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#51828
 Did Cameron Diaz really almost get swallowed by massive grouper?
Greg - 5/03/2012 8:33 PM
Category: General
Replies: 13
I read this today. Could it be true? ...

Adventurous Cameron Diaz was almost devoured by an angry fish while scuba diving during a recent tropical vacation.

The There’s Something About Mary actress was exploring the seas off the coast of Mexico in Cozumel with her pals when she decided to get up close and personal with a massive grouper.

During an appearance on U.S. program The Tonight Show With Jay Leno on Tuesday, she recalled, “It was probably the size of a Volkswagen Bug (Beetle). And he’s down there and he has these big old lips and somebody said, ‘Oh you should pet him.’

“I’m rubbing its lip and I’m like, ‘Oh my God, this is amazing!’ I’m looking into its eyes, we’re having this whole moment and all of a sudden it (inhaled) and I go (flying inside)… The only thing that stopped me was literally my neck.

“I’m like inside this fish, and I’m looking at him, he’s looking at me and I’m like, ‘What’s gonna happen here?’ And he… (spit me out) and I go flying backwards. And I have, like, a (oxygen) tank on and everything and I’m, like, rolling backwards in the water. So that was really good times.”
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John_giu - 5/03/2012 9:21 PM
Lucky Fish...........
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scubafly - 5/03/2012 10:27 PM
If I had managed to get Cameron Diaz into my mouth, I don’t think I would have spit her out. Silly grouper.
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lerpy - 5/04/2012 3:32 AM
OH so many things, so many inappropriate things that could be said. You just can’t make this stuff up.
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LatitudeAdjustment - 5/04/2012 4:52 AM
Goliaths (Jewfish) get big and yes her head would fit inside it’s mouth but if you watch them long enough they all yawn every once in a while. It sounds like she was just in the right place at the wrong time.

Goliaths are protected but even other grouper I can’t eat anymore. It would be like eating the family pet, they come over to get scratched and petted and follow you around on the reef like a dog. In Fiji I had a 4’ one that would meet me on entry every dive and stay with me until I exited.
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Rich-D-Fish - 5/04/2012 6:55 AM
If (or when) Cameron comes up to me and rubs my lip....I promise I will not swallow her. It might be the other way around.... (sorry, couldn’t resist)
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Eve - 5/04/2012 7:11 AM
Okay Rich, so bad , so so bad, LOL, but any way OMG, do not let Becky read this Greg she will never dive.
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Greg - 5/04/2012 9:19 AM
Y’all are bad! But funny.
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TeachingOrlando - 5/06/2012 10:18 AM
HAHAHAHA. These responses made me lol! We just dived (4/29/12) in Clearwater, FL at Airplane Barge. We saw at least three Goliath Groupers. They were very timid of us. Every time they saw someone, they’d go back into the holes under the barge. Would have been really neat if they had come over to us to interact! There were 1000’s of bait fish around at the same time, which made vis pretty low.....maybe in clear water they would have been more brave?
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flyingfrawg - 5/06/2012 6:21 PM
latest news: journalist got words reversed: swallow and groper
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hoofpick - 5/07/2012 9:29 PM
Hmmmm Scooby snack??????
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badintexas - 5/09/2012 7:23 AM
Greg is grounded. First for posting this and second.. for all of the comments that YA’LL made. (even though they weren’t from him) LOL Just kidding.
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Eve - 5/10/2012 7:07 PM
From badintexas: Greg is grounded. First for posting this and second.. for all of the comments that YA’LL made. (even though they weren’t from him) LOL Just kidding....
Becky, it was his Mom that started it all so he gets it honestly ! : )