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BP's Hayward: 'I became a villain for doing the right thing'

msnbc.com -- Firm will recover when 'whole truth of the accident finally emerges,' he says

Tony Hayward, who resigned as chief executive of BP in the wake of the Gulf oil spill, has said that he was turned into "a villain for doing the right thing."

In his first interview since deciding to step down, Hayward told the Wall Street Journal that he did everything possible after the Deepwater Horizon exploded, by taking responsibility for the spill and spending billions on the clean-up operation and efforts to stop the leak.

The newspaper said he was unrepentant about BP's response to the spill and that he resented criticism from the Obama administration, although he also admitted that he "understood their frustration."

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Submitted Jul 30, 2010 By: creeklin

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DrCashFlow Champion Author Massachusetts Posts:4,780 Points:1,169,630 Joined:Jun 2008	Message Posted: Jul 30, 2010 9:50:29 PM Ignore DrCashFlow Report Abuse pretty soon to be re-writing history. typically ludicrous severence payment,
VanIsleRover All-Star Author British Columbia Posts:930 Points:325,520 Joined:Apr 2010	Message Posted: Jul 30, 2010 2:04:24 PM Ignore VanIsleRover Report Abuse At least he has a life (with his money to spend) unlike the thousands who have been affected by the disaster. Unfortunately, I can't call it a 'spill' The oil spewed out of a man-developed project which went wrong. Humans have a habit of creating problems.
koinhyuk All-Star Author Sacramento Posts:699 Points:146,925 Joined:Feb 2010	Message Posted: Jul 30, 2010 11:45:04 AM Ignore koinhyuk Report Abuse the guy is a idiot... should never have been in charge
BBopp Champion Author Dayton Posts:5,040 Points:1,596,020 Joined:Dec 2006	Message Posted: Jul 30, 2010 10:54:09 AM Ignore BBopp Report Abuse Aw, poor Tony...he sounds pathetic. Nothing like the way he sounded when he treated the local citizens like a bunch of imbeciles. Good Riddance.
coughlin Champion Author San Jose Posts:3,336 Points:755,050 Joined:Sep 2009	Message Posted: Jul 30, 2010 10:37:32 AM Ignore coughlin Report Abuse This reminds me of the closing scenes in the movie STRIPES.
Night Owl Champion Author Toronto Posts:5,265 Points:1,333,725 Joined:Jul 2004	Message Posted: Jul 30, 2010 10:22:17 AM Ignore Night Owl Report Abuse Why did he say such stupid things on TV?
derKraut Champion Author Ontario Posts:1,669 Points:848,795 Joined:Dec 2008	Message Posted: Jul 30, 2010 7:45:52 AM Ignore derKraut Report Abuse The most recent revelations indicate that he may have been right all along. The media can vilify a person and then by the time needed to correct - it is too late.
Sam195 Champion Author San Bernardino Posts:5,755 Points:1,115,000 Joined:Oct 2008	Message Posted: Jul 30, 2010 7:44:07 AM Ignore Sam195 Report Abuse He became a villain because he is an idiot.
realtorguzzler Champion Author Florida Posts:1,488 Points:259,210 Joined:Jun 2010	Message Posted: Jul 30, 2010 7:36:41 AM Ignore realtorguzzler Report Abuse Well, not too shabby a deal he got to retire on, so he better shut up and bank on it.
Martinman Champion Author Mississippi Posts:11,760 Points:1,659,270 Joined:Sep 2005	Message Posted: Jul 30, 2010 7:18:09 AM Ignore Martinman Report Abuse it doesn't matter 'how good a job' he thought he did, it's how the public perceives what he's done. As the old saying goes, 'it only takes ONE "Oops s--t!", to wipe-out a thousand "good jobs"...'
chemist74 Champion Author Cleveland Posts:12,377 Points:2,177,015 Joined:Apr 2005	Message Posted: Jul 30, 2010 6:52:46 AM Ignore chemist74 Report Abuse Another example of Hayward not knowing when to keep his mouth shut. BP has a long history of neglecting maintenance and violating standards resulting inmultiple deaths of American workers and repeated environmental damage. They have the worst record of any oil company operating in the U.S. with a violation record almost 100 times higher than any other oil company. The first thing they did when the "accident" occurred was to blame other and claim the damage would be minor. Every time Hayward opened his mouth he came off as a jerk. BP's board should have put a muzzle on him immediately.
GingoutMD Champion Author Maryland Posts:2,302 Points:473,680 Joined:Jan 2010	Message Posted: Jul 30, 2010 6:41:15 AM Ignore GingoutMD Report Abuse Good bye and good riddance. While he did have the company spend billions on the disaster cleanup, he could have only spent $7M on the correct technology that would have updated the broken blow-out preventer and avoided the whole disaster in the first place. Also, underestimating and down-playing the diaster in the beginning did nothing but put him on the wrong side of the tracks at the onset. He was never able to cross the tracks to the right side after that.