The only question Larry King regretted asking
King asked thousands of questions throughout his career, but it's the one he wanted never asked.
Radio Host Rename and CNN JournalistLarry King Died on 23 January at the age of 87 after six decades in the media industry. He was known for his unparalleled interviewees, which allowed him to obtain intimate stories from political leaders, sports heroes and Hollywood stars. However, King had interview regrets along the way. Back in his debut, King had a swallow that made the whole silent hearing. To discover the question, King said he regretted asking, read on and another King Infleted interview, discoverJerry Seinfeld broke his silence on this clumsy interview Larry King.
King regretted asking a priest this embarrassing question.
During an interview of August 2020 with a political punditFrank Luntz, King was asked if there wasquestion he regretted asking throughout his career. "It's easy," he replied, calling in mind an opportunity quickly. "I had just started making interviews - you know, I was a kid," King explained. "I had the priest of the local seminar and asked him, is he married and how many children have?"
The question made the hearing losing silence since the priest of a Catholic Church, where priests can not marry or have children. "There was a studio audience there and there was a break, and I did not know what I was wrong," King said.
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He liked to ask questions "mute".
The legendary interviewer finally chalated the totality of the experience "a little bit of stupidity" on his part. However, it seems like the moment stuck with him. "It was in my stupid days," he said, but that I remember 63 years old. "
Although the slip-up was a long time ago, it does not seem too far from something that would have happened during a king interview in its last years because he loved "mute" questions notorily.
In fact, in 2016, he said to theLos Angeles Timesthat a friend once said the "secret of [his] success" askedstupid questions. "By Dumb, that means:" Help me. I do not understand. Why? Why did you do it? "King explained his approach, which was often to ask obvious or naive questions.
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It has also not prepared for interviews.
The erroneous King question asked the priest could have been avoided if he had made a little research in advance. However, the award-winning host does not have the preparatory maintenance either. "I shudder too much preparation. I do not want to know the answer to a question I'm going to ask. I like being surprised," he says to theLos Angeles Times.
He added that he could not often get ready because he did not know who came from his show because most guests were reserved by the suggestion of his producers.
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And he never turned a guest.
Although producers recommend someforeign guestsKing was always playing for a discussion. "I have never rejected a show because of my curiosity; it's insatiable. Now, when I sit to interview a soap star, I may not be eager to be a major political character. But once the light happens, my curiosity begins, and I'm in the moment. It's a kind of escape, "says King theLos Angeles Times.
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