO ! Andrew. I needed a laugh, today.

commented 2017-05-22 06:38:34 -0400 · Flag

<b>"He considered how much certain people hated him as a measure of success.”</b>

He who dies with the most enemies… is still dead.

commented 2017-05-22 05:01:54 -0400 · Flag

Way I understand it, Ailes and O’Reilly weren’t brought down by the sexual issues so much as by the fact that the payments had not been properly accounted for in the annual accounts presented to the shareholders. Once again, it’s the pocketbook not principles that prompted the firings.

To my mind, the young man grieving for his father is trying to behave like the latter. I also agree that that type of talk is more dangerous for him than for others.

commented 2017-05-22 00:38:02 -0400 · Flag

This kid needs to be in counseling. That type of talk is dangerous. He will wind up in prison before he turns 21.

commented 2017-05-22 00:12:58 -0400 · Flag

“I want all the people who betrayed my father to know that I’m coming after them,” Zachary Ailes said during a speech at the ceremony, “and hell is coming with me.”

Well kid, one of those people was none other than . . . Rupert Murdoch himself, who dumped Ailes when the sexual harassment claims got too public and started downgrading the brand.

Murdoch is an octogenarian billionaire media mogul; you’re . . . an understandably grief-stricken man who hasn’t hit voting age.

Let us know how that turns out.

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commented 2017-05-22 00:06:25 -0400 · Flag

“He considered how much certain people hated him as a measure of success.”

You’re living a f@cked up existence if that’s your metric for success . . .

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