After Days of Hype, CNN Panelists Shrug at Playmate’s Interview

Nicholas Fondacaro | March 23, 2018
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During Thursday’s Anderson Cooper 360, CNN aired their much-hyped interview with Playboy Playmate Karen McDougal who says she had a longtime affair with President Trump in the mid-2000s. But during the panel discussion immediately afterward, their journalists and assorted commentators didn’t know what to make of it and most of them actually ripped into her for misleading reporters about her initial accusations against America Media Inc. (AMI) who owned the rights to her story.

The first question from host Anderson Cooper was directed to CNN legal commentator Mark Geragos about the legitimacy of her lawsuit against AMI. “I don't understand it. I'm perplexed by it. I don't understand why she's doing this interview-- with apologies to you. I think it could have been handled differently. And it’s just inexplicable to me,” he said. He was baffled trying to figure out what her end game was since she wanted the rights back and said she didn’t want money.

While most of the panel was confused by McDougal, there were a couple that gushed about her. First was former Michigan Governor Jennifer Granholm (D) who feigned distress, saying, “This was an astonishing interview. I feel like I'm trying to grasp. I feel like I almost want to take a shower; only because have we ever seen something like this where we're talking about the president of the United States.” Apparently, Granholm was living under a rock during the 90’s.

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