Porn king Larry Flynt, who has endorsed Democrat Hillary Rodham Clinton for president, is admitting that he pays women less than men and considers them “a sexual object.”
In an interview with Larry King for his show “PoliticKING with Larry King,” the Hustler magazine publisher said that he endorsed Clinton because of the potential she will appoint several new Supreme Court justices.
“Whoever is elected will appoint two, possibly three judges to the Supreme Court,” Flynt said.
Flynt also denied that he exploits women for his porn kingdom.
“I exploit women like Sports Illustrated exploits sports,” Flynt said. “I don’t demean women, women are a sexual object and they will always be…I don’t know of any man who loves women more than I do.”
Larry Flynt. AP Photo
King also raised the issue of income inequality between men and women, an issue Clinton has pushed though she has paid women less than men in the past.
KING: Do you treat them equally? Are your female employees paid at the same rate as your male employees?
FLYNT: Probably not. And that’s something that needs to be corrected.
KING: You can correct it with a whip of a pen.
FLYNT: We’re talking a huge disparity to do that because I have like 1,500 employees. We’re talking millions of dollars. Am I running from that responsibility? No, and I think it should be equal pay for women doing the same job as men.
KING: But you’re against hypocrisy, so you have to do it at your place if you want him to do it at his place.
FLYNT: Yes, but well, what it is, we need some uniformity on how this is to be done. That’s the only thing…I’m not trying to be a hypocrite and say, wait till next year or wait till two years from now…I’m ready as soon as the government passes a law and steps in with guidelines, I’m all for it.
Paul Bedard, the Washington Examiner’s “Washington Secrets” columnist, can be contacted at [email protected].
