Celebrity Justice
Son's Message to Benoit: "See Ya, Pooh Bear"

The final phone messages that Chris Benoit left for his wife Nancy and son Dan -- whom he later murdered -- have just been released, and they're heartbreaking.
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WSB-TV in Atlanta obtained the calls, which were made in the days leading up to the murder-suicide last June. In one of them, Benoit says, "Hi honey, hi Dan-Dan ... Sorry I missed you. I'll try you on your cell phone. Love you." In another, seven-year-old Daniel tells his father, "Hi pooh bear. Be back soon. Just be there, OK? Eh, pooh bear? See ya pooh bear. Love you."

Other messages indicate that Benoit's colleagues were trying to reach him on the Sunday night after the murders took place.

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16. Sorry John, my mistake!!!!

Posted at 11:26AM on May 1st 2008 by Dallas

17. This shouldn't be even played.

That being said, no matter how you feel about Chris Benoit, his profession or this situation, its still a tragedy. I still think WWE knew more than they are letting in on though. He was obviously a sick man and needed help.

Posted at 2:19PM on May 1st 2008 by egriffin

18. I dont need to hear his "love" for his family. He was a selfish a-hole. He should have just killed himself. Rot in Hell Chris!!!

Posted at 12:55PM on May 1st 2008 by Samba

19. Normally, I am the first to tell a TMZ poster to stop whining about how horrible a TMZ story is, and to go someplace else if they don't like it. If you post on TMZ alot, you most likely have argued with me at some point. I am a fan of making fun of various celebrities, and the stupid crap they do. I'll even make fun of poor little Miley Cyrus, whom everyone on these comments "protects" cause "she's only 15! How Could you! Leave her alone!" etc. However, this has actually offened me. I can't believe it, TMZ has finally offended ME! I never thought it could happen!! I didn't even listen to it, just the thought of it made me queasy.

Posted at 11:37AM on May 1st 2008 by ilovecelebritycrap

20. Why Would You Even Post this, you guys are horrible !!! God u guys make me sick, this should be taken down!

Posted at 11:40AM on May 1st 2008 by Sara

21. Is anything sacred with this website? First you're blocking the ambulance that's taking Britney to the hospital, then you do some crap like this. That's it, I'm done~~TMZ has lost a reader, and quite frankly I'm probably not the first.

Posted at 11:43AM on May 1st 2008 by Jennifer

22. He was a coward. Plain and simple.

Posted at 11:46AM on May 1st 2008 by Mike B.

23. Sadly, a mental illness claimed all their lives.

Posted at 11:46AM on May 1st 2008 by Catherine

24. Let's be honest "Jennifer", Britney wasn't having a heart-attack, she was having an "I'm crazy" attack. SWEET, I'm back to my old self!

Posted at 11:52AM on May 1st 2008 by ilovecelebritycrap

25. If you actually listen to these tapes you can clearly see that Benoit loved his family. In no way can you hear anger and rage in his voice and in no way did his son or wife seem scared of him. Hope this will provoke someone to look more into this case and not dismiss it as it was "steriods" just because he was a wrestler. No one will ever really know the truth about what happened but I hope some one can come close to finding out. I would hate to think that the same man that hugged and kissed his little boy on tv and left his this message could really strangle him. Their are alot of things that dont add up in this case and it is sad that they just dropped it on the first thought that came to them. I honestly would like to see how a person could hang themselves with that amount of weight that they say Benoit did when he had so much alcohol and so much Xanax in his system. How could a person hold the weight with one hand while having that much of downers in their system. I dont see how it is possible but I guess Im just a person that hopes that people in this world are mostly good and wouldnt do that to their families.

Posted at 9:27AM on May 5th 2008 by Andrew

26. This Is Sooo Sad
I Had Only Just Started Following WWE When This Happen
It Was Such A Huge Shock
And Like Others Have Been Saying This Is A Private Matter And Should Have Been Kept Behind Closed Doors
R.I.P Chris Benoit :(

Posted at 12:55PM on May 1st 2008 by AbigailBabes'Ox

27. Put down the steroids, boys and girls. Benoit had long ceased to be his original self. R.I.P.

Posted at 12:57PM on May 1st 2008 by LightBulb

28. RIP Chris?!?!?! Screw that steroid using, murdering bastage. All those creeps are wife beaters. I bet all of you whining about TMZ posting the tapes listened to it anyway, didn't you? You know you did.

Posted at 12:59PM on May 1st 2008 by Rot in hell, Chris

29. Yeah he was such a selfish man that he worked on the road 200 PLUS days a year to provide for his wife & son in their nice mansion in Atlanta. No one knows for sure what happend in that house, and I find it all very suspicious. But, sometimes people just snap, and with a little alcohol in them, can do some crazy things. Benoit was a loving family man, and I am actually disgusted with the way WWE handled this situation, by basically acting like he never existed. I'll never watch WWE programming again.

ROT IN HELL VINCE

Posted at 1:08PM on May 1st 2008 by c breezy

30. A neighbor's 7 year old boy head butted my other senior citizen female neighbor in the stomach because she told him to stay out of her flower beds. The boy's mother, horrified, stated that since her son started inhaling steroidal compounds to aid his asthma, he had become irrationally aggressive at times. Imagine the amount of steroids some of these wrestling guys MAY have taken to bulk up to increase their strength to (in their minds) maintain their living.

Posted at 1:13PM on May 1st 2008 by Changed Thinking.

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