November 21, 2007

Dr. Adams Abruptly Walks Out of 'Larry King Live'

Dr. Jan Adams stunned Larry King last night when he abruptly left a live taping of the show just minutes after sitting down.

The surgeon at the center of the controversy surrounding the death of Donda West refused to answer any questions, telling King, “I have a tremendous amount of love and respect for the West family. They asked me not to go on.”

As King stared, Adams continued, “I'm going to apologize to you because I think I'm taking up your airtime, but I will not be on the show and I will not discuss any of that. I'm going to honor their wishes."

“Will you ever answer questions ... where does this go?" King asked him.

“I will talk with them. When they're comfortable, then I'll be comfortable,” the doctor responded.” If they're never comfortable, then I'll never be comfortable. They are what's important to me."

As Adams began to get up, King asked, “Don’t you want to speak out?”

Tearing his microphone off of him, Adams replied, “No…I do not,” and walked off the set.

King later told CNN, “The whole night was crazy.”

Adams was to appear on “Larry King Live” to clarify rumors surrounding Donda’s death, which is being preliminarily called the result of surgery or anesthesia. An investigation is ongoing, but Adams told The Los Angeles Times that he did nothing wrong in the Nov. 10 procedure. He suggested that Donda, 58, could have died from an overdose of the prescribed painkiller Vicodin.

Adams even insisted, “I believe I know exactly what happened to her, but I will not comment on it until I see the final report.”


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On 21 Nov 2007, B-excused wrote:

AFTER ME MADE THE INTERVIEW THE WEST’S FAMILY ASK HIM NOT TO TALK. IF HE HAD CHOSE NOT TO SHOW UP EVERYBODY YOU SAY HE HAD SOMETHING TO HIDE SO HE HANDLE THAT E.RIGHT.(Explain & Exit)
AND WE KNOW SOLIALITES CHOOSES WHEN THEY WANT TO GO HOME (Kanye’s manager)ALL THEY HAVE TO DO IS SIGN RELEASE PAPERS AGAINST Dr.’S ORDERS AND PROMISE TO COME BACK… it cost her -her life and nobody cared WHO answered the phone FOR KANYE (THAT DAY).

 
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On 21 Nov 2007, George Jobson wrote:

Dr. Jan Adams should keep walking. He’s more concern about how good he looks on televison than the concern for the people he’s caring.

 
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On 21 Nov 2007, Barbara wrote:

Cop out……BIG time. He wants it to look like he really wanted to talk but out of respect for the family, isn’t going to now. Where was the respect when he sent a woman home after 8 hours of surgery?????

 
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