‘Clipped’ Star Cleopatra Coleman on Recreating V. Stiviano’s Barbara Walters Interview and Her ‘Earnest’ Desire for Fame: ‘If She Had a Kris Jenner, She’d Become a Kardashian’
variety.comSelome Hailu On April 25, 2014, TMZ released recordings of Los Angeles Clippers owner Donald Sterling criticizing his assistant V.
Stiviano for “associating with Black people.” The following week, Stiviano, a biracial Black woman, sat across from Barbara Walters on ABC News and called herself Sterling’s “confidant,” “best friend” and, most bizarrely, his “silly rabbit.” In a moment that has since been memed into oblivion, Walters asked for a little clarification: “His what?” Stiviano repeated herself, but when Walters asked, “His silly rabbit?
Is that what he calls you?” Stiviano gave a quiet, “No.” Cleopatra Coleman has her own understanding of the nickname. “Obviously, he does call her that,” says the actor, who plays V.
in “Clipped,” the soapy FX limited series based on the scandal surrounding L.A.’s “other” basketball team. Indeed, in the show’s first episode, Donald (Ed O’Neill) calls V.
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