Like a bad case of herpes, Martin Shkreli is back. Again.
The 32-year-old rabble rouser sat down with FOX5-TV for an exclusive interview this week and, guess what? Despite all the bad press, losing $15 million, being fired from his own company, getting arrested by the FBI, and being charged with securities fraud, he’s still a total douchebag.
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Shkreli began the interview by addressing his nickname “Pharma Bro,” which he says couldn’t be a more inaccurate description of him.
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“I’m not a ‘pharma bro’,” he claimed. “This is a name that got started when there was a picture I took that was meant to be ironic of me in these sun glasses and listening to a rap song, making sort of a funny hand signal.”
“The reason I took the picture was, I’m never like that,” he continued. “We take photos when we’re doing unusual things.”
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And as for those of you who think he cares more about money than he does about humanity, Shkreli says you’re just a bunch of miserable curmudgeons looking for someone to demonize.
“For most people the hate is sort of this quick reaction,” he told Fox 5. “It’s something they’re looking for. They’re looking for someone to hate and if I fit that mold I almost feel I’m serving some sort of utility for them to feel that hate for me.”
Finally, about that whole FBI arrest last month, Shrkeli says the feds can suck it.
“It’s all fictitious,” he said. “The government’s case is fictitious.”
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One thing that is certainly not “fictitious” is the official subpoena he just received from the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform. Though, in true Pharma-bro fashion, Shkreli is treating the whole thing as a joke, calling the government’s efforts “whining” and comparing the hearing to “chit chat.”
Here are some of his tweets regarding the matter:
Found this letter. Looks important. pic.twitter.com/3Ws154SGM4
— Martin Shkreli (@MartinShkreli) January 20, 2016
House busy whining to healthcare reporters about me appearing for their chit chat next week. Haven’t decided yet. Should I? @RepCummings
— Martin Shkreli (@MartinShkreli) January 20, 2016
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Renzo Borsari
NATO DA BUCO DEL CULO
Georgie Land
That’s what every fascist says about people who criticize them. Piece of sh*t!
Glücklich
FUCK OFF PIECE’A SHIT!
Rob Laughlin
Oh, we’re sorry, you precious snowflake. We resent you trying to gouge AIDS and cancer patients on a life saving drug that’s been around for decades.
But that’s ok. Karma intervened. You’ll be Bubbas bitch in prison soon enough.
David Scrivens
Can’t someone wipe that smug look off his face once and for all. I am sure Bubba will do it for us if this piece of S*** gets jail time.
Scott Mellon
Why is this on Queerty? Is there something we don’t know? I hope not!
Manny Yoko
DCguy
So he is so delusional and out of touch of reality, that he is under indictment by the FBI, being sued for millions and what he is worried about is his nickname?
David McClary Norton
Even if the asshole get convicted, he’ll only be going to Club Fed.
John Malin
Oh, the poor misunderstood psycho/sociopath! Let’s get a Grizzly bear to give him big huggies!
Stache
he cares more about money than he does about humanity
This statement by itself makes sense. Now put him away so he can be someone’s pharma-bro bitch.
Thomas Riccobuono
That’s because there’s a really, really good reason.
jayj150
He must have the most punchable face in the world. Seriously, it objectively invites you to punch him mercilessly.
Seri Blanchard-Braegelmann
He is a douche. And he will get what he deserves. Karma is a bitch.
Bob LaBlah
I don’t get it. I just don’t get it. The other day the Washington Post had an article feature the most revealing Ted Cruz possible gay past and not ONE gay publication picked up on it. This ass hat here has done nothing to top what the Washington Post said about Cruz.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/how-ted-cruzs-best-friend-drew-him-into-jamaican-politics-and-business/2016/01/22/5bc43d90-bade-11e5-829c-26ffb874a18d_story.html
Ralph Love
and you are cute. can we have sex.
Juanjo
Pharma Boy is correct about one thing – people do hate him. But he has given a lot of people a lot of very good reasons for hating him.
André Villeneuve
Asshole is the only word that comes to mind! When you spit in the air, it falls back on you!
crowebobby
@Bob LaBlah: Damn, Ted’s cute in that “Panton and Cruz during college” photo; who would have thunk it, seeing the repulsive creep that he is now?!
1EqualityUSA
His lawyers are letting him speak? Sociopath, yes. Most punchable face, mmmm-Ted Cruz.
Eric D. Peterson
You’re a douche-bag pharma bro, and yes, I’m one of your confirmed haters. That goes for you and for the greedy bunch you run with.
1EqualityUSA
Bob LaBlah, I read every word of the article you sent and nowhere is there anything gay in the content. The pictures look totally gay, but that’s true today. Ted Cruz is such a pillow-biter closet case.
Transiteer
We’re not all haters – we just hate him. He’s the ultimate hater – his move to re:price AIDS medication was evil, which makes him worthy of being hated by the World. If there was a Jesus, he’d hate this guy too.
James Penny
He should go to hell along with Pat R. and paul ryan!!!!
KerryB
Ok, from now on I’ll refer to him as ‘Douchebag-Poser’.
