Posted By carrie prejean on November 25, 2009

I’m so glad I’m able now to share my thoughts with my supporters, fans, and friends. I’ve been a busy girl since my book came out. I was all over the place. I heard an ex boyfriend of mine had sold old personal camera phone videos of me to the media. That hurt. I was devastated that someone I once loved, cared for, and trusted could do that to me.  My life changed.

My book was about to come out that Monday, and the videos were already being talked about Monday morning. My detractors and attackers wanted nothing more than for me to crawl in a whole and not come out. They thought I would be too humiliated (which I was) to come out and be on these shows and still promote my book Still Standing. I wasn’t afraid of what people (the media) thought, I was concerned with my fans. I was concerned with the many little girls out there who look up to me and admire me. There is a lesson to be learned here. Nothing is private anymore. I learned that people will sell their souls for nickels, and not care about it. My ex boyfriend sold his soul to make money off of a girl he once loved.  I should have never taken the videos in the first place and sent it to him. That was stupid of me! How dumb and Naive could I have been to actually trust my boyfriend at the time (sadly enough girls do it all the time). I learned my lesson, and had to admit to it on National television. But you know what… it only made me stronger.

I am a woman of God, a woman of courage, and a women who doesn’t back down from what’s right. I gave an answer at a beauty pageant, and ever since then my world has been turned upside down. I never knew the power of political correctness, and how dangerous it is in this society to actually speak the truth from your heart rather than to back down to political correctness. When I had my first appearance on Sean Hannity show, I knew I was in a friendly environment; I was pleased with the way it turned out, but knew for the rest of that week, they weren’t all going to be that way. The next morning was Fox and Friends, the Today show, and The View. I knew 2 out of the 3 would be tough. Especially The View. I will get into a little more detail about them later on…. but for now, I’d like to set the record straight here on the Larry King interview.

We had received a call that morning; Larry King’s producer wanted me on the show. I was a little hesitant because I don’t care for Larry King that much, don’t really watch his show, and have been on his show before and for whatever reason; he feels the need to “trick” his guests on his shows. I told my publicist I didn’t really want to be on his show. They said it would be great if I went on and would find out more details about the interview. Later, we heard Donald Trump was going to be on with me. I immediately said no way. I’m here to talk about my book, not about Donald Trump (no offense but wasn’t this called a book tour? not a Donald Trump vs. Carrie Prejean debate. (Even though I’m sure the media would have loved that story or headline… “Carrie at war with Donald Trump”. HAHA the media sure loves drama. My publicist told Larry Kings producer Carrie does not want to go on the show with anyone else, just her and Larry, and there would be no call in’s or any surprises. The producer gladly said that Larry really wants her on the show, and it will be very friendly, no surprises, and no guests or call in’s. She even knew that I wasn’t allowed to talk about anything dealing with mediation or the lawsuit.

Glad we were able to come to an agreement with the show. I felt very good about it. We came in to the studio and they missed me up. I sat down waiting for Larry King to come on and say hello. He did, off the air and was very friendly and seemed glad to have me on. I laughed and told him to be nice to me, he promised he would. The interview started, and before you know it Larry King was asking about the lawsuit, why I settled, asking about mediation. etc. I knew it was time to leave. I was not going to be put in a position where my integrity could be compromised. His producers knew I was not able to talk about that, they knew that if he asked those types of questions, I was not able to answer them. He did it anyway.

He took advantage of a 22 year old beauty queen, being drilled on tv and asked things in which he had no business asking. A journalist with respect and ethics doesn’t be persistent like that with someone when they say the first time, they aren’t able to talk about THAT issue, or THIS issue. I told Larry King he was being inappropriate meaning he was asking questions over and over again in which he knew I was legally not able to discuss. The last straw was when I heard a “caller” call in, I didn’t even hear the question, I just immediately took my mic off and smiled, and told my publicist it was time to leave. I never ended up leaving but I was very disappointed at the lack of professionalism of a man who knows what’s right and wrong. Larry King was wrong for doing that. But in 52 years, no one has called him out on being wrong.

I did it in the most respectful, gracious way, and for that I’m proud of. Glad to have set the record straight on that… I hope to be back tomorrow for another blog keep following.

Peace, Love, Respect,
Carrie

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