News: Sterling Blasts Magic Johnson over HIV

iamvladd

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Donald Sterling blamed Magic Johnson for his delayed apology to the controversy that has him fighting to keep his NBA team, and criticized the legendary NBA player's character, his battle with HIV and his role in the scandal during a wide-ranging interview with CNN.

Sterling -- in his first televised interview since audio recordings surfaced last month of the longtime Los Angeles Clippers owner making racist remarks -- told CNN's Anderson Cooper that Johnson should fade out of the media spotlight.

"Well, what kind of a guy goes to every city, has sex with every girl, then he catches HIV? Is that someone we want to respect and tell our kids about?" Sterling asked. "I think he should be ashamed of himself. I think he should go into the background. But what does he do for the black people? He doesn't do anything."

Sterling, 80, also said that he waited so long to apologize because Johnson, who led the Los Angeles Lakers to five NBA championships, called him and told him to remain silent.

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"He thought the whole thing will be resolved in two weeks," Sterling said. "What has he done? Can you tell me? Big Magic Johnson, what has he done?"

Sterling said Jewish people spend great amounts of money helping other Jews who are poor while rich black people turn their backs to people in need.

"That's one problem I have. Jews when they get successful they will help their people and some of the African-Americans -- maybe I'll get in trouble again -- they don't want to help anybody," he said.

Sterling thinks his players, whom he cannot contact anymore because he is banned from team functions and operations, still love him.

"Absolutely! They know I'm not a racist -- and I'm not a racist," he said.

The fans and sponsors also still love him, he claimed.

It's the media that hates him, he said.

He said people from all over the world call him to give him support even though they don't believe he should have said what he did on the recordings.

http://www.cnn.com/2014/05/12/us/don...html?hpt=hp_c2

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Tennis Court

Mess. Literally. And Magic has HIV. There's a difference.

Jay Fenty

DISGUSTING, i have no respect for people who STILL put a stigma and shameful name towards somebody who is HIV+. im glad this old pig is done

Maiko

digging his own grave, deeper.

Circinus

LOL, he makes a huge generalization about black people not giving back, but he's not racist? The absolute delusion. Where are his PR people?

Kang.

"the black people"

iamvladd

Magic will be on CNN tomorrow at 8pm est to respond to Sterling his comments.

TikiMiss

um...wut?

this guy needs to shut up and just keep living of his billions in solitude

Iman

i just saw this.
he's such a damn mess!

FreeXone

HOT ASS ****ING MESS!!!

But are e surprised?

Space Renegade

fwkfwj

Deuces

Can he croak already?

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Originally posted by Kang.

"the black people"

classiccity98

Ddafhxsshhsddajkyg HE DID NAWT

he must be ready to go because he has zero ****s at this point.

musicislife11

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Originally posted by Jay Fenty

DISGUSTING, i have no respect for people who STILL put a stigma and shameful name towards somebody who is HIV+. im glad this old pig is done

I think you're looking at that part wrong. The way magic got HIV is what he's saying wasn't good. Magic Johnson cheated on his wife with multiple women and caught HIV as a result. He's basically saying that's not the type of person people should look up to, and I agree with him in that aspect.

I don't respect anyone who goes around cheating on their spouse whenever they can.

Bacratto

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Originally posted by musicislife11

I think you're looking at that part wrong. The way magic got HIV is what he's saying wasn't good. Magic Johnson cheated on his wife with multiple women and caught HIV as a result. He's basically saying that's not the type of person people should look up to, and I agree with him in that aspect.

I don't respect anyone who goes around cheating on their spouse whenever they can.

Totally agree with you. Although I found quite uncalled for that he added the racial stuff to his comments. Regardless of his race, he's a human being and that's for what he's being judged for. I don't see why being black gives anyone a social responsibility towards the black community for every single thing done and aspect of his life. BTW: 666 post count!