Carrie Prejean Attempts to Storm Off Larry King, Is Foiled by the Siren Call of Rolling Cameras
Courtesy of Gawker
Lou Dobbs wasn’t the only right-wing populist to attempt a dramatic CNN exit last night. Unfortunately, he’s the only one who succeeded, because former Miss California and Christianist poster girl Carrie Prejean can’t even throw a proper on-set hissy fit.
Larry King, the reigning champion of softball interviews, was apparently not soft enough for Ms. Prejean. King broaches the subject of the lawsuit Carrie settled with Miss California USA. (You know, the mediation where they screened her sex tape in front of her mom?) Then, Carrie complains that King is “being inappropriate,” and after a full minute of wrangling, she removes her microphone and announces she is leaving—only to end up sitting there for another minute, grinning and playing the “I ca-a-an’t he-e-ear y-o-o-ou” game until Larry cuts to commercial.
The ensuing commercial break was deeply suspenseful. Would Carrie be on set when we returned? I can only imagine what sort of harsh, frantically whispered words were spoken during these moments, because when the show returned, Carrie’s microphone had miraculously been rewired and King apologized. (Apparently Prejean didn’t want to take phone calls, and it was the caller, not Larry’s questions, that so perturbed her?) A temporary rift in the time-space continuum healed and Larry King Live returned to being as heavy-hitting as a feather-stuffed cashmere pillow.
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