Fortress President Michael Novogratz: "I just like wrestlers. For me this is about wrestling culture...about male bonding in a lot of ways...there are 450 people here, probably all men."
Posted by Bess Levin, May 04, 2009, 3:16pm
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Posted by guest , May 04, 2009 3:20PM
wtf
Posted by guest , May 04, 2009 3:20PM
re the tag-- pretty sure that's illegal
Posted by guest , May 04, 2009 3:23PM
Men who enjoy other men in tights "wrestling" with other men in tights = TEH GAY
If you enjoy fake "wrestling", you may also enjoy fake "women".
You ARE GAY if you enjoy wrestling.
Posted by Garuda , May 04, 2009 3:27PM
Does he own Chrysler bonds?
Posted by guest , May 04, 2009 3:28PM
wow
Posted by guest , May 04, 2009 3:29PM
Male "bolding" ????
Posted by guest , May 04, 2009 3:29PM
Meredith will be pleased. Can I buy tickets for Wall Street Smackdown 09?
Posted by guest , May 04, 2009 3:29PM
Note: its high school wrestling that he likes. That not Gay, its pedo.
Posted by guest , May 04, 2009 3:30PM
Hope that snakeskin jacket came with sperm repellent.
Posted by guest , May 04, 2009 3:31PM
@8- middle school too
Posted by guest , May 04, 2009 3:31PM
Saw Mickey Rourke's recent role as the "Wrestler". I think he nailed it.
Posted by guest , May 04, 2009 3:33PM
that is the tackiest jacket I've ever seen.
-disappointed fortress shareholder
Posted by guest , May 04, 2009 3:34PM
Sir, 'bolding' is the preferred nomenclature. It has something to do with shoving an engorged, blunt, object into the Male standing next to you.
References: blunting, bonding & fagging.
Posted by guest , May 04, 2009 3:35PM
How many snakes did he have to kill and eat to make that jacket?
Posted by guest , May 04, 2009 3:36PM
printing all replies?
Posted by guest , May 04, 2009 3:39PM
@15- huh?
Posted by guest , May 04, 2009 3:39PM
Novogratz is right...there is a Trojan Horse aspect to wrestling.
You train for a competitive athletic endeavor, come to your first match, grapple against your opponent, then SURPRISE 1000 lbs of gay springs out of you from nowhere.
Posted by guest , May 04, 2009 3:43PM
You always want a former collegiate wrestler with you if you ever get caught up in a bar fight.
Posted by miami , May 04, 2009 3:47PM
#3 is a closet ghey because he types IN ALL CAPS ZOMG!
I'm sending Thain over to kick you in the jimmie.
Posted by guest , May 04, 2009 3:47PM
capital fucking G
Posted by guest , May 04, 2009 3:48PM
Some forms of the herpes virus (like shingles) can spread via wrestling mats. You may now commence with other humorous observations pertaining to different strains of that virus and its spread.
Posted by guest , May 04, 2009 3:50PM
Heard he just joined NAMBLA: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/NAMBLA
Not that there's anything wrong with that....
Posted by Investorcluzo , May 04, 2009 3:51PM
nambla called - they would like their spokesperson back...did the powers that be at fortress approve that little interview?
Posted by NAS Keflavik boi , May 04, 2009 3:52PM
hell 18 even HS will do -- wrestling moves will do you more good in any street fight than most martial arts
Posted by guest , May 04, 2009 3:56PM
SNAP INTO SOME NAMBLA, BROTHER!
Posted by guest , May 04, 2009 3:58PM
@22...actually, there are a lot of things wrong with what that organization is about.
By the way, thanks for the link, no one would have known what NAMBLA is had you not provided it...
Posted by guest , May 04, 2009 4:02PM
@26 I aim to serve the DB public. Any avid fan of Howard Stern would know this. Being a stuck up, humor lacking robot you wouldn't know that.
@22
Posted by guest , May 04, 2009 4:10PM
I had a summer internship at NAMBLA when I was in the third grade.
Chaz Gasparatigan
Posted by guest , May 04, 2009 4:11PM
Its still real to me, dammit!
