I taped Larry King interviewing Martha Stewart's daughter Alexis. God it must be the longest segment Larry has ever done. Lots of short answers from a cold and not too friendly guest. Here is some of the transcript.
Some short answers (Interviewing is so hard when people do this. I once threw some no name Brit band off the air because all they wanted to say was "yes, no, and I don't know".) and some longer segments.
STEWART: Yes, yes.
STEWART: Excuse me?
STEWART: Yes
STEWART: Yes.
STEWART: No, never.
STEWART: Well, she didn't faint.
STEWART: I like it, yes.
STEWART: Did I want to? No.
STEWART: In some ways, yes.
STEWART: I think so, yes.
STEWART: Yes.
STEWART: No.
STEWART: No.
STEWART: No.
STEWART: Oh, yes, very.
STEWART: Sure.
STEWART: No, no.
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STEWART: She's too, ironically, forgiving and kind and -- I know people don't know that, but she was incredibly generous and she forgives too much, I think.
KING: So, would that be ...
STEWART: Too trusting.
KING: Would that be the thing that most people don't know about your mother?
STEWART: I think so.
KING: So, in other words, you don't think she harbors grudges.
STEWART: No, not at all. I always encourage her. I try to encourage her to harbor a grudge.
KING: You're a grudge harborer?
STEWART: Yes
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KING: Has this always been a close family, by the way?
STEWART: It's pretty close, pretty close. (except for Grandma I guess, see below)
KING: The Stewarts are ...
STEWART: Everyone lives nearby and celebrates many holidays together.
KING: Your grandma was on this show with your mom.
STEWART: Yes. She was great.
KING: Oh, she was a piece of work. How is she doing, and how is she handling all this?
STEWART: I'm sure she's incredibly sad, but she's pretty tough also.
KING: Do you talk to her a lot?
STEWART: Not that much.
KING: No? Are you close to your grandmother?
STEWART: No, there are a lot of kids, and I'm in New York. We live a little bit different lives.
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re: birthdays
STEWART: They weren't very fancy.
KING: You're kidding.
STEWART: No, one year there was a pound cake with no frosting and one big candle in the middle. I was very upset.
KING: Why?
STEWART: Why what? Why was I upset?
KING: Why didn't you have doilies and things dropping down from the ceiling and ...
STEWART: I thought -- she thought it was fun.
KING: To do a plain birthday party?
STEWART: I think she didn't understand the necessity of frosting, that that's was the most important thing.
KING: That's unusual for Martha Stewart.
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