‘I Feel Very Good With My Image. I’m Very Happy With Myself’ Spicer Says
For those who rushed to Sean Spicer‘s defense when he appeared to mock himself at Sunday night’s Emmy Awards, for those who suggested it was both an admission of guilt and a form of apology, guess again.
The former White House press secretary who literally begin his first press conference in that role by lying to reporters and to the American people says he does not believe he has ever lied to the American people.
Asked by ABC News’ Paula Faris if he has ever lied to the American people, Spicer replied in a soft voice, “I don’t think so.”
When pressed, Spicer offered up different version:Â “I have not knowingly done anything to … do that, no.”
From day one, Spicer stood behind the White House press briefing room podium and told lie after lie, twisted the truth, and covered for his boss, President Trump.
On Monday, Spicer said he regretted criticizing news reports that accurately showed President Donald Trump’s inauguration crowd was significantly smaller than that of President Barack Obama.
But now that he’s looking to remake his career, Spicer has yet to come to grips with what he’s done, and is placing the blame for his lies, his failures, and his behavior where it does not belong.
Although he’s admitted to making “mistakes,” Spicer told ABC News, “the personal attacks, questioning my integrity … you know, what my intentions were, I think, were really over the top.”
And when asked if he’s on a tour to remake his image, Spicer said no.
“I feel very good with my image. I’m very happy with myself,” Spicer said. “I am able to go out and explain a lot of things now. But I’m not on a tour. I’m out having some fun.”
“There are things that I did during my time there that … I needed to go out and correct. I did that. Where there were mistakes that were made that I got something wrong, I think I’ve owned that.”Â
“I know that there are some folks that, no matter what we say or do … some folks in the media that wanted … think that, you know, everything that we did was wrong and want some blanket apology — that’s not happening.”Â
Spicer has signed on to a speakers bureau, so he’ll be delivering paid speeches – one of the things Spicer has criticized Hillary Clinton for doing.
But those who have had enough of the former press secretary can breathe easy: no news network will hire him.
“Due to a ‘lack of credibility,’ five major cable news networks have chosen not to offer former White House press secretary Sean Spicer a job as a paid contributor,” Salon reports.
Spicer, when asked, told ABC News, “we’re still negotiating with some entities.” And when asked if he thinks he has a credibility issue, he chuckled and said, “I don’t.”
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