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Originally Posted by Becky
It's pretty confusing out of context.
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PageSix.com: ...“I’ll make a deal with you. I was told that you stepped in front of me with Jon Bon Jovi who is someone I know personally and have known since 1986. You fix that and I’ll back off...we can either come to terms or not...I want nothing from you...you were just a prick and you’ve always been a prick just for the record...I don’t even know how you became the president of that company because you’re an asshole. But I will back off if you will do that for me. Or I can continue to harass you and put you on TMZ...use all of my powers which I have a lot of and blow your life up.”
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Welcome to JoviTalk, Karla, and thank you so much for finding and posting the actual text of the voicemail, because it gives us context with which to test TMZ's contention that Walk "ignored" Gilligan.
First, let's set up a timeline. The message was left a month before Walk was outed as a #MeToo-er? That makes it late December -- just in time for Jon's televised New Year's Eve appearance:
And now let's pull some resumes:
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Walk was named president of the Republic Group, "a newly formed grouping under the Universal Music Group, where he is charged with developing strategic partnerships with sister labels in addition to his role in charge of promotions and artist development."
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Gilligan: I started in radio as a DJ when I was 16 at a station in Philadelphia... My experience includes every job possible in broadcasting from "snow phone man" to Vice President/General Manager of a 9-station group at age 29...Currently I'm the Owner-President/CEO of The PowerPlant Multimedia Studios in Columbus, Ohio...full-service multimedia...do(ing) television/radio commercials, video content for local and international clients, a recording studio (Keith Urban recorded with us), marketing strategies, and business consulting.
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Which brings us to some possible motives. If Gilligan
was working on some kind of promotion or appearance with Jon, it due to his contacting Jon directly (since he knows him so personally) or by going through the "proper channels" of Jon's management. But Walk "stepped in front" and squashed the project, either because he knew Jon wouldn't be available, or because he saw Gilligan as too "small-time."
Even worse, maybe Jon
had committed to doing something with Gilligan, but had to renege because Walk refused to give him "permission." And worst of all, Gilligan may have therefore found himself in an embarrassing position due to having made promises to
others which he could no longer keep.
That would certainly explain why Gilligan was so upset -- especially if he was
told by Jon or a member of his camp that it was Walk who ruined everything!