This time, you did good being a Karen... Karen-Bird-watcher wrongfully accused in Central Park video gets a bird-watching TV show on NAT-GEO

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Though not good for you..... you lost your job by being a racist ass...... and Christian gained a TV show..... KARMA
Bravo Christian..... BRAVO

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Christian Cooper watches distant shorebirds at the Sonny Bono Salton Sea National Wildlife Refuge in California. The National Geographic channel has announced that Cooper will host a series called Extraordinary Birder. Cooper was in the spotlight after a woman in New York City's Central Park called the police and falsely accused him of threatening her in May 2020.

Christian Cooper, the bird-watching Black man who was the target of false accusations during an encounter in New York City's Central Park in 2020, has a new TV show airing on National Geographic.

The channel announced this week that Cooper, a lifelong bird-watcher, will host a series called Extraordinary Birder. In the series, Cooper will take viewers into the "wild, wonderful and unpredictable world of birds," according to National Geographic.

"Whether braving stormy seas in Alaska for puffins, trekking into rainforests in Puerto Rico for parrots, or scaling a bridge in Manhattan for a peregrine falcon, he does whatever it takes to learn about these extraordinary feathered creatures and show us the remarkable world in the sky above," the network said in a statement.

The channel has yet to announce a premier date for the show.

In an interview with The New York Times, Cooper said his love for bird-watching began at age 10, and he told the newspaper he "was all in" when National Geographic approached him about the possibility of a TV show nearly a year and a half ago.

"I love spreading the gospel of birding," he said in the Times interview.

The 59-year-old was thrust into the spotlight in May 2020 after Amy Cooper (no relation), a white woman with a dog, called the police saying he threatened her and her dog.

The 59-year-old was thrust into the spotlight in May 2020 after Amy Cooper (no relation), a white woman with a dog, called the police saying he threatened her and her dog.

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NY bird-watcher Christian Cooper gets National Geographic TV show : NPR
 
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I don't know if I'm happy for this 'forgiving' zesty dude.
George Floyd's murder is the only thing that took the spotlight from that incident, but he was ready to help cacs sweep it under the rug. :smh:
 

Birdwatcher Christian Cooper set to premiere TV show 3 years after ‘Central Park Karen’ clash​

By
Ronny Reyes
May 28, 2023 5:19pm
Updated

Birdwatcher Christian Cooper is set to premiere a TV show on National Geographic featuring his travels across the US — leaving behind an ugly 2020 “Central Park Karen” fiasco that dragged him into an unwanted spotlight.
Cooper will host and star in “Extraordinary Birder,” a six-episode series to premiere June 17, as Amy Cooper — no relation — continues to be dogged by her panicked call to cops about the black man that led to widespread scorn and her firing from a Wall Street bank.
Though Christian rose to fame for his calm demeanor in the contentious “Karen” clash, the comic book artist and scientist makes no mention of the incident in a trailer for the new show.
“‘The fun of birding is, you never know what you’re going to get… This is what birding is about,’ Christian, 60, says in the trailer, which shows him hiking, kayaking and walking over rope bridges to meet some of the nation’s most interesting birds.
In its latest promotion for the show, NatGeo boasts: “Whether braving stormy seas in Alaska for puffins, trekking into rainforests in Puerto Rico for parrots, or scaling a bridge in Manhattan for a peregrine falcon, he does whatever it takes to learn about these extraordinary feathered creatures and show us the remarkable world in the sky above.”
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Christian Cooper is pictured for his NatGeo's show, Extraordinary Birder.
Christian Cooper is set to host and star in NatGeo’s new show, “Extraordinary Birder.”Nat Geo
pictured is Amy Cooper, no relation, who called cops on Christian after he told her she needed to put a leash on her dog.
Amy Cooper, no relation, called the police on Christian after he told her she needed to put a leash on her dog.AP
christian is pictured by birds' nests by the edge of California's Salton Sea.
Christian posing by bird’s nests by the edge of California’s Salton Sea.National Geographic/Jon Kroll
Christian previously said he was grateful for the opportunity to “spread the gospel of birding” with the new show.
While he enjoys the spotlight, Amy Cooper has tried to keep a low profile as she fights Franklin Templeton bank for firing her a day after the video emerged of her threatening Christian.
In a statement, Franklin Templeton said it does not “tolerate racism of any kind” following the incident, which occurred on the same day George Floyd was killed by Minneapolis police, setting off protests around the country.
Host Christian Cooper is pictured teaching how to make sugar water for the Costa Hummingbirds.
Host Christian Cooper learns how to make sugar water for the Costa Hummingbirds.National Geographic/Jon Kroll
Christian Cooper is pictured
The comic book artist and scientist’s new show will premiere on June 17.Nat Geo
Amy Cooper is pictured with her dog.
Meanwhile Amy Cooper continues to hash it out in court with her former employer, Franklin Templeton bank, which fired her following the 2020 incident caught on film.
Amy Cooper’s lawyer, Matt Litt, recently argued the bank incorrectly determined she “was a racist” when it fired her, asking the US Court of Appeals to reject a lower court’s decision to throw out her claim of wrongful termination, the New York Law Journal reported.
A three judge panel of the US Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit, however, appeared to be skeptical, disagreeing with Litt’s characterization of the bank’s decision multiple times during a hearing last week.
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The viral video at the center of the fiasco showed Christian advising Amy to put her cocker spaniel on a leash in compliance with the law — triggering her to then yell at him and tell another birdwatcher she was calling the cops “to tell them there’s an African-American man threatening my life.”
She was charged with filing a false police report, as well as a misdemeanor with a penalty of a year in jail.
The charges were ultimately dropped in 2021 after she completed a set of therapy courses.
 
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