- lii iiliilililililllilillili tunt down a six'foot-sir inch,275 pound hdbitualchild rapist.bountyhunter Duane "Dog" Chapman doesnl cury a weapon.Mace ud his mouthareall hc everneedslo subduethe badguls. but no! evenDog anticipatedjNthow desttuctivehis ba.k couldbe. It's alreadybeen! yer since Chapmd's mouthsnuffedou! everything he and his fanily had built over the past four selsonsofhis No. I nlcd rcalit) show Do8 lllc BrrnD ,lrller. finding himselfat thc ccntrcofa creer-ending scdrdalwhcnhis son Tuck€r. newly releasedfrom lrison. sold a tafed private phoneconversation with his fatherto llz Alari.,!,/ Drq!i.z/. in wbich Chapman Tuckcfs usedthe N word to cha.acter'ze then Sirlffiend.Orce the scandalbroke. Dos s imlse as a wunior forjusticeand a heroro klds was destoyedovernight. As AtricaDAmerican him, A&E pulledhis showfrom its schedule i{ time Chapmanwas seen in thc publiceye he had ateady issued! public apology and broke down ehile explaininE himself o! ldl,-a KtrS In e. his oDlynedia appearance. Sincethen.Chapmd has beenin a self imposed exile,dedicatinghimself No$. ltier a ye.il undereround, he's finally readyro tall abourthe painand rumultof the incidentrhatalmostbroke him, alongwith what it took to rise abole aDd prepde lbr a rctum to TV. Time may havepassed,bu! wounds fron the scandal'sfallout sliUlingertbr rhebountyhunter.indicatedby the long. deepbreathhe takesbefbretrying to put into words$hat ran throughhis mind 74 TVWEEKoNL NEcA rre2r,2DoB It The hunt k on: DoCChapman, wite Belhandthen po$e are backlo tackins downtusftves n rrddt of the.ameras wlh then show\ ,lesl episodes b an nefi nonth. scheduled ashis lvorld crasheddown dound him. ''There are no sords rc explain that. it was deaastadng.be says. I hadrealized tharI badhurl pcople'sfeelings.thais Dotmy pcrsonaard that s not me. I m a toughguy. I gues. they say.I cd hddlc my o\r!. but I doDt like to hu.t people's feelings.so thafs wharreally got ne and ' I didn t realizei! would do that. One oflhe most binerpills to swallow rv$ cxplainingto his childrenlhar their dad hadhun so nany. 'I explajnedto them that wo s like that are not cool and whatt'e bad thal daddydjdn't understand done.I told lhem sticksand stoneswill breakmy bones.but wordswil always hurt you. Evenmy sevenyed-old understoodbecauselshel had to hear whal happenedo! the radioon the way to school. AecauseI'm a personwith a realityshow. I know that nofting is everprivate." As tbr the sonwho belrayedhis tather,he's currenllybackinjail. tbanks to a puole rioiation.When he getsout, Chapmanwill leavei! up !o Tuckels Out of the House A year after the scandalthattook DOGTHEBOUNry HUNTER off the air,Duane"Dog"Chapman is backwitha vengeance BYAARONBROVERMAN had i hap- : nks a UL: ,, brothers and sisteB io decide his fare. "When I was out huntinsfu8itiles. I oflen wonderedwhy somepeenls would standright at my face. Iie dd rell me they haveno ideawheretheirchild is,' he says. I understddI $ill al$a)s lole Tuckerno ma(er whnthe d(xs-bur I left it up ro the resl ofthe famil).ro decide whal ro do wirh him. \\'e \or as a fml ily, dd lometimes.I guess)ou could get voted out. They lole rheir bmther. that s then blood.but nor onll did Tuclierhun mc, hc hun our enfre famil) and millionsof peopleaorldside " With thei. lilelihood effectilel,! destrcyed.Chapmd &d tus u if. Belh s€riously consideredpacline ir in for goodand living out the restoftheir l;!€s in anonymiry,but Dog knew he had ro rnake things right. "I don't meanto say this in a boastful manrcr,but sinceI was 15 af,dlooking h $e ninor, co,nbing that 'do, I always thoughrI was a legendin my own nind," he says."I knew this day was conins and I would bc a leader.I will slwaysb€ a l€ader, no malter what. I am not a rich nan. bur I donl hav€ro lbountyhund forcver. I could go and move anywherc in the world and that would be it.l do it becauseI love k. I want people to love me and I love to lovc them back"" Hc tied to restore that love thmugh the counselof civil rightsleade.Roy Innis. who, imnically.was one ofdle first African-Amencanlead€6to call for his snow to be taten off the air. "I ve tried to curbmy swearirgcompletely.I ve leameda lot of thingsaboul life dd huma nature, saysChapman. 