{"id":2674094,"date":"2026-10-01T17:57:59","date_gmt":"2026-10-01T21:57:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/chris-hansen-fires-back-against-hollywoods-new-hit-piece-about-to-catch-a-predator-its-an-insult\/"},"modified":"2026-10-01T18:03:52","modified_gmt":"2026-10-01T22:03:52","slug":"chris-hansen-fires-back-against-hollywoods-new-hit-piece-about-to-catch-a-predator-its-an-insult","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/chris-hansen-fires-back-against-hollywoods-new-hit-piece-about-to-catch-a-predator-its-an-insult\/","title":{"rendered":"Chris Hansen Fires Back Against Hollywood\u2019s New Hit Piece About &#8216;To Catch a Predator&#8217;: &#8216;It&#8217;s an Insult&#8217;"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">34<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fchris-hansen-fires-back-against-hollywoods-new-hit-piece-about-to-catch-a-predator-its-an-insult%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2674094&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>Chris Hansen, former host of NBC&#8217;s &#8220;To Catch a Predator,&#8221; criticized teh film adaptation titled &#8220;Primetime,&#8221; claiming it is indeed largely fictional, exaggerated, and distorts the reality of his investigations.He expressed disappointment that the filmmakers did not consult him and acknowledged that the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/indefensible-fbi-director-wray-grilled-for-leaving-oversight-hearing-early-for-vacation\/\" title=\"\u2018Indefensible\u2019: FBI Director Wray Grilled For Leaving Oversight Hearing Early For Vacation\">director admitted<\/a> the movie is almost entirely fictional. Hansen described the film as a dark, <a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/3YuVZYV\" >dramatized version lacking factual accuracy<\/a>, which he found insulting given the show&#8217;s positive impact. After viewing, Hansen also called the movie bizarre and disconnected from reality and noted that most of its content is fabricated. Screenings outside theaters revealed viewers found the film intense, sadistic, and over-dramatized, further emphasizing Hansen&#8217;s view that it undermines the true purpose of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/zoomers-have-made-peace-with-constant-surveillance-and-its-scary\/\" title=\"Zoomers Have Made Peace With Constant Surveillance, And It\u2019s Scary\">catching child predators<\/a>. Hansen concluded that the movie is largely fiction, underwhelming, and full of Hollywood embellishments. The article also provides background on &#8220;To Catch a Predator,&#8221; its controversy leading to cancellation, and mentions a recent show inspired by Hansen&#8217;s work.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><br \/>\n<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC \"-\/\/W3C\/\/DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional\/\/EN\" \"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/TR\/REC-html40\/loose.dtd\"><br \/>\n<?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><html><body><\/p>\n<section> \t\t\t\t<script>console.log(\"ad slot (AC1)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC1)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC2)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC3)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC4)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (REP_0)\")<\/script><\/p>\n<p>Former host of NBC\u2019s \u201cTo Catch a Predator,\u201d Chris Hansen, said Wednesday that the movie adaptation of the show\u2019s origins, \u201cPrimetime,\u201d was absurd and inaccurate.<\/p>\n<p>Before viewing the film, Hansen sat down with commentator Tyrus Murdoch on Tuesday and said he had no problem with lead actor Robert Pattinson, but he did take issue with what he saw in the trailer.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt\u2019s shocking, and a bit of an insult, based upon what I\u2019ve seen in the trailer, based upon what other people have told me about the film, and I\u2019ll go see it \u2026 But it\u2019s an insult to turn something that\u2019s been so positive and so important into a dark, over-dramatized film [and] twisting what happened.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Hansen also said that director Lance Oppenheim admitted the project is almost entirely fictional and refused an opportunity to meet with him to discuss real-life events.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cYou would think if you\u2019re doing a movie based upon my work in the predator investigations, you\u2019d want to talk to me,\u201d he surmised.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe assumption is that I was involved. I had nothing to do with it, right? So, Lance Oppenheim tells my colleague, \u2018It\u2019s a love letter to Chris Hansen. If he\u2019s OK with a documentary, he\u2019ll love this. It takes some weird dark turns.\u2019 It\u2019s not. It\u2019s a completely fictionalized, dark view of what happened.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Hansen added, \u201cThere\u2019s nothing remotely attached to reality. They\u2019ve turned it into a drama of media egos trying to create stories for fame.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>When Tyrus expressed surprise at how Hollywood tried to vilify Hansen, he replied, \u201cWhat do you expect out of an industry that was led for years by one of the most prolific predators to walk the face of the earth, Harvey Weinstein?\u201d<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"YouTube video player\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/ucQMBDNdFBg?si=S_E8_xMYWC1n7euM\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>After seeing the movie in New York City, Hansen provided a review that was just as damning as his initial statements.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt was so bizarre, and so in and out of reality,\u201d he explained. \u201cIt\u2019s hard for me to \u2014 obviously I\u2019m not objective, because the character is me, but it was so detached from reality or anything I\u2019ve ever experienced, then or now, doing the investigations. I just think it \u2014 I\u2019m not sure what the point of it was.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>He then interviewed moviegoers outside the theater, who\u2019d also seen the film, and asked for their thoughts.<\/p>\n<p>One viewer called it \u201cvery intense\u201d and \u201csadistic,\u201d while another said it wasn\u2019t realistic and was \u201cover-dramatized.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Another said it \u201ctook away from the purpose\u201d of Hansen\u2019s work, catching child predators.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"YouTube video player\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/gxbjFOGZObk?si=t5SRYjUP1YfSaSYb\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>Hansen later noted that \u201c98 percent\u201d of the movie was \u201cpure fiction.\u201d His final verdict on the project was that it was underwhelming, strange, and full of Hollywood lies.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cNow, I grant you, I\u2019m probably not the most objective reviewer of this movie, since A24 made it without my consult or consideration, and they used my name, image, and likeness,\u201d he said. \u201cI can tell you that most of it is pure fiction.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThey mix in some reality here and there. At the end of the day, I wasn\u2019t blown away by it either way,\u201d Hansen concluded. \u201cIt\u2019s a movie, and I\u2019ll continue to do the work I do, and people can watch this movie and make up their own minds.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>NBC\u2019s \u201cTo Catch a Predator\u201d <a href=\"https:\/\/www.imdb.com\/title\/tt3694654\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">ran from<\/a> 2004 to 2007, ending in controversy after one of the show\u2019s targets, Texas prosecutor Bill Conradt, took his own life with a firearm in 2006 before he could be arrested by a SWAT Team, <a href=\"https:\/\/abcnews.com\/Blotter\/story?id=5238922&#038;page=1\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">according<\/a> to ABC News.<\/p>\n<p>A Dateline camera crew was accompanying the SWAT team, resulting in a lawsuit from Conradt\u2019s sister for $109 million against NBC Universal.<\/p>\n<p>The show came under heavy scrutiny and was cancelled in 2007. 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