Exclusive Update: Kristin Clifford, a publicist and producer for Planned Television Arts, the company facilitating the satellite linkup press tour, told The Huffington Post that Belafonte did not fall asleep; instead, she said, the audio cut out and they were unaware they were being filmed.
"We were doing a series of interviews, we were scheduled to speak with Kbak, we had done an audio check, everything was smooth, Mr. Belafonte was waiting for the interview to go live, they had his picture up, and the audio on their end dropped out," she explained. "He was waiting for his audio cue, we all suspected that they were still on break, and we did not have any idea that he was up on there live. So that is why he was not reacting in any way. He couldn't hear anything, he couldn't hear the anchor speaking with him, he was not asleep,...
"We were doing a series of interviews, we were scheduled to speak with Kbak, we had done an audio check, everything was smooth, Mr. Belafonte was waiting for the interview to go live, they had his picture up, and the audio on their end dropped out," she explained. "He was waiting for his audio cue, we all suspected that they were still on break, and we did not have any idea that he was up on there live. So that is why he was not reacting in any way. He couldn't hear anything, he couldn't hear the anchor speaking with him, he was not asleep,...
- 10/18/2011
- by Jordan Zakarin
- Huffington Post
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