E! True Hollywood Story – Dog The Bounty Hunter

Duane Chapman, better known as “Dog the Bounty Hunter”, is one of television’s most fascinating characters. He fights for justice with a hard attitude and can still remain a family man. Unbeknownst to most, Dog has not always been a model citizen. Dog has had a tumultuous past of drug addiction, time in jail and several failed marriages due to his turn of rebellion against his overly strict father. Fortunately, with the help of his 5th wife Beth, Dog has discovered a way to turn his life around with faith. His devotion to Christianity is what inspired the nickname ‘Dog’ (God spelled backwards). Catch the heart-warming, and often shocking, episode of E!  True Hollywood Story: Dog The Bounty Hunter on May 24, 2010 at 10:00, ET/PT.

E! True Hollywood Story captures Dog and his family telling their emotional story. In the interviews, Dog opened up about his troubled youth, his legal woes, his past relationship with women, and how he finally settled down and found a newfound love for family.

On his strict father: “He would call me a baby if I cried too much. And then he’d beat me for not crying. And finally I told my mom, ‘listen, this hurts really bad, if you love me, you gotta stop this.’”

On the birth of his first child:

“I remember holding him and loving on him and I’m like, ain’t no Harley Davidson, no woman, no nothing felt this good. And I said to the Lord, ‘no more felonies.’”

On how his dating habits affected his young daughter: “I went through 36 girls… and one day baby Lyssa said the prayer and said, ‘God, would you please not let Dad f*** the nanny.’  She’s like eight, right? And I’m like, ‘oh my God.’”

On his past drug use:

“For a year and half I don’t remember my life. I smoked that crap every single day.”

On his unique job in prison as a barber for the warden:

“I went to the library and I found this book written in the 1930’s on how to angle the clippers, how to taper the head, and with my silver tongue I got the job. So I just started patting it down, putting the stuff on it. First head I ever cut in my life, and I go ‘how’s that?’ and (sic) he looks in the mirror and goes, ‘great Dog!’ ‘Thank you warden,’ Phew!”

On his days as a vacuum salesman:

“I saw this ad that said, come do this and you make a guaranteed $300 a week. I went, it was showing vacuums. And every farmer I showed a vacuum [sic] to would buy one or two…and I wouldn’t leave till they bought it.”

On the first time he saw his wife Beth:

“I’m sitting in my office and I look up and there are two of the most beautiful breasts in a shirt with a bra that I had ever seen. And she said, ‘my name is Beth.’”

Dog and Beth on the first night they spent together:

“I called Beth up and I said, “Meet me at the low rent rendezvous.”  Beth- “He said ‘go get white Russian mix and meet me at a hotel and call me with the room number,’ and he was just the most passionate person that I’d ever known…he rocked my world.”

On his future with Beth: “I hope Beth is my last wife.”