A huge “nay” for Carrie Prejean.
Upon entering CNN’s Washington Bureau Wednesday night, the first words out of Former Miss California Carrie Prejean‘s mouth to CNN news assistant Christina McAusland were, “You tell Larry if he’s not nice to me, I will get up and leave.”
McAusland, who said she admired Prejean for her candor, was shocked by the beauty queen’s tone and warned “Larry King Live” producer John Gilmore of her threat.
Beyond her on-air hissy fit, the beauty queen’s behavior at the studio was classless.
She arrived with an entourage of five, (for cable news Green Room context, Sen. Dianne Feinstein, D-Calif., never arrives with a group that large) and barked at a studio operator for touching her hair while setting up her microphone.
After her appearance in which she dubbed King “inappropriate” and attempted to exit the set, Prejean accused the staffer of lying to her, saying King’s producers promised no phone calls. She belittled McAusland saying, “Is the intern talking to me? Oh look at the little intern, look at the little intern trying to explain!”
“I’ve never been treated so poorly in my whole life,” McAusland, who recently accepted an executive producer position at Newsy.com of Media Convergence Group, said.
Yeas & Nays has attempted to get comment from Prejean’s camp about her “Larry King Live” appearance, but messages haven’t been returned.
Following the “Larry King Live” fiasco, Prejean ditched a speech at the Republicans-only Capitol Hill Club and interviews with D.C. journalists, including The Washington Times and Politico.
When Yeas & Nays requested an interview, her publicist replied in an e-mail, “due to the confidentiality agreement Carrie signed, she must decline to comment on any and all questions regarding a so-called ‘sex tape.’”
There is no indication that Prejean has yet to talk on the record since the King interview. Her publicist added in the e-mail that Prejean’s legal counsel has advised she “severely limit all her public statements and appearances” because of “continuous efforts to get Carrie to breach this agreement.”
