Trump Blasts Media For Reporting Sterling 'Girlfriend From Hell' Remark
CATHERINE THOMPSON – MAY 5, 2014, 9:08 AM EDT
Donald Trump went off on the media Monday for reporting that he called Los Angeles Clippers owner Donald Sterling's personal assistant the "girlfriend from hell" and for suggesting that he defended the now-banned NBA owner.
Trump called into "Fox & Friends" last week to discuss an audio recording of Sterling telling V. Stiviano, who was identified as his girlfriend at the time, not to take pictures with black people or bring blacks to basketball games with her. Trump condemned Sterling's remarks repeatedly, but also suggested the Clippers owner was "set up" by the "girlfriend from hell."
Appearing Monday morning on the Fox News program, the real estate mogul slammed the media for running with his comments about Stiviano rather than his criticism of Sterling.
“I knocked the hell out of Donald Sterling for five minutes, said what a bad guy, said, you know, horrible things he said,” Trump said. “And then I said just in passing and by the way, the 'girlfriend from hell,' and everybody laughed. Which is obviously true -- I mean this girlfriend is taping him, and with very bad intentions obviously. She’s bad news."
Trump claimed that "nobody was tougher on Donald Sterling" than he was and lamented that "thousands" of articles twisted his comments to make it look like he defended the Clippers owner.
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