V. Stiviano to Barbara Walters: Sterling Should Apologize

V Stiviano, the woman who recorded racist remarks made the owner of the Los Angeles Clippers, told ABCโ€™s Barbara Walters that team owner Donald Sterling was distraught over the episode. Suggested Reading Trigger Warning…All of the Shocking Testimony From Diddy’s Federal Trial 13 Things You Better Know When Dealing With a Cancer This Season 15…

V Stiviano, the woman who recorded racist remarks made the owner of the Los Angeles Clippers, told ABCโ€™s Barbara Walters that team owner Donald Sterling was distraught over the episode.

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โ€œI think heโ€™s highly more traumatized and hurt by the things that he said himself,โ€ she said, according to ABC. โ€œI think he canโ€™t even believe or understand sometimes the things he says, and I think heโ€™s hurt by it. Heโ€™s hurting right now.โ€

Additionally, Sterlingโ€™s 31-year-old confidante said she thinks the beleaguered NBA owner should apologize for his racist remarks.

โ€œAbsolutely,โ€ she said when Walters asked her whether she thought Sterling should apologize. Stiviano and Walters spoke during an exclusive television interview in Los Angeles.

Asked whether she thought Sterling would apologize, Stiviano replied: โ€œOnly God knows.โ€

It was the first television interview for Stiviano since the NBA handed Sterling a lifetime ban and a $2.5 million fine on Tuesday for his remarks about African Americans, which were revealed in a leaked audio recording.

Stiviano, who describes herself as black and Mexican, told Walters she recorded conversations with Sterling and shared them with friends. She also said it โ€œwas not the first timeโ€ that Sterling had told her not to โ€œpromoteโ€ her relationship with black people or โ€œbring them to my games.โ€

Read more at ABC.

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