Los Angeles (E! Online) - You cant fight the facts...unless youre Chuck Norris.
The martial artist and actor has sued Penguin Group and author Ian Spector over the book The Truth About Chuck Norris: 400 Facts About the Worlds Greatest Human, claiming the tome unfairly exploits his name. He is seeking to stop its distribution.
The book in question is based on a list of mythical facts compiled on the Internet that includes statements such as:
* Chuck Norris does not sleep. He waits. * Chuck Norris tears cure cancer. Too bad he has never cried. * Chuck Norris can divide by zero. * The grass is always greener on the other side, unless Chuck Norris has been there. In that case, the grass is most likely soaked in blood and tears. * On his birthday, Chuck Norris randomly selects one lucky child to be thrown into the sun. * If you Google search Chuck Norris getting his ass kicked, you will generate zero results. It just doesnt happen.
A preface to the book, which was published Nov. 29, thanks Norris for playing along. And indeed, a rep for Norris said last year he was aware of the tribute of sorts and found it to be very flattering, while the man himself wrote on his blog that he neither [took] offense nor [took] these things too seriously.
However, the tough-guy actors goodwill apparently only extended to the list of so-called facts when they were contained in cyberspace. Now that they have evolved into book form, hes having a harder time getting the joke.
In his lawsuit, filed Friday in U.S. District Court in Manhattan, Norris claims he never authorized the use of his name, image or likeness in connection with the book.
Furthermore, he alleges that some of the facts wrongly portray him in a lewd or racist light or indicate that he engages in illegal activities.
According to his court documents, Norris is seeking unspecified damages, a halt to publication and a recall of copies of the books already sold. Two Websites operated by Spector to promote the book, including chucknorrisfacts.com, are also named in the suit.
Though Norris is apparently unwilling to have the facts about him published in book form, hes not opposed to having them used to endorse his political candidate of choice.
The actor recently appeared in a humorous campaign ad for Arkansas governor Mike Huckabee, in which the two trade statements about each other back and forth.
My plan to secure the border, says Huckabee...two words: Chuck Norris.
Mike Huckabee wants to put the IRS out of business, Norris says in response.
Chuck Norris doesnt endorse, he tells America how its gonna be, the presidential hopeful concludes.
Apparently, the truth about Chuck Norris is that when it comes to himself, he has a selective sense of humor.
