Thursday, January 3, 2008

EXCLUSIVE: TRANSCRIPT OF MIKE WALLACE INTERVIEW WITH ROGER CLEMENS

SPECIAL TO "IT IS HIGH, IT IS FAR..."

To be broadcast Sunday on "60 Minutes."

WALLACE: Your former trainer Brian McNamee says he injected performance-enhancing drugs into you at least four times going back to 1998. What do you have to say about it?

CLEMENS: That’s simply not true, Mr. Wallace. It never happened.

WALLACE: He says you took it in the butt.

CLEMENS: No. It's-

WALLACE: YOU WANTED TO WIN, SO YOU TOOK IT IN THE BUTT!

CLEMENS: No. No!

WALLACE: HE PUSHED IN THE NEEDLE, AND YOU TOOK IT IN THE BUTT!

CLEMENS: No. You're using words... confusing me...

WALLACE: RIGHT IN THE BUTT!

CLEMENS: No. No. I didn't.

WALLACE: SMACK IN THE BUTT!

CLEMENS: It’s not true. It never happened.

WALLACE: WHICH WAS IT? RIGHT CHEEK, OR LEFT CHEEK?

CLEMENS: No. Neither!

WALLACE: SQUARE IN THE BUTT!

CLEMENS: It never happened.

WALLACE: THAT'S NOT WHAT HE SAYS!

CLEMENS: It’s not true!

WALLACE: HE SAYS YOU TOOK IT IN THE BUTT!

CLEMENS: No... stop... please... stop using those words...

WALLACE: HE SAYS YOU TOOK IT SMACK IN THE BUTT!

CLEMENS: No more... not true... It's just not true, I tell you! (Sobbing)

WALLACE: OK, very well, settle down, Roger. At this point, I feel compelled to note that this veteran reporter has used every trick in his vast arsenal, and he has found you to be upright and unbreakable. Roger, I think you're an honest man.

CLEMENS: Thank you, sir, thank you, Mr. Wallace.

WALLACE: BUT YOU TOOK IT IN BUTT!

CLEMENS: No, I didn't! I didn't!

WALLACE: DID IT HURT WHEN YOU TOOK IT IN THE BUTT?

CLEMENS: Please... turn off the camera... (sobbing)... please...

WALLACE: HE SAYS YOU TOOK IT IN THE BUTT!

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