After three decades reporting on the biggest news stories from around the world, broadcasters Martin Geissler and Kirsty Wark have seen it all.
27.06.2024 - 19:07 / variety.com
Selome Hailu On April 25, 2014, TMZ released recordings of Los Angeles Clippers owner Donald Sterling criticizing his assistant V. Stiviano for “associating with Black people.” The following week, Stiviano, a biracial Black woman, sat across from Barbara Walters on ABC News and called herself Sterling’s “confidant,” “best friend” and, most bizarrely, his “silly rabbit.” In a moment that has since been memed into oblivion, Walters asked for a little clarification: “His what?” Stiviano repeated herself, but when Walters asked, “His silly rabbit? Is that what he calls you?” Stiviano gave a quiet, “No.” Cleopatra Coleman has her own understanding of the nickname. “Obviously, he does call her that,” says the actor, who plays V.
in “Clipped,” the soapy FX limited series based on the scandal surrounding L.A.’s “other” basketball team. Indeed, in the show’s first episode, Donald (Ed O’Neill) calls V. his silly rabbit in private, during a tender conversation she apparently wouldn’t want Walters to know about.
“I guess, in that moment, she doesn’t like the way that sounds, and maybe she looks at the way Barbara Walters is responding to that, and she maybe would like to rescind that comment,” Coleman says, trying to make sense of the real V.’s trip-up. “But it’s too late. It’s just one of those really bizarre things that happen when you’re feeling exposed.
After three decades reporting on the biggest news stories from around the world, broadcasters Martin Geissler and Kirsty Wark have seen it all.
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This is f**king nuts!
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