Upon entering CNN's Washington Bureau Wednesday night, the first words out of
Former Miss California Carrie Prejean's mouth to CNN news assistant Christina
McAusland were, "You tell Larry if he's not nice to me, I will get up and leave."
McAusland, who said she admired Prejean for her candor, was shocked by the
beauty queen's tone and warned "Larry King Live" producer John Gilmore of her
threat.
Prejean arrived with an entourage of five, (for cable news Green Room context,
Sen. Dianne Feinstein, D-Calif., never arrives with a group that large) and barked
at a studio operator for touching her hair while setting up her microphone.
After her appearance in which she dubbed King "inappropriate" and attempted to
exit the set, Prejean accused the staffer of lying to her, saying King's producers
promised no phone calls. She belittled McAusland saying, "Is the intern talking to
me? Oh look at the little intern, look at the little intern trying to explain!"
"I've never been treated so poorly in my whole life," McAusland, who recently
accepted an executive producer position at Newsy.com of Media Convergence
Group, said.
