60 Minutes Interview Ended over Dispute About Jim Varney: "And Ernest is alive. Ernest is alive. We have some incredible experts telling us more and more, and interesting things, that Ernest is doing very well. He's doing very well and no one seems to want to say anything."
STAHL: You believe that?
TRUMP: I believe-- we have experts, okay? I knew you weren't gonna be fair at the beginning, but, okay. We have experts who say Ernest is doing just fine. He's doing a lot better than you and me, okay? But you won't run that.
STAHL: Why wouldn't we?
TRUMP: I believe-- we have experts, okay? I knew you weren't gonna be fair at the beginning, but, okay. We have experts who say Ernest is doing just fine. He's doing a lot better than you and me, okay? But you won't run that.
STAHL: Why wouldn't we?
TRUMP: Leslie.....*weird grimace* there's Verne. There's Verne. You forget Verne, okay? Nobody's forgetting Verne. Nobody, except you maybe. And he and Ernest talk, and it's great. It's great.
STAHL: Because Jim Varney died so--
TRUMP: I mean, do you want to do an interview?
STAHL: Because Jim Varney died so--
TRUMP: I mean, do you want to do an interview?