‘Miracle’ wins ratings for NBC
Illusionist Roy Horn’s first interview since being mauled by a tiger last year won the prime-time ratings Wednesday night with an estimated 14.5 million viewers -- the largest non-Olympic Games audience NBC has had in that 9 to 10 p.m. period since Oct. 1.
In “Siegfried & Roy: The Miracle,” Horn told Maria Shriver that he fainted on stage during the fateful performance and that the 380-pound tiger named Montecore was only trying to help him by dragging him off stage.
“It’s just my body. I have high blood pressure,” Horn said, explaining why he fainted Oct. 3 at a hotel in Las Vegas.
He reiterated that point in a follow-up interview with the German broadcaster RTL, saying, “It was an accident. Montecore understood the signals and wanted to save me.” He added, “It was unfortunate that his teeth hit my carotid artery.”
Horn remains partly paralyzed from a stroke he suffered immediately after the incident.
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