Carrie Prejean Threatens To Walk Off "Larry King" (VIDEO)

Carrie Prejean threatened to walk off Larry King Live Tuesday night, in the middle of her interview with Larry King. Prejean's threats came after King asked the former beauty queen about the reasons behind her recent settlement with the Miss California USA pageant. King asked Prejean why she agreed to strike a deal with the Pageant and drop her claims of libel, slander and religious discrimination. "Why settle since you had a fight to carry on?" King pressed. Prejean demurred. King asked again: "You can't even say why you settled?"

Prejean, visibly displeased, refused to answer: "Larry, it's completely confidential and you're being inappropriate."

The inappropriate issue at hand isn't King's probing question, but the alleged reason why Prejean settled: TMZ reported that she decided to strike a deal only after the lawyer for the Pageant revealed a home-made sex tape of a 17-year-old Prejean.

King: "So the agreement discusses the motive behind why each party agreed?"

Prejean: "Larry you're being inappropriate. You really are. So, I'm not going to talk about --"

(This back and forth goes on for a full minute.)

Finally, King concedes: "Okay, I, uh... inappropriate King Live continues." He drops the subject and goes to a caller. But the damage is done: before the person on the phone line is halfway through his introduction ("I'm a gay man and I love pageants"), Prejean reaches to disconnect her mic and mouths something to someone off camera.

"Did she hear the question?" King wonders.

No, she did not. "Yeah I think you are being extremely inappropriate right now, and I'm about to leave your show."

Watch it here:

According to Anderson Cooper's debrief following this high drama, Prejean says she refused to continue because "she was told she wouldn't have to take any calls from viewers."

"Bizarre," Cooper concluded.

Comments

[ModerateProgressive]

11:50 PM on 11/15/2009

Palin and Prejean - both public figures who gain fame making controvers­ial statements - play the part as the victim when they are incapable of answering basic, softball questions from the press. (What newspapers do you read? What foreign policy experience do you have? or Why did you settle your case?) This isn't some liberal onslaught to discredit these people, it is simply the press giving us, the public, the chance to know the views of these people, and them failing miserably and looking for someone other then themselves to blame. If I were a conservati­ve, I would be ashamed of these people and their lack of competence and integrity.

[JerryAguy]

07:02 PM on 11/15/2009

Well her and Palin don't look like Cindey Sheehan or Mrs. Pelosi now do they, I even remember on the view there was Ms. Hasselback and Rosi or Whoppie, I'm just sayin most of the gals on the left remind me of Mr. Keith Olberman personalit­y and Ms. Thomas the reporters in the looks deparment.
Is this something that if a woman is good looking the other gals who ain't seem to want to really go after them to no end. I think it helps those ladies sell their books since Americans tend to like underdogs.

[AaronEvans]

05:55 PM on 11/15/2009

Ok. How was Larry being inappropri­ate? Was he staring at her in a provacativ­e way? That was absurd.

[wilki203]

03:30 PM on 11/15/2009

Oh this girl. Always the victim... the news hates her, the gay community hates her, Trump was mean to her. Unbelievab­le! Of course her idols are Palin and Bachmann!

[Photofarm]

08:47 AM on 11/15/2009

Most settlement­s prevent either side from talking about it period.

[HollywoodHillsCookie]

05:18 PM on 11/17/2009

That's a verrrrrryy­yyyyyy broad generaliza­tion. All settlement­s are different. She's acting as if she's been forbiden to even use the word "settlemen­t" again in her life.

Regardless of WHAT the terms of her settlement were, she could certainly dig down and find a way to answer her host's question that isn't insulting and innacurate­. Surely her Bible would encourage her to show respect to her elders. (Oh, I forgot. She just believes PARTS of the Bible.)

[indywoman]

03:07 AM on 11/15/2009

Obvious tactic to sell a boring book. Wait, is she a beauty queen or a drama queen?

[waiteman]

08:54 AM on 11/15/2009

Those terms are one and the same. When is the last time you saw a beauty queen that wasn't a drama queen. It is all about them.

[George Bradley]

09:51 PM on 11/14/2009

hahahahah

"So the settlement discusses the motives behind each party"

"Larry your inappropri­ate"

"What" "How"

"Larry you are inappropri­ate"

Wow this made my day - LURRRY

[Gregor53]

09:35 PM on 11/14/2009

She should have walked off. After her temper fit, Larry could only ask her questions about school. "Oh, I am so glad to be an author now..." It was a waste of electricit­y and broadcast time.

[jrutle]

08:47 PM on 11/14/2009

Larry should have let her walk.

[Ty LaRue]

06:57 PM on 11/14/2009

Special People in Special Times, she wants to be a celeb but can't handle the pressure

[wsmith29]

05:30 PM on 11/14/2009

Publicist (who's off to the side): Do it now, Carrie!
Prejean: What? Leave now?
Publicist: Yes, this is your moment to call King out on his questions.
Prejean: OMG, really? Should I do it now? I don't think I can.
Publicist: Yes! Here's our chance.
Prejean: Okay. I'm going to take off the mic. Should I really??
Publicist: Yes! Take off the mic and call him out!
Prejean: Okay, I'm taking off the mic now. OMG, I can't believe I'm doing this.

Prejean: You're being inappropri­ate, Larry.

[gberger]

04:16 PM on 11/14/2009

Gosh darn those "opposite" sex tapes.

[Chblotm]

03:31 PM on 11/14/2009

Another xample of rightwing whining -- & denial of "personal responsibi­lity"!

[sherifffruitfly]

01:12 PM on 11/14/2009

She can't take *Larry King's* questions? hahahaahaa­!!

[ThinkThrice]

11:20 AM on 11/14/2009

After hearing people go on and on about this on talk radio, including conservati­ve talk radio, I was expecting something much worse. Seeing the video it doesn't seem like she did anything all that wrong, at least not worth the attention it is getting. The caller asking about gay marriage seemed like a bit of a setup. Seeing commenters all worked up over this is pretty silly. Her problem was that she was trying to be nice, she should have just said more forcefully that she wasn't going to answer the question and to move on, then when the call came on said she had not agreed to take calls. Her handlers seemed to have caused this more than anyone.

[PaganCanuck]

12:08 PM on 11/14/2009

Considerin­g the main reason she is "famous" is her stand against gay marriage, she really shouldn't have been surprised that the issue would come up in an interview.

[truthmatterstoo]

12:47 PM on 11/14/2009

and standing in front of millions in a skimpy bikini is her claim to fame.

[ThinkThrice]

01:13 PM on 11/14/2009

Problem with that is she really never took a "stand" so much as just answered a question about that topic after which all hell broke loose. But I think the problem was that as with any guest there are agreements with a show as to what will be talked about and whether calls will be taken. Apparently Larry or his show did not honor those agreements­.

[brent3d]

02:24 PM on 11/14/2009

She has a book out that slams people in the media..yet she can't handle questions. Naive and embarrassi­ng. Nice, thats a joke. Looking forward to the Sarah Palin sex tape next..lol.­.or not.