Jesse Ventura: American Sniper’s Chris Kyle Is No Hero

jesse_venturaJesse Ventura is stepping into the controversy coming from the film adaptation of former Navy SEAL Chris Kyle’s autobiography, “American Sniper”. Actually, he’s stepping into it again. Ventura won a $1.8 million defamation lawsuit last year, against Kyle who claimed in his book that he once punched out Ventura in a California bar. It never happened and Kyle’s publisher had to remove that chapter from the book.

With the film, Ventura, also a former Navy SEAL, said Kyle shouldn’t be considered a hero by movie fans, “A hero must be honorable, must have honor. And you can’t have honor if you’re a liar. There is no honor in lying”.

It’s pretty strong words about someone lying to the public from someone who made a career out of professional wrestling.

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