--Vicious Vik Pandit
Posted by guest , May 04, 2009 4:16PM
@22/27...I'm sure the DB public would be served by your refraining from future postings.
'Any avid listener of Howard Stern would know that you aim to serve the DB public.' I'm not sure even you understand your posts.
Just to clarify, I was mocking the fact that you felt the need to post the wiki page for NAMBLA. More than likely, most individuals are somewhat aware of the organization, and as such do not need your guidance. Thank you, baba-booey.
Posted by guest , May 04, 2009 4:20PM
@18 Agreed. There's no quit in those folks. Pure mean and can take physical pain.
Posted by Lowly Assistant , May 04, 2009 4:22PM
Fuck snakes. Disgusting creatures.
Posted by guest , May 04, 2009 4:35PM
Say it with me - special holds.
Posted by guest , May 04, 2009 4:39PM
31 Just like lax boys.
Posted by guest , May 04, 2009 4:53PM
#3 Batman picked Robin exactly for those reasons. I believe he Wrassled in Superhero Sidekick Middle School too...
Posted by guest , May 04, 2009 5:00PM
too swine, didnt flu
Posted by guest , May 04, 2009 5:56PM
Charlie G aka the steam room bandito also enjoys wrestling
Posted by mrpink , May 04, 2009 7:05PM
Someone smacked this dude with the fugly stick.
-mrp
Posted by guest , May 04, 2009 7:11PM
the fucking losers on this comment board are making fun of novogratz?
guys, you really gotta get lives. i am pretty sure 95% of the commenters on this site have never even talked to a girl, which is why bess levin is their fantasy date - they never actually have to talk to her or let her see how socially inept they all are. wow.
Posted by guest , May 04, 2009 7:23PM
@39 = novogratz. if not have you even watched the video, novogratz deender? it's homoeroticism personified.
Posted by guest , May 04, 2009 7:31PM
40 - seriously? you are saying novogratz likes to have sex with males? my point is bess likes to stir you all up by posting stuff like this, so instead of going outside and talking to girls you can post comments on the internet and continue to not be 1/1 million of the man novogratz is. please, get a life.
Posted by guest , May 04, 2009 7:43PM
@41- whether or not this was posted to "stir [us] all up," (and one could argue that's the point of DB) the fact is the video is ridiculous. the president of fortress is out in public wearing a SNAKESKIN JACKET, for starters.
Posted by guest , May 04, 2009 7:44PM
"so instead of going outside and talking to girls you can post comments on the internet and continue to not be 1/1 million of the man novogratz is."
hahahahh
wait, give me a second
okay, hahaha
Posted by guest , May 04, 2009 9:01PM
I love it when Bess gets me all stirred up.
Spunky Soup
Posted by guest , May 04, 2009 10:16PM
God bless that man, tacky jacket and all, for supporting real wrestling. Anyone who thinks wrestling is TEH GAY hasn't spent much time around wrestlers.
Posted by guest , May 04, 2009 10:48PM
In all fairness Novo used to crush more ass than any Goldman partner before or since. I think he actually left Goldman for it.
Posted by guest , May 04, 2009 10:49PM
50ft serpent?
5 inches more likely.
Posted by guest , May 05, 2009 2:34AM
@45
True wrestling is not the gay. I used to wrestle. However, college wrestlers display a sort of homoerotic behavior that makes even me uncomfortable. They love wearing their spandex out at night and many of them like 300 far too much. They can out-creep anyone.
-former college football player who used to throw soap on guys asses in the shower
Posted by guest , May 05, 2009 8:00AM
He sounds like a gay.
Posted by guest , May 05, 2009 9:04AM
Let's go corner the nerds and make them show us their penises. That would make them so gay!
/family guy'd
Posted by guest , May 05, 2009 10:16AM
#48- just because you werent good enough to make it as a college wrestler makes it gay? thats a strong point.
Posted by guest , May 05, 2009 10:16AM
#48- just because you werent good enough to make it as a college wrestler makes it gay? thats a strong point.
Posted by guest , May 05, 2009 10:33AM
@51/52, you're a gay.