Former Miss California, Carrie Prejean, Talks About Losing The Crown

Following her dethronement from Miss California due to “contract violations,” Carrie Prejean speaks out. She believes that it was her answer to a question about gay marriage from Perez Hilton at the Miss USA competition in April was the real reason why her title was taken. Her legal team is also looking into comments made by Miss California USA Executive Director Keith Lewis after she was fired by the organization on Wednesday.

In an interview with Billy Bush for Access Hollywood and The Billy Bush Show on Wednesday, Prejean claims that Lewis had another agenda. “I think Keith Lewis, from day 1, has had his own personal agenda, and… it’s been very hard to deal with that… Since the moment that I gave my answer he has not supported me,” she said. “He actually came out with a statement saying he’s deeply saddened and hurt that I gave the answer that I did and [he] reached out to Perez Hilton and apologized on my behalf. So from that moment on… this is why we’re dealing with me being dethroned.”

She on the other hand says she did not violate her contract. “I have not violated my contract. In fact, I have worked so hard since the press conference and I thank Donald Trump so much for all that he’s done for me,” she said. “I have followed the contract to the T and done everything possible to cooperate with the circumstances that I was under.”

Prejean believes that the only reason why she was dethroned was of her answer at the USA competition. Her answer was that she believes that marriage should be between a man and a woman. “This has nothing to do with me against any particular group or this has nothing to do with me hating gays or whatever… Bottom line, I answered a question at a beauty contest and now I’m being punished, I’m being dethroned because of the answer that I gave,” she said.

Lewis told Access Hollywood that the decision to take Prejean's title came after weeks of struggle and was related to her not fufilling her contract. “She directly said I’m not going to follow what you tell me, I’m going to do what I want to do. I’m not going to listen to you, I’ll make my own decisions,” Lewis claimed. “That’s not what someone says to someone they want to work with. It’s what someone says to somebody when they’re done working with them… This decision was difficult, but it was made with many, many things that lead up to it… She’s a beautiful young woman, we wish her all the luck in the world.”

Source: Access Hollywood