I watched this interview between Larry King and Carrie Prejean. She was on the show to promote her book Still Standing. I was folding laundry while I was watching and was able to catch the entire episode. The clip on my post is only part of the interview.
Let me just say that Larry King was awfully pushy with Carrie. In the beginning she was very nice to him and she was clear about not being able to talk about what was discussed in mediation. She explained it to him on national television that everything discussed in mediation she was not allowed to talk about at all.
So what does Larry King do? He disguises his question by asking about what led up to the mediation. Well obviously if Carrie Prejean were to talk about what led up to the mediation then she would be revealing what was discussed in mediation. It doesn’t take a rocket scientist to figure THAT one out.
So basically Larry King thinks he can get around the confidentiality clause by rephrasing his question. Oh please! Everybody can see what he was doing including Carrie! So she let him know, “Larry you are being inappropriate.” She had to tell him that over and over again because he wasn’t getting it. Duh!?
Clearly all of this was discussed and agree upon or she would not have gone on the Larry King show to discuss her book Still Standing.
I don’t blame Carrie Prejean for wanting to leave the show. Do you? Obviously the lawyer was in the background advising her because Larry King allowed a caller to call in, who happened to be gay with an agenda. Apparently that was agreed upon as a condition to being on the show. Her lawyer did not want her taking any phone calls. Doesn’t Larry King get briefed before he formulates his questions?
Oh and then the questions towards the end, which are not on the video above were absolutely ridiculous. He asked her if she was planning to run for President of the United States. Are you kidding me? What made Larry King think that it would be appropriate to ask her THAT question?
The only reason I stayed on CNN was to see what Carrie Prejean had to say about her book. I was also interested to see what Larry King’s take would be and how he would treat her. You can bet it didn’t take me long to flip the switch and go back to Fox News.
What lead up to the mediation? The sex tape, as reported by CNN. Cite: Wikipedia
Carrie’s poor listening skills are apparently not unique to her. The question about what motivated mediation is an interesting news question. It is separate from the question about what happened in mediation. Asking it is not a “trick” to try to get to the information another way.
That people are either 1) paranoid or 2) so poorly education and/or 3) not very bright is worrisome to me.
What has this country come to if critical thinking and strong listening skills are derided as “inappropriate” or trying to “trick” someone.
I’d love to know why she entered mediation. I don’t need to know what the agreement was.
King would have been negligent as a newsman if he didn’t ask the question. All she had to do was say “I won’t answer that either.” Instead, she misunderstood and then accused him of being inappropriate.
She’s really not very bright at all.
So basically Michael what you are saying is that CNN reported that what led up to Mediation was the sex tape? Well if that is the case then why would Larry King ask such a stupid question during the interview on his show?
Have you ever stopped to wonder if maybe Carrie was just doing what she was told. If she is not allowed to discuss the Mediation or any part of it then what would make anybody think she would be willing to talk about the details that let up to her having to go into Mediation in the first place. The agreement that Larry King was probably supposed to abide by was that they not discuss any part of the Mediation and that probably included the acts that led up to Mediation. It’s really not that difficult to understand. You want to know why she was in mediation and she’s not allowed to talk about that. Why is that so difficult to grasp?