INTERVIEWS
JL: Good morning, America. This is Joan Lunden. My colleague Donna deVarona is getting ready to interview Farrah Fawcett, but I'm here, as you see, with Lynda Carter. Lynda, we can see you have marks under each of your eyes, and a scratch on your neck, and your right pinkie in a splint, it looks like ....
LC: .....[holds up bandaged pinkie] Yeah, well, Farrah's face did quite a number on my hand, ya know? ....
JL: Funny, you've obviously recovered from the fight enough to laugh....Congratulations, by the way on the victory.... Donna and I were just mesmerized by the intensity of the fight.
LC: Well, thank you for that. And I do hope there's a way Americans can someday see the video of the fight.
JL: And let's get right to that part of the fight, when Farrah's top came off. That was accidental, correct?
LC: Well, the whole early part of the fight was a series of tactical errors by Farrah, in my opinion. The first was ..... if there's a way to put our tank tops side by side ..... there, you see how mine goes underneath my boobs, that elastic part? Hers has no grip under her bust, it's just hanging loose. So, poor wardrobe choice by her .... or her people, whatever.
JL: So the top you chose.... you've used it, or one's like it, for prior fistfights?
LC; Ha! Smart question, Joan, I better be careful here. No comment on other fights until the end, ok? I'm hdre to discuss my fight with Farrah.
JL: Ok, I'll be sure to leave plenty of time at the end. Now ..... you mentioned mistakes bu Farrah ....
LC: That's right, now look on the ground there. They've got this thick, plush, white shag carpet .... which by the way had padding underneath it .... ok, ABC is obviously anticipating ..... encouraging, even, .... our fight to go to the ground ..... they want us rolling around ..... with the white background so she and I stand out on it ..... now, when a girlfight goes to the ground, the girl with the stronger legs has the advantage .... and I think Farrah decided she didn't want her legs going against mine, so she was going to keep our fight standup .....
JL: Which was fine with you??
LC: I actually .... I though we'd fall to the ground at some point, and I will admit I'm sutprised it didn't happen till the ending .....
JL: Ok, we'll get to the ending ..... I just feel like I need to ask .... when your own top came off .... THAT was intentional .... an intentional move by Farrah, correct?
LC: I would say yes .... but it's not like she couldn't hit my boobs while the top was still on, right?
JL: Ok, so good point .... WAS she hitting your boobs before your top came off? And after.
LC: Before. After. And I was getting her, too.
JL: And, at the end of the day .... any impact on the fight outcome? And how were you feeling about the fight outcome as the fight progressed?
LC: Well, I was confident .... but not cocky .... before. I hope I made that clear in my Barbara Walters interview. But, yeah, once Farrah was keeping the fight standup, I knew she .. or whoever was coaching her ..... had made a judgment to not let my legs come into play, and so she was afraid of my ground game.
JL: Any speculation of where that coaching may have been coming from?
LC: [looks into camera] Well, we know her husband Lee knows a thing or two about stunts. [sticks out tongue] How about it, Lee? Now that I kicked your wife's ass, how about we spend some time at your family's place in Texas? Some alone time?
to be continued....