Donald Sterling appeared on CNN last night for an exclusive on-camera interview with Anderson Cooper to begin a Hail Mary attempt at a public apology tour.
This was a terrible, terrible idea.
Sterling, well aware of his being recorded on national television (I assume), let loose to Cooper with unbelievable, jaw-dropping, offensive statements once again. Seriously, whoever in Sterling’s camp set up this interview and thought it was a good idea must be sabotaging what is left of his empire from the inside. It’s clear that Donald Sterling is his own worst enemy at this point and should not under any circumstances be speaking out publicly.
The Clippers owner pretty much neglected to check any box on the Donald Sterling Image Rehabilitation Checklist and went on tangent after tangent, approaching Cartoony Supervillain status. I only wish CNN had an iso cam on Sterling’s PR representatives off screen when he began denigrating Magic Johnson for being HIV-positive.
Were it not for the whole alien/black hole/time travelers thing with the Malaysia Airlines flight, I’d call this the most confounding thing CNN has televised this year. Have a gander at these quotes from Donald Sterling…
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"I'm not a racist I love people" #DonaldSterling to @andersoncooper. #AC360 Exclusive.
— Anderson Cooper 360° (@AC360) May 13, 2014
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"I used to think I understood women, I don't think I do anymore"#DonaldSterling on #VStiviano. http://t.co/ZoedqFGy27 via @AC360
— Anderson Cooper 360° (@AC360) May 13, 2014
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"The players don’t hate me the sponsors don’t hate me. The fans don’t hate me. The media hates" #DonaldSterling to @andersoncooper. #AC360
— Anderson Cooper 360° (@AC360) May 13, 2014
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"He acts so holy. I mean he made love to every girl in every city in America and he had AIDS" #DonaldSterling on @MagicJohnson. #AC360
— Anderson Cooper 360° (@AC360) May 13, 2014
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"I just don't think he's a good example for the children of LA. He would go and do what he did & then get AIDS." #Sterling on Magic Johnson
— Anderson Cooper 360° (@AC360) May 13, 2014
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#DonaldSterling's exclusive interview with @andersoncooper re-airs at 11pET http://t.co/bOYRTB1gp6 #AC360 pic.twitter.com/ieMnRjBkGD
— Jess Conner (@Jecon) May 13, 2014
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"I think you have more of a plantation mentality than I do… I think you're more of a racist than I am" #DonaldSterling to @andersoncooper
— Anderson Cooper 360° (@AC360) May 13, 2014
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Yeah, I know RT “Did you ever like a girl, were ever jealous a little bit if she was with other guys?" #DonaldSterling to @andersoncooper.
— Anderson Cooper (@andersoncooper) May 13, 2014
Instead of asking for forgiveness and attempting to right the wrongs that were committed, Donald Sterling took the shovel and just kept digging.
Actually, I take that back. Donald Sterling took the shovel and did this with it…
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