“ACCESS HOLLYWOOD’S” BILLY BUSH TALKS TO FRANCINE PREJEAN ABOUT DAUGHTER CARRIE PREJEAN’S TALK SHOW CONTROVERSY

November 13, 2009 by J!-ENT

Prejean On Larry King: “He must feel like a little wimp.’”

BURBANK, Calif. – November 13, 2009- Francine Prejean, mother of former Miss California USA 2009 Carrie Prejean, spoke to Billy Bush for “Access Hollywood” and radio’s “The Billy Bush Show” about her daughter saying Larry King was being “inappropriate” during her interview on CNN’s “Larry King Live.” Excerpts from the interview will air tonight, Friday, November 13th on “Access Hollywood” and radio’s “The Billy Bush Show.”

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Bush asked Prejean what she thought about Larry King saying that, in all of his years, he has never had anyone say he was “inappropriate” as her daughter Carrie did. “I think it’s great. She broke a record,” said Prejean. “In 52 years, no one’s ever done that to him. And a 22-year-old girl did it. That is funny, Billy, that is really funny.”

Prejean continued, “He must feel like a little wimp, which is what he is, in my opinion. That’s just my opinion, no offense to anyone out there.”

When Bush asked if Carrie was looking for a fight when she went on “Larry King Live,” Prejean said, “Well, the way the interview was set up was that it was just going to be between Larry and Carrie. Once again, it didn’t play out that way. The producers on the show promised us that Carrie would be with Larry. No call-ins, no surprise guests, no surprise phone-ins and as usual, they couldn’t keep their word. They couldn’t keep their commitment so when the calls started coming in, she thought it was time to bow out, which was the agreement. She stuck to the agreement.”

“In my opinion, she’s coming across beautiful, she’s coming across strong, she’s very intelligent. she’s not afraid of these high-powered idiots that are on TV every night, the gossip mongrels,” explained Prejean. “She’s not afraid of them and I’m proud of her for that. How many 22-year-olds do you know that can stand up to these people?”

When Bush asked if Carrie was going to be doing more interviews in support of her new book, “Still Standing,” Prejean said, ” I think it’s just so interesting how people are interested in a little 22-year-old girl that entered a beauty pageant and said that she believed that marriage is between a man and a woman.”

Prejean continued, “There’s a lot of love. A lot of people love Carrie. I would think more people love her than hate her.”

“Access Hollywood” is distributed by NBC Universal Domestic Television Distribution. Rob K. Silverstein is the executive producer. “The Billy Bush Show” is syndicated by Westwood One and produced by Heather Case. Rob K. Silverstein is the executive producer.