Balloon Boy Throws Up on Today, GMA, as Dad Denies Hoax

The Heene family made the morning show rounds today, denying that the “Balloon Boy” saga and search for assumed-missing son Falcon was a publicity stunt. “I went through such a rollercoaster of emotions yesterday, to have people say that, I think is extremely pathetic,” dad Richard told Good Morning America. Falcon, who suffers from asthma, vomited on-air during that and a subsequent interview.

When asked again by Today whether the whole episode was a hoax, Heene said, “Absolutely not, and now I’m starting to get a little ticked off.” He attributed Falcon’s comment on Larry King Live that “we did this for the show” to mean that a television photographer had asked him earlier to show how he got into the attic. The Larimer County Sheriff’s Department will question the family again about the sequence of events. (More Falcon Heene stories.)