"I was hired to do a job, so I decided to put up with his shenanigans and finish the interview."

[Amerigo Vespucci]

http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/2009/writers/jimmy_traina/07/09/heather.nicholes-not-happy-with-rampage-jackson/index.html



This shot was taken shortly before Heather Nichols' interview with Rampage Jackson took an odd turn.

In a video that went viral earlier this week (http://www.break.com/cage-potato/rampage-dry-humps-cagepotato-reporter.html), UFC's Quinton "Rampage" Jackson got a little too touchy-feely with reporter Heather Nichols. SI.com spoke with Nichols via e-mail about the interview and Jackson's behavior.

Jimmy Traina: What did you think when Rampage started, um, getting frisky? Did you think it was funny or did you take offense?

Nichols: At first I was just shocked when he grabbed me, and all I could think was, "Oh my gosh, what is he doing?!" Then I tried to play along a little bit because I knew he was trying to be funny, but after about the first 5-10 seconds, it was just plain awkward. I kept thinking, "What should I do? Knee him? Keep going?" So I decided to keep asking questions, assuming he would stop if I did that. So I asked another question, and he kept going. I asked ANOTHER question, and he kept going. At this point I was just freaking out, but still trying to be a professional and ask all the questions I was assigned to ask, and this has been interpreted by some viewers as me liking it and egging him on. This was definitely not the case. I was hired to do a job, which was to interview Rampage, so I decided to put up with his shenanigans and finish the interview.

Traina: Had you interviewed or met him ever before?

Nichols: No, I had never met or interviewed him before. I had, however, watched some of his other interviews online, but somehow missed the other interview where he a reporter, so even after my research, I still wasn't prepared for that one.

Traina: When was this video filmed?

Nichols: June 25.

Traina: Has he apologized since then?

Nichols: No, not at all. He was very, very pleased with himself.

[valerief]

1. Palin would have been out of there in a flash! nt

[NightWatcher]

2. that is SO what I'm doing if a census taker (or Jehovahs Witness) comes to the door

lean in for a one minute uncomfortable (for them) dry hump

[Warpy]

3. That could get you an assault charge

Hire a night nurse to crash on your couch while you're at work. Night nurses are RABID when awakened and you'll soon be rid of all door banger pests.

The Mormons actually cross the street when they get to my house.

[panader0]

6. Answering the door in the nude works well too.

[Why Syzygy]

4. Isn't that what we used to call a P Teaser? nt

[Blue For You]

5. Can't these two just get a room somewhere?

[panader0]

7. He should change his name to Rampagin' Johnson

[eShirl]

8. I guessed David Brooks, on why he didn't remove the GOP Senator's hand from his inner thigh

[Amerigo Vespucci]

9. That was another one...he complained, but he sat through it all

I think that the person who dry humps you and the person who puts his hand on your inner thigh both have the same final destination in mind...

:eyes:

:rofl: