HOLLYWOOD, Calif. — Carrie Prejean apparently has some backers when it comes to her showdown with Larry King.
On Wednesday, Prejean threatened to walk out of an interview on Larry King Live when the host asked about her recent lawsuit settlement with the Miss California USA pageant. Prejean told King he was being "inappropriate," something he said he had never heard before.
"I think it's great. She broke a record," the beauty queen's mother, Francine Prejean, tells Access Hollywood's Billy Bush in an interview airing Friday. "In 52 years, no one's ever done that to him. And a 22-year-old girl did it."
"He must feel like a little wimp, which is what he is, in my opinion," she adds. "That's just my opinion, no offense to anyone out there."
When Bush asked if her daughter was looking for a fight when she went on Larry King Live, Prejean said, "Well, the way the interview was set up was that it was just going to be between Larry and Carrie. Once again, it didn't play out that way. The producers on the show promised us that Carrie would be with Larry. No call-ins, no surprise guests, no surprise phone-ins and as usual, they couldn't keep their word. They couldn't keep their commitment so when the calls started coming in, she thought it was time to bow out, which was the agreement. She stuck to the agreement."
"In my opinion, she's coming across beautiful, she's coming across strong, she's very intelligent. she's not afraid of these high-powered idiots that are on TV every night, the gossip mongrels," she continues. "She's not afraid of them and I'm proud of her for that. How many 22-year-olds do you know that can stand up to these people?"
The pageant contestant was stripped of her crown in June, two months after she gave an answer opposing gay marriage during the Miss USA pageant.
"A lot of people love Carrie," Prejean's mother says. "I would think more people love her than hate her."
Also see: Video: Carrie Prejean on Larry King Live
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