Larry King: Notable interviews
After 25 years on CNN and more than 50 years in broadcasting, Larry King is finally hung up the mike. But one doesn’t spend that much time on TV without a few memorable, awkward or truly bizarre moments. Here are a few of the suspendered one’s highlights during his time on cable news.
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The heavily mascaraed former wife of indicted televangelist Jim Bakker made her final public appearance on Larry’s show to discuss her terminal cancer. At the end, she was unable to swallow food and weighed just 65 pounds. She discussed her worries about her family after her death. She died the very next day.
-- Patrick Kevin Day
The plastic surgeon who worked on
-- Patrick Kevin Day
Sen. Hillary Clinton is interviewed by Larry King at CNN’s studio in Washington, D.C., June 10, 2003. The two discussed the senator’s book titled “Living History,” her life as first lady and as a senator from New York.
(Chris Kleponis / CNN)
After his ill-fated run-in with a prostitute in 1995, Grant went public with his “transgression.” He admitted to Larry King that he had done something “dishonorable, shabby and goatish.”
-- Jevon Phillips
The eccentric and press-shy Brando agreed to an interview with Larry at his Coldwater Canyon estate in 1994. The unquestionable highlight came when Brando innocently asked for Larry to plant a kiss on his lips. Larry happily obliged.
-- Patrick Kevin Day
The former Miss California, who generated much controversy when she discussed her feelings against same-sex marriage during the Miss USA Pageant, said Larry was “being inappropriate” during an interview soon after the pageant. She removed her microphone and threatened to walk off the show. But after a commercial break, she had her microphone back on and completed the interview. Word came later that Prejean objected to Larry accepting callers’ questions.
-- Patrick Kevin Day
Larry King talks with Paris Hilton.
(Kyle Christy / CNN)
Accustomed to dressing to impress, the fashion shape shifter paid special homage to Larry King for the show’s 30th birthday celebration. She mimicked King’s famous style and wore similar glasses, tie and suspenders. On the show, she revealed that she is borderline positive for lupus and released a sneak peek of her “Alejandro” music video.
-- Lora Victorio
The author of bestselling novel “A Million Little Pieces,” on the show with his mother Lynne, had been exposed as “embellishing” parts of his memoir by thesmokinggun.com. The book’s popularity was heavily due to an endorsement by Oprah Winfrey, who called in to the show toward the end to defend her choice of the book in her book club. She did not outright condemn Frey, and many reported that she still supported the book and its message.
KING: People reading a memoir expect it to be a true story ...
FREY: It’s an individual’s perception of what happened in their own life. This is my recollection of my life.
-- Jevon Phillips
The host has had many discussions with the former president over the years. In one of his recent visits, Clinton discussed his latest heart procedure, and Larry King, unbeknownst to many, revealed that he had undergone a similar operation just five weeks earlier. -- Jevon Phillips
(Lorenzo Bevilaqua / Associated Press)
Patty Hearst is interviewed by Larry King on CNN.
(CNN)
Summer 2010 had the sports media buzzing about whether LeBron James would stick with his NBA team, the Cleveland Cavaliers, or move on. In June, the free agent met with Larry King and told the newsman that the Cavaliers had the upper hand. Less than a month later, he signed with the Miami Heat.
Jevon Phillips
It’s the interview that wasn’t.
King sat down with John Mark Karr, the school teacher who falsely confessed to killing child beauty queen JonBenet Ramsey, but the would-be suspect refused to answer any case-related questions. The murder charges had been dropped and Karr had already done a “Today Show” interview, but his lawyers had advised him not say anything. In a chat that consisted primarily of Karr giving King the runaround, he told the veteran newsman, “I’ve never harmed a child, I’m saying it now, I’m saying that I would protect any child who I thought was being harmed. I don’t recall ever saying that I did harm a child.”
-- Emily Christianson
In 2007, McCartney took part in a sort of Beatles reunion. McCartney,
--Todd Martens (Gary Friedman / Los Angeles Times)
Before the 2000 election that awarded the presidency to
--Todd Martens
This episode of
-- Jevon Phillips
Donald Trump waits to be interviewed by Larry King during a taping of “Larry King Live” in 1999. in New York. Trump said he had formed an exploratory committee to help him determine whether he could win the White House as a Reform Party candidate.
(Marty Lederhandler / Associated Press)
Defense attorney Johnnie Cochran Jr. sits for an interview with Larry King in 1995. Cochran was an attorney in the O.J. Simpson double-murder trial.
(Damian Dovarganes / Associated Press)
The Rev. Jerry Falwell, right, makes a point while appearing with Hustler publisher Larry Flynt on Larry King’s CNN show in 1997.
(Todd Plitt / Associated Press)
Larry King talks with John F. Kennedy Jr. in 1995.
(Sam Kittner / Associated Press)