>> i was outed by marilyn barnett in '81. which people always say don't you think people should be outed? absolutely not. you should be able to come out on your own terms in life and anything. >> how does it happen? >> i had this affair with marilyn barnett and she tried to sue me for money. what else? it's money. so that was very difficult time. >> an awful betrayal. >> sold down the river for cash. >> it was very hard on me because i lost all my money overnight and -- >> from what endorsements. >> endorsements went bye-bye in 24 hours. they called me a slut and they called me all kinds of things and it was a terrible time in my life. but i also had to figure out how am i going to -- how i'm going to live. because i was still married to larry king. not that larry king. >> that would have been number nine. >> yeah, i would have. and i wanted a divorce for a long time. finally we worked through it eventually and i got my divorce and elana clause has been eye my partner for 30 years now. being comfortable in my skin is really i

>> well, i had this affair with marilyn barnett and she tried to sue me for money, what else?ery difficult time. >> how did it make you feel that not only had you been sold down the river for cash, but you'd been outed to the world? you were hugely famous at that time. >> it was very hard on me because i lost all my money overnight. >> from what, endorsements? >> they left in 24 hours. they called me a slut and all kinds of things. and it was -- it was a terrible time in my life. but i also had to figure out how am i going to -- how i'm going to live, because i was still married to larry king. not that larry king. >> i was going to say. >> you were number nine. >> yeah, i would have. and i had wanted a divorce for a long time. and finally we worked through it eventually and i got my divorce. ilana claus has been my partner for over 30 years now. so i'm really happy. but being comfortable in your own skin is really important. it was such an honor in a couple of years ago when i won the medal of freedom. and president obama is the first president that actually mentioned the lbgt