# Need video of Richard Gere getting booed at Madison Sqr. Garden benefit **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [January 7, 2007, 9:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/need-video-of-richard-gere-getting-booed-at-madison-sqr-garden-benefit/387082 "2007-01-07T21:17:57Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 9\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![newcrasher](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/b3f665/32.png) [@newcrasher](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/newcrasher)\ **Post date:** [January 7, 2007, 9:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/need-video-of-richard-gere-getting-booed-at-madison-sqr-garden-benefit/387082/1 "2007-01-07T21:17:57Z")
A few weeks after 9/11 there was a star studded gala benefit for the firefighters of NYC. Richard Gere took the stage and encouraged us not to retaliate out of revenge but turn our energies to love…or something like that…anyway, he got booed pretty badly. I have been looking for a link to a video of is, but have come up empty handed. Any help? ---
**Author:** ![Peanuthead](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/peanuthead/32/360_2.png) [@Peanuthead](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Peanuthead)\ **Post date:** [January 8, 2007, 6:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/need-video-of-richard-gere-getting-booed-at-madison-sqr-garden-benefit/387082/2 "2007-01-08T06:58:29Z")
Every time I hear the name Richard Gere I can only think of that idiotic speech he gave at the Academy Awards when he rambled on about sending virtual love bombs to China so the whole world can live in peace and harmony. The entire audience sat there in stunned disbelief as he actually went “psssssssh, boom”. ---
**Author:** ![wolf\_meister](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wolf_meister/32/15202_2.png) [@wolf\_meister](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/wolf_meister)\ **Post date:** [January 8, 2007, 7:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/need-video-of-richard-gere-getting-booed-at-madison-sqr-garden-benefit/387082/3 "2007-01-08T07:29:52Z")
**Peanuthead** Wasn’t there yet _another_ Richard Gere Academy Awards speech in which he mentioned the Dalai Lama and if everyone concentrated it would make the world a better place, etc? Or maybe that was the same speech? ---
**Author:** ![Peanuthead](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/peanuthead/32/360_2.png) [@Peanuthead](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Peanuthead)\ **Post date:** [January 8, 2007, 2:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/need-video-of-richard-gere-getting-booed-at-madison-sqr-garden-benefit/387082/4 "2007-01-08T14:16:04Z")
[QUOTE=wolf\_meister] **Peanuthead** Wasn’t there yet _another_ Richard Gere Academy Awards speech in which he mentioned the Dalai Lama and if everyone concentrated it would make the world a better place, etc? Or maybe that was the same speech? [/QUOTE] I’ve only seen the one, but I wouldn’t doubt if repeated it many times. What an embarrassment for the Dalai Lama. ---
**Author:** ![LouisB](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/dfb087/32.png) [@LouisB](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LouisB)\ **Post date:** [January 8, 2007, 4:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/need-video-of-richard-gere-getting-booed-at-madison-sqr-garden-benefit/387082/5 "2007-01-08T16:04:12Z")
[QUOTE=Peanuthead] I’ve only seen the one, but I wouldn’t doubt if repeated it many times. What an embarrassment for the Dalai Lama. [/QUOTE] Richard Geere is a practicing Bhudist; IIRC, he has appeared publicaly with the Dalai Lama on more than one occassion. ---
**Author:** ![Clothahump](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/51bf81/32.png) [@Clothahump](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Clothahump)\ **Post date:** [January 8, 2007, 5:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/need-video-of-richard-gere-getting-booed-at-madison-sqr-garden-benefit/387082/6 "2007-01-08T17:33:23Z")
[QUOTE=LouisB] Richard Geere is a practicing Bhudist; IIRC, he has appeared publicaly with the Dalai Lama on more than one occassion. [/QUOTE] Richard Gere is a practicing idiot, who unfortunately appears in public. ---
**Author:** ![FordPrefect](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/e99b99/32.png) [@FordPrefect](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FordPrefect)\ **Post date:** [January 8, 2007, 7:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/need-video-of-richard-gere-getting-booed-at-madison-sqr-garden-benefit/387082/7 "2007-01-08T19:05:45Z")
He is, in the words of Michael Bolton (The Office Space character), “A no-talent ass-clown.” ---
**Author:** ![Encinitas](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/ee7513/32.png) [@Encinitas](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Encinitas)\ **Post date:** [January 8, 2007, 11:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/need-video-of-richard-gere-getting-booed-at-madison-sqr-garden-benefit/387082/8 "2007-01-08T23:10:01Z")
Am I the only one who thought the thread title referred to > [@](#): > > Need video of Richard Gere getting **boned** at Madison Sqr. Garden benefit ---
**Author:** ![LouisB](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/dfb087/32.png) [@LouisB](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LouisB)\ **Post date:** [January 9, 2007, 2:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/need-video-of-richard-gere-getting-booed-at-madison-sqr-garden-benefit/387082/9 "2007-01-09T02:43:19Z")
[QUOTE=Clothahump] Richard Gere is a practicing idiot, who unfortunately appears in public. [/QUOTE] He always speaks well of you.