After Donald Sterling's bizarre interview with Anderson Cooper on Monday bashing Magic Johnson, the businessman spoke to Cooper about Sterling and why he will continue to pray for him.
According to CNN, the unbalanced Clippers owner slammed Johnson in his interview, claiming that he was the reason why he didn't apologize for his racial comments sooner. He also said that Johnson doesn't do anything for the black community. Johnson claims Sterling wanted to use him during his Barbara Walters interview as a prop to prove that he wasn't racist.
"I said the number one thing you need to do which you haven't done is apologize to everybody, and myself," Johnson said. "(Sterling replied) 'I'll get to that. I'll get to that.'" Sterling opted out of the interview with Walters and spoke to CNN instead.
Johnson also says that he will continue to pray for Sterling and talked about his work in the African American community.
"It's sad. It really is. I'm going to pray for this ... man," he said. "My whole life is devoted to urban America. So, you know I just wish he knew the facts when he's talking, but he's a man who's upset and he's reaching. He's reaching. He's trying to find something that he can grab on to help him save his team. And it's not going to happen."
He also claims that he never hid his HIV diagnosis from the public and says that Sterling's stereotypes are a big issue with the way some people view the virus.
"I came out like a man, you know, I told the world," he said. "I didn't blame nobody else. I understood that what I did was wrong ok, so I announced that to the world, and I hoped that I was able to help people in doing that, and I think I did. I hope this doesn't set us back. The stigma is still there. We know that. We've been fighting it for years, and what we want to continue to do is just educate the world that it's OK, that you can high-five a person who has HIV. It's OK. ... It's a shame that Donald used this platform with you, instead of using this platform to come out and apologize to the world, which would have been great."
See a snippet of Magic's sit down with Anderson Cooper above.
