Senator John Kennedy is demanding VH1 cancel Cartel Crew, a new series that follows the lives of family members and friends of drug cartel leaders.
The series new addition is the wife of the imprisoned El Chapo, kingpin of the Sinaloa Cartel which has been linked to tens of thousands of murders. Kennedy says that’s unacceptable.
“They go on there and they advertise their clothing lines, and they talk about their money, and all they are doing is glorifying a brutal, deadly lifestyle,” says Kennedy.
Kennedy notes the program was airing right as nine Americans, six of them children, were murdered in northwest Mexico. He says the cartel’s legacy is too brutal to glorify.
“They’ve got thousands of victims, they’ve addicted millions of people, most of the drugs in America come in through Mexico, they’re just animals,” says Kennedy.
The Senator says he’s usually pretty libertarian about what’s airing on TV, but airing Cartel Crew is offensive.
“There’s got to be something that Hollywood won’t do for a buck, there’s got to be some lines, and as far as I am concerned this is over the line,” says Kennedy.
