Glenn Beck Says Family Harassed In Bryant Park: 'It Was A Hostile Situation' (VIDEO)

UPDATE: Scroll down for video from Beck's Wednesday night program where he recounts the story of the Bryant Park incident.

Glenn Beck went to Bryant Park Monday night for a showing of Alfred Hitchock's "The 39 Steps". But that was not the only showing he saw.

"It was a hostile situation," Beck described of his family's movie night; his wife, Tanya, had wine "kicked intentionally on to her back," leaving her "completely wet," he said on his radio show Tuesday morning. He further said that his wife and daughter were greeted by a man pointing his fingers and yelling "We hate conservatives here!" when they got up to use the restroom.

"If I had suggested -- and I almost did -- wow, does anybody have a rope? Because there's a tree here. You could just lynch me. And I think there would've been a couple in the crowd that would've!" The conservative radio-host recalled.

"I apologize to anybody who had their movie experience wrecked because of the people that found it so necessary to spew hatred," Beck said, "but there's nothing I can do about it."

He noted that he was "...A little surprised that nobody -- nobody -- in the crowd said 'knock it off. Just, stop. Just be cool. I don't agree with the guy, but just be cool.' "

Beck doesn't wish this kind of treatment among anyone, even his enemies. "All through the evening, I wanted to say to you today, please, please, please don't ever treat anybody like that. If Van Jones comes and sits right next to you, please don't treat anybody like that."

Describing the crowd as the "most hateful people I've seen," Beck attributes the unfortunate experiences of last night to a demographic of "arrogant 25-year-olds." He said:

"All I could think of about the people around me all night was I feel sorry for you. I really feel sorry for you... you are so lost... and so convinced that you are absolutely 100% right, and you are helping build a system that is fueled by hate. You're being used and you don't even know it. And by the time you wake-up, it may be too late for you to get out."

Beck also claims that for liberals questioning the existence of an "escape route," the answer is "yes."

"Doesn't matter what happened in the past, brother," Beck said. "Doesn't matter what 'ya thought. Doesn't matter what 'ya even did. What matters is that you're here now."

"My family and I will accept you with open arms."

WATCH:

WATCH: Beck recounts story on Fox News program

Comments

[cmfrtblebbw]

08:27 PM on 07/29/2011

We should stop posting, Beck such an egotist, he thinks all publicity is good.

Can't wait for the divorce proceedings!

[americanalien]

05:03 AM on 07/10/2011

New Yorkers ROCK!!! I love them.

[jasamjo]

10:55 AM on 07/09/2011

It doesn't matter what anyone says or does- whether your popular or not what matters is how each one of us treats those around whether we agree with their viewpoint or not. For the record he & his family have the right to go out for the evening & not be subjected to peoples nasty behavior.

[NatTurner1]

11:21 AM on 07/08/2011

This is what Glenn Beck tried to compare this wine spilling to: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2012131/Teens-accused-race-hate-murder-went-looking-victim-James-Craig-Anderson.html

[ngannon]

11:52 AM on 07/04/2011

I have a hard time believing that no one recorded this - or at least reported it. If true, it is a shame that he was treated this way. I can only hope that the experience would force him to thin about the violence and hatred that he spawns whenever he opens his mouth.

[JTCan]

04:10 PM on 07/04/2011

I read an article from a lady who was sitting with the lady who spilled her 1/3 full glass of wine...she immediately apologized and offered to help clean it up. And that it definitely was an accident.

[trailblazer7]

01:18 AM on 07/05/2011

link please!! i'd be grateful

[amp27]

07:18 PM on 07/03/2011

"I really feel sorry for you... you are so lost... and so convinced that you are absolutely 100% right, and you are helping build a system that is fueled by hate. You're being used and you don't even know it. And by the time you wake-up, it may be too late for you to get out."

WOW. the exact same thing could very well be said regarding you, Glenn. You got what's coming to you, too bad it was by proxy of your wife Sorry nobody liked you in that crowd. A lot of people don't like you, you should probably consider a bodyguard. That's what hysterical thinking gets for you, the energy comes right back around where it originates.

[GlennBeckReview]

12:47 PM on 07/04/2011

Beck projects his traits onto others quite often. It's a defense mechanism, and Beck is often quite defensive.

We believe that he had a body guard or two with him. I certainly would give Beck an earful if I ever get a chance to.