'The Bible may say, 'd eye for an eye dd a toothfor a toothand a lootb.' bul I studiedMartin Luther King and he said that if we do that, Americans would all be blind and tootlless.In my business. when you catch that guy who raped rhat baby, you wdt to beat him, so I thought about King s words Dd fourd that they fit inro my wo d." He also found out somerhingels€: Jam€s E"NrlRay. rhe man convicted of King s assalsination, was a tuginve. "If t d have b€en ihere, maybe I would've got tha( guy." tle roy hnve sbned his bounty-hunting ruie21.2003TWVEEXONLINE.CA,5 careertoo lale lo -rrabJmes Earl Ray.but A&E was imprcssed €noughby Chapmnns comrnitmentto reform$at he s now back roundingup con\icls in front ofa cmera- asrerunsbeginainng Juncl5 with ncs episodesfollowiDson July 16. Chapnrann y hale dore enoushro impess nclwork€xecs. bur ifyol.l ask $hat he thinksit $'asthat sealedhis second $bat chrged $eir chance.it s ditficull forhim to pinpoinl _ .-I miflds. You d haveIo ask A&E that he says. didn t go to T0hitiand Bo lo a refugefor si\ months.somc peoplerecom' mendedthat I sry thrl I drink ud checkinlo Bctly Ford,but I didn r do that.I gol out thercmd provedto c!€ryonethat I am STAY& PLAY Rela( in a luxuriousone bedroom suite, enjoythe thrills and excitement ofWestern Canada'sla€esi gaming floorwith a $40 gift card, and sample a deliciousbreaHastfor two in the o""0"'oi,iltl, ",.r,,.".,"" ",$199 GIRLSNIGHTOUT Enjoya relaxingtime with good friends, tryyour luck in the excitingcasinoor relax and watch live entertainmentin Lulut Lounge.PackageIncludes: . p@mf,odation tor 6 in a 2 b€doom suite . 4 complidenb.t madinisin FnesideLoung€ . srcaklad in Oodside or iniuite .l Buy Ss, GetSr0 coupon '*''T;."."J:: :fi *"",^ ".,5469 {, travel best bets A s s e e no n G l o b aW l ClaireNewell "People make mistakes. All that matleF to bim now is lhar he can b€sin rc put the pastwhcrc n bclongsand bcginpro!ing l0 Anrericarh(t lhe old Dog hls rclumedto lbm. ''wc re a lot closcfas a fumily ow nnd we e goins lo hold onlo eachother. Chrpn.rn says."When you ridc lhrou8hsoncthing devashtingto your life,like nrakingit througha to.nado in r shelleras afhnily. you hold on and you hcir that romudoshakinSthe house llnd as it goeso!er. youjust Bel so closetogtlher.Thafs hos $e de noN.The liShtcningofthen ranhshasspdkeda net pacsionud focus tbr Chapmanwith crc$-mefthe6 that hrle beenwith him liom rhc bcginning.$ho \e bee. telliDghim ftey ve ncvc. seen the Dog moe fierce.Cood thingtoo- sinceracting fugitiveshas nc$r beenmoredifficull. -The criminalsae -eeningsmanernow bccauselhey watchthc as a Kiby lacnnm snlc\mln shoe. hct mils. IfI iricd posin-q no\\,.rhcl \louldjust say. Oh Do-q.slop il. we tnow it's you "' Ar.r result.Chapmanandhis crcw haveD.ned to n€w lechnology.somcofit lsed on thebanl€fieldsof Iraq md Afghanistan. ro catchthe woal ofthe wo6t.In faci he reccntlyreornedlo Mexico (ironicrlly. the sme placewherche olercamebis own mle in appchendlegalroublesiastycu) lo play d unpublicized with murderinghk Mdinc charged Lsnr€:n. the U.S. ing Cesar lcuow Marinegirllriendard bef unbomchild lasl December. Still. morcclnning ard dmgeroustugiiiveswerethe leastof Chapnrans womes whenhc fi61 hit the streclseilh his posse. No one kncrvhow Dog $ould be receivedby thc cilizenswhonr TV viewcrshale see! him rcly on forleads{Dd lips countless Would theybe as $illing to belp'l rinresin prclioLrsseasons. ''A lol morepeoplcare talkin-qto ns now thantbeycvcr did,' insislsChrpman. I don'l havea crystalball and I can only guess wheretheya.e sonc oithe time-IIil lvasnt tbr our fansand the p , r , , n lqe h o h c l pu . . s e $ o u l d( r l c h n o c r i m i n J l ' . Ciapnranbelievesthat thc increasedfan supPoais becauscof his recents|rriggle.not in spiteofit. "They !c re.tlized(hatwc rc hun n roo nos.- he says. This is a real rerlily shos. brah Thcy rc a fly on ihc $ull - roll cme.a and iI s onl Not elen lhe fugiriveshe msls hale bmughtup lhe recent scandalin an effon Io thrcw him offhis sme or discredithim: ''I hnlcn l had any sinslcguy. of all the coloursI ve mslcd. say I'm not perfect. Thiswas an error,a mistake. If you're reallya racist,you don't apologizefor what you've done, you're proud of beingthat way." lr sor lhe poscr ot lhe peoplethll ChapmancEdns rvith NECA TT2T 76 TVIVEEKONL 2OO3 gellrig hih lhr(i!!lr JLr:.i: l t f . r ' l r s tp 1 . . . l h f 1 . r , . . r - : i : : . . . )o! rethd(. h..,1j. l: ....r-: lnd Lhr\ \r(1. (n l),,! ' : . . , car.hrhr\f!L\.r, r. \i. 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