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Update: Donald Sterling Still Racist

Will Federman |
May 13, 2014 | 8:56 a.m. PDT

Associate News Editor

Donald Sterling, pictured above, having a racist brain fart. (CNN/Twitter)
Donald Sterling, pictured above, having a racist brain fart. (CNN/Twitter)

Appearing on CNN to beg for forgiveness, Donald Sterling apologized for making racist remarks, leaked on the Internet over two weeks ago, by making all-new racist remarks.

The incredibly bizarre ordeal — which included Donald Sterling calling Anderson Cooper a racist and trashing NBA legend, and well-noted philanthropist, Magic Johnson for having HIV — will likely expedite the sale of the Clippers to someone not named Donald Sterling.

Sterling had particularly harsh words for Magic Johnson, telling Anderson Cooper that Johnson "acts so holy."

"I mean, he made love to every girl in every city in America and he had AIDS," said Sterling in an interview so incendiary that NBA commissioner Adam Silver had to issue an apology on behalf of the league almost immediately after it aired.

The best moment of the night appeared to be when Sterling was on the precipice of another racist rant, shortly after Cooper tried to ask the embattled owner to clarify his opinion on the African-American community.

"There's no African-American — never mind," said Sterling, becoming fully self-aware that it's probably not cool to launch into a crazy racist rant while apologizing for the previous one. But in a stroke of genius, Sterling tried to deflect the disastrous response and impress upon Cooper that he is simply too popular with black people to be racist:

"I'm sorry. They all want to play golf with me. Everybody wants to be with me."

But at the end of the day, Sterling thought it was best to continue to assault Magic Johnson's character, telling Cooper that he does not think Johnson is "a good example for the children of Los Angeles." 

Because if anyone is qualified to recognize a terrible role model, it's Donald Sterling.

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