[Nathan McGowan]

05:35 PM on 07/03/2011

I'm sorry but with so many people carrying camera phones I have a hard time believing this one.

[cachamongo]

05:03 PM on 07/02/2011

What a coincidence that this news-worthy incident allegedly occurred just as Beck is getting ready to start a new online venture. If any of this really happened, then where is the video? You mean to tell me that something like this could really happen in NYC without a single cellphone video? I call bullcrap. I don't believe it ever happened.

[Albert Culmer]

08:47 AM on 07/05/2011

do you remember a couple of years ago whn beck claimed that amtrack won't let him sit on a car because the lady from the view was getting on then he was on his radio show and made up this long story about what happined then we find out he just flat out lied and they called him on it he is just a big lier

[tj101]

09:55 AM on 07/08/2011

I remember that.....

[lucecarter]

02:46 PM on 07/02/2011

I agree with Beck that no one should be treated like that, ever.

However, I am shocked he said "you are helping build a system that is fueled by hate." How he can not see this is precisely what his entire career has built is simply ignorant to me.

[xerxes5532]

02:16 PM on 07/02/2011

And that's why I'm proud to be an ex-liberal, or neo-con, rockafeller republican, the worst of them all! I get to watch all sides spill and spit over absolutely nothing but figments of the media. Political party platforms are just 'packaged' issues in a box for a discount price. Don't buy it. The wine-spillers obviously bought it.

[CommonSenseIsNotSoCommon]

01:46 PM on 07/02/2011

Why waste good wine....sad, sad, sad....

[Minnehaha]

01:20 PM on 07/02/2011

It was reported on MSNBC that this was all predicated on an accident, with apologizes to the Mrs. But Beck would not report the truth if he saw it on a billboard! As usual much ado about nothing, Beck's style .

[capercaper]

02:02 PM on 07/02/2011

Apparently MSNBC didn't update the story, nor has HP.

It was perpetrated harassment, and the perps (25somethings Lindsey Piscitell and friends) were busted by their own tweets, cowardly bullies that they are..

[Minnehaha]

12:57 AM on 07/03/2011

Web page please! Also reported on current! No talk of any arrests.

[Minnehaha]

01:04 AM on 07/03/2011

When googled Lindsey Piscitell was a woman seated behind Beck and his family, she insisted that the event never ocured. I still see nothing about her arrest! Or that of anyone else!

[sharbear]

01:00 PM on 07/02/2011

OMG, I can't believe what I just read. He is receiving back what he demonstrates on his shows..hostile and hate and he acts surprised?

[capercaper]

02:03 PM on 07/02/2011

When did Beck ever harass someone at a public social event? Link pls.

[Gardoglee]

07:28 AM on 07/03/2011

You are excluding every broadcast he ever made as not being a "public social event". When he goes on the air he establishes a public social context. And he has harrassed someone on every single broadcast. Publicly.

[amp27]

07:24 PM on 07/03/2011

he has quite a history of pulling mean practical jokes on radio broadcasters he was frenemies with, back in the day.

[69dogrudebark]

10:50 AM on 07/02/2011

If true....the people that were involved should be ashamed.....if not...then Beck should be ashamed....

Progressives should be open minded....and willing to accept another person's viewpoint.....simple as that....and so should Conservatives....

The people on here saying Beck got what he deserved needs to look deep within and ask themselves what kind of society they want....one that attacks other people for their views...because if you want a society like that....then please....go somewhere else....we have enough H.ate here now.

[Jay McGhee]

01:57 PM on 07/02/2011

You do know who Glenn Beck is right?

[capercaper]

02:38 PM on 07/02/2011

Why would that make any difference?

[cmfrtblebbw]

07:57 PM on 07/29/2011

F&F

[ramerika]

06:47 AM on 07/02/2011

I don't doubt this happened...I'm more shocked that Beck was surprised no one said anything to rebuke what the guy was saying and/or doing. Beck has time and time again misrepresented/misconstrued facts from historical events, people's quotes, etc meanwhile professing that only the liberal media is the only opposition to his viewpoints aka MSNBC and their anchors.

I guess he saw, firsthand, that REAL CITIZENS rebuke his ignorant and inaccurate views. Also, you can't convince me that he was surrounded by just liberals...there had to be other conservatives like him who didn't stand up for him and his family against this guy...to me that in itself says volumes on how his own people feel about him...enough not to stand up against this guy. Just some food for thought.