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I remember seeing that a long time ago. Is he the one who came across as a pretty bad husband and father?

> Is he the one who came across as a pretty bad husband and father?

I don't think so. The film had footage of Steve Wiebe telling his kid he couldn't help with the potty because he was busy gaming.

Ohh that rings a bell.

He was painted as the villain, but the filmmaker has been accused of editing the story to make him look worse than he was. He was definitely a hateable character, but a lot of the details and timeline were messed with.

Although, as the Spin-Off Doctors say in their recap of Chasing Ghosts[1],

> "And again, [Mitchell is] not in it much, but when he's in it, he provides enough evidence that the stuff in King Of Kong was not all that fabricated when it comes to his attitude." (35:48.960 --> 35:59.600)

[1] https://soundcloud.com/jimquisition/the-spin-off-doctors-cha...

I am sure there is an aspect of that but what made him look like such a jackass in the movie was his own words.

Not to mention that he cheated and was the villain in reality.

Yeah he was not a great guy for sure but the reality would not have made for much of a movie.

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