Phillip Bernal
He is Right he deserves all the HATE he is getting…
Bob LaBlah
@1EqualityUSA: I tried answering you back but its obviously I would be allowed to by the censors. I stand with my conclusion.
mmedesevigne
@John Malin: Huggies? I dunno … he might need a big ol’ pair of Depends, though, after a couple of weeks with his cellmate.
1EqualityUSA
Bob LaBlah, I used the word, “C0ckp!t” the other day and the censorship mode kicked in. Even before Ted’s frontal lobes were fully formed, he was calculating his every move. He always loses and everybody hates him, excepting his pillow-biter roommate. They use other peoples’ money for everything, even back then. Super creepy. Shkreliesque.
Gary Hecklinger
You’re a criminal! Oh, we’re sorry, you precious snowflake. We resent you trying to gouge AIDS and cancer patients on a life saving drug that’s been around for decades.
But that’s ok. Karma intervened. You’ll be Bubbas bitch in prison soon enough.
Bob LaBlah
@1EqualityUSA: Thanks. I thought deep down that you got the point of what I was getting in both the posted article and the other thing. I’m sure you would agree the situation across the entire landscape is just outright pathetic.
Brian
Any man whose surname begins with four consecutive consonants should be avoided in my humble opinion.
1EqualityUSA
Avoid
verb
keep away from or stop oneself from doing (something)
keep away from, stay away from, steer clear of………….
…and then there were none.
Mark Pointon
Stupid arrogant cunt, what did the think was going to happen?
trell
@Brian:
I hope that you’re not referring to the Schwartzes of the world…. 😉
But, as for Shkreli, let him keep talking! The more he shoots off that motormouth, the more rope he gives himself to hang himself with.
Bob LaBlah
@crowebobby: In my heart I knew who ever the guy was, he was black. My gut instinct told me. Not that I don’t/haven’t see things the same “way”, mind you. lol
Kevin J Desmond
God damn fucken pathetic asshole, I hope he rots.
Hellen Back
As a matter of fact I do hate him
Kenover
Revoke their citizenship and send him and his family back to Albania.
Timothy Warner
He’s smart and he’s right
youarekiddingme
Bubba wouldn’t want that sorry sack a shit either! The most “loving” object he could get jammed up his ass in prison would be a broom handle!
Kyle Mueller
pharma bro, pharma bro, pharma bro, pharma bro, pharma bro, pharma bro, pharma bro, pharma bro, pharma bro, pharma bro …
Desert Boy
He should be called a Pharma Crook. Plain and simple.
Jordan Kalash
HE’S GOING TO GET A NEW LABEL IN FEDERAL PEN. I SAY ITS GONNA BE BITCH BOY
queerbybirth
Sociopath, at minimum. Poor baby – govnment and press picked on you. BOO! HOO!
David G. Abler
Po-oor Douche
Alex Rothwell
He has nothing to offer.
Art Santana-Corona
Piss off, Pharma Bro.
DAvid Rubin
only a Pharma Bro would call us haters.
Brian L. Moore
Poor baby ð??¡ get over it asshole
Scott McIntosh
Mr Shkreli, it’s easy to stop being hated….simply stop being a hateful, gouging ratbag. I strongly suspect that you are unhinged, can I recommend a long course of therapy, preferably in a hostel with a group of silent monks?
1EqualityUSA
Even a silent mink can smirk.
1EqualityUSA
Next, he’ll wear fur.
jheryn
Well, let’s be fair. If he doesn’t like being called Pharma Bro we should respect that and call him something else.
What about…
Pharma Douche
RX Bro
Pharma Sicko
Pharma Prison Bait
Pharma Karma’s a Bitch
PLAYS WELL WITH OTHERS
<i.This asshat takes douchebaggery to a whole new level………………
He is probably one of the top five most hated men in America for his piggish cash grab on the medication that people need to live. Karma comes a-knockin’ and puts the hardware on his wrists. Instead of keeping his mouth shut he proves that he is even more of a douchebag than we originally thought………He seems clueless that he is going to face a pool of jurors who most won’t earn 15 million in their lives never mind lost it at age 32……….
However karma is saving the bestest for last. As much of a douchebag he is semi attractive and he is gonna be very very popular in prison………..
o.codone
He’s not a social worker girls, he’s a businessman. BTW, Hillary might take a few lessons from this guy about how to stay out of jail, because they gonna both be in Danbury Fed soon enough.
youarekiddingme
@o.codone: Wtf does that mean? “He’s not a social worker…” What’s that got to do with being a decent human being? Not ripping people off who are dying?
o.codone
@youarekiddingme: hey douche. remember i said that you are dead to me, bitch. so, don’t send me any of your shitty posts. EVER. I won’t answer.
youarekiddingme
@o.codone: why did you just respond? You are losing it! You really need to listen to yourself and your inane posts. Like the one on the last subject of gym etiquette where u said you had body odor and didn’t care that others were repulsed by you. You really need help. Swear if you wish. Call me what u want. EVRYONE see you for what you have become. An addict who is sinking deeper and deeper into depression and posting more and more deviant postings every day.
BlogShag
All this hate, yet you idiots have this, “I want a magic pill for everything.” attitude and are more than willing to ingest their poisons by the truck load