Joost paying the price? Who's next?

by Jean Barker 29/06/2009 16:44
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First Michael, now Joost? What's going on, ask people all over the world wide web? Is God taking vengeance on has-been celebrities for their sins? Is the Lord cleaning house? Who's next... oh, please, not Schabir Shaik. That would be truly awful. Like a holy trinity of strike-me downs. One musician, one sports star, and a politician. What a tragic loss to our community!

Commenters on SA message boards seem to be divided as to whether onse held Joost van der Westhuizen's heart attack was caused by God's wrath over Joost's sinful lifestyle, or mean and evil strippers, who're out to get our poor sports heroes using their sexual wiles.

Cassie posted on local news website, IOL's message boards: "My heart goes out to the van der westhuizen family. Joost you are and will always be my star. Hoop daai vroumens en mense wat dit aan jou gedoen suffer die die res van hulle lewe. Kan hulle nie ons "heros" uitlos."

The word around town is, both these guys use drugs - Jacko was being injected with prescribed morphine substitutes by his doctor, and Joost apparently liked stimulants combined with booze and casual sex. Neither CAT nor Cocaine are vitamin C derivatives. They're not very good for your heart, especially when mixed with booze and late nights on a regular basis.

But if all this is bad for Joost's and his fans hearts, I gotta say, it must be worse for poor Amor's. Go home, Joost. Get some sleep. And when you wake up, be a real man, and consider joining N A.

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Andre van der Merwe 11/4/2009 8:16 AM: What does any of this have to do with God?? Joost is paying the price for his own actions: You will reap what you sow. Come-on man, Jesus was punished for ALL our sins more than 2000 years ago, God still loves Joost REGARDLESS of what he did - Joost is simply facing the music from the people he hurt, NOT from God. This is exactly what Jesus died for: To take away the sins of the world. Stop blaming God for the problems in the world and begin to take some responsibility! Andre van der Merwe www.NewCovenantGrace.com

Min 7/3/2009 9:38 AM: Joost chose to live in the public eye using the media to portray his perfect christian life, while his lifestyle was the opposite. If his being ridiculed then it's is own doing, he deserves it because his been living a lie and tried fooling he public. He got away with it when married to Marlene, as the saying goes, what is done in darkness will be brought to light.

Ms A 7/2/2009 10:50 PM: Why even bother writing such a stupid few lines. You are not God and cannot judge Joost. So what if he did what he did? It has NOTHING to do with you! Soek die balk in jou eie oog, voor jy die splinter in 'n ander s'n uithaal. Word groot. Probeer jy jou eie ego streel deur sulke patetiese goed te skryf? Wat 'n klomp gemors

Lynn 7/2/2009 8:28 PM: Well I guess if Amor is happy with her husband screwing whores and taking drugs, who are we to comment.. After all, she was screwing him when he was married to Marlene....... The WHEEL....

anan 7/2/2009 4:11 PM: I think this is a pathetic article.....

anan 7/2/2009 4:11 PM: I think this is a pathetic article.....

anan 7/2/2009 4:11 PM: I think this is a pathetic article.....

SuzyQ 7/2/2009 12:34 PM: I think the article in Marie Claire where Amor gives their side of the story sums it up quite nicely: "what does any of that have to do with us" I must agree. Nicely put Mr Theron.

Marietjie 7/2/2009 11:22 AM: Weet julle al is hulle beroemde mense bly hulle mens. En wat in hulle persoonlike lewens aangaan het niks met die res van die wereld te doen nie. Wie is ons om te oordeel? Dit maak my siek om te sien hoe families vernietig word. Joost + Amor baie sterkte vir julle.

Lynn 7/1/2009 7:34 PM: Had Amor been `blowing' Joost instead of pancakes, maybe he would not have strayed!!!!

preshen govender 7/1/2009 4:54 PM: @Karen people rush to the hospital everyday but they don’t make Sex tape with hooker and sniff CAT

preshen govender 7/1/2009 4:54 PM: @Karen people rush to the hospital everyday but they don’t make Sex tape with hooker and sniff CAT

Karen 7/1/2009 3:52 PM: Goodness me. Can we not concentrate on more constructive news than Joost. I don't care what happened to him. People are rushed to hospital on a daily basis & they don't hit the news.

sickofthis 7/1/2009 1:23 PM: it's his own fault.. what type of hero does the things he did and probably still does? he probably overdosed and no one will admit it. he aint no freaking hero - and no role model. i am tired of people defending celebrities that is doing all the wrong stuff. i guess those people do the same stuff as their hero's (cat and cocaine) (sex tapes)

Capital Q 7/1/2009 12:26 PM: Get a life Jean - nice to know your life is perfect 100% of the time.

Philip Theron 7/1/2009 10:52 AM: It is so amazing. The media and the public are like the cruel Romans at the Colosieum in ancient Rome. More and more blood, and to watch people cruely tortured to a bloody death. Once they die though, the papers and media are full of how wonderful they were and what a loss it is to the world. Why don't we leave people alone. Who are we to judge them. How pure are our souls. What do we do behind closed doors. I can go on and on. Leave Joost alone. He has probably come to peace with his God and his wife Amor. He has not been found guilty of anything, yet he is hounded and continues to be critisized. We all need to look in our own backyards, and clean up the mess there. Believe me, we all have messes to take care of, and skeletons to hide. Get a grip on life....Life after all is a celebration.

Bumpers 6/30/2009 8:49 PM: So peeps, be happy you have a pretty face and your health. Amor has that too.... but a whole lotta scandal too. Money ain't evertything ne.

Bumpers 6/30/2009 8:49 PM: So peeps, be happy you have a pretty face and your health. Amor has that too.... but a whole lotta scandal too. Money ain't evertything ne.

preshen govender 6/30/2009 9:14 AM: Did you hear Joost new show ? Boobs and all.

preshen govender 6/30/2009 9:13 AM: I think Viagra was the cause of the heart attack

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