Report: Tony Danza Yells At Priest During Funeral
Funerals are never easy for anyone, but on Nov. 11, Tony Danza was apparently very tense at the ceremony memorializing writer Philip Carlo. In the middle of the eulogy, a dissatisfied Danza allegedly flipped out on the priest at the Peter C. La Bella Funeral Home in Brooklyn, a witness told the
New York Post.
"Tony, who was one of Carlo's closest friends, walked right up to the priest and said angrily, 'Excuse me, but this is not about you. It's supposed to be about my friend, and if you can't do that, maybe you should let someone else speak!'" the source claimed.
According to the report, the priest was a substitute from a federal prison and was visibly disturbed by Danza's outburst.
"People were stunned, while the priest was visibly shaken," the source said. "He tried talking about Carlo before quickly wrapping things up. Danza took over and eulogized Carlo with memories from their younger days."
Guests included big names like Mickey Rourke, Chuck Zito, Danny Aiello and John "Cha Cha" Ciarcia.
Carlo died of Lou Gehrig's disease on Nov. 8 at age 61. He was best known for his bestselling biographies of mobsters and killers, including Richard "The Night Stalker" Ramirez and Richard "The Iceman" Kuklinski.
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Danza's dead wrong. The funeral service is exactly that--a service. It is about the message of salvation and eternal life, and as appropriate, thanks for the life of the deceased. It is not a generalized, sentimental trip down memory lane. Do that at the wake; do it at the funeral dinner. Let the service be the service.
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Ken is right. The time for eulogies is otherwise, perhaps at a wake or a special gathering. We do know that funerals do bring out unusual behavior, though. Peace to them all.
Eulogy = "Speach in praise"
I clearly states, this icident was at the funeral home, a service would be held in a church, clearly your not catholic or you would know the difference. And their are also ulogies in the church service if the family wants to have one, someone always speaks at the church service about the departed. So it's a wake thing and a church thing. But again , the catholic service is 99 out of 100 times in a church!!
We weren't there but I know at my Aunt's funeral, the old minister got everything wrong and mixed up. I wish somone would have ushered him out but we were stunned and trying to give her some dignity. It was awful.
So many peole have npo religious affilation with any church and thus, grab anyone to do a service. That is what they got. How can one eulogise someone they don't know personally?I love this , So does My boyfriend .he is almost 11year older than me .i met him via age'lessmate.c'om a nice place for seeking age le ss love.which gives you a chance to make your life better and open opportunities for you to meet the attractive young girls and treat you like a king. Maybe you wanna check it out or tell your friends..
You go Tony!! I hope somebody puts a sock in the mouth of anyone who tries to preach at my funeral. I want Rolling Stones Sympathy for the Devil and AC/DC Dirty Deeds played at mine and I hope everybody gets up and dances their esses off!!!
I think that if he can pretend to be a Teacher,he can go and pretend to be a Priest. What's next.. A Talk Show Host..? an Actor..?? a Dancer..? A Sinatra Wannabe..? Nah.. He's above all of those.
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Tony Danza is a moron... a terrible actor who had to use the name Tony in everything he did probably because he couldnt read something that had another name on it.... what a disgrace this guy is... he was a terrible boxer.. next was a terrible actor..then tried to sing and dance and was brutal at that.. now he doent even repect a priest at a wake... what a loser
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And yet, he's still so much more successful than you will ver be. Imagine that...
Yay, Tony! I wish I had done that during my father's funeral. We spoke to the priest for hours about my father, whom the priest had known for years, and I gave him a copy of my father's biography. This jerk kept going on about my father being a "curmudgeon." It didn't even make sense. I'll never forgive myself for not going up on the altar and grabbing the microphone from him.
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I can understand how he felt. I too have attended funerals of loved ones, and felt that the wrong person had been given the job of eulogizing them, either because they didn't know them as well as others did (or didn't know them at all). But I just sat silently and fumed.
I can't blame him for correcting the situation if he thought he could. The dead only have ONE funeral.
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A eulogy is suppose to be talking about the memories and life of the deceased. What Tony did was very wrong and very inappropriate to do at that time. Also, Tony looks like he's 50 years old........ewwwwwww
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Jolly, He looks like he's 50 probably because he IS 50. Don't mean to rain on your ignorance but there's no guarantee YOU'LL make it to 50. You may want to enlighten yourself and respect the wisdom of your elders because they've had a life. Here's hoping you get hit by a bus.
that's because he's over fifty, you goon ball. Lmao look into it. You would look fifty if you were fifty. Geez, and these are the people who are gonna take care of the older generation. Oye Vay, r we doomed
Actually I agree with Tony danza, The memories are to be captured and what great that person brought to all, as for Tony's age he is well over 50 , try 60's
Actually he will be 60 next April but who's counting
Tony Danza (born April 21, 1951)=> 59 years old. So what you're saying is he looks really good for his age?
tony is 59 years old
he is over 50 you moron! I think he looks good for his age.