"I don't know the man, but I grew up watching him on TV," Trump said in an exclusive interview with The Times.
For failing to pay $4.8 million in mortgage loans with Countrywide Financial Corp, the comedian and game show host has some financial problems. According to his declaration, he wasn’t capable to work due to a neck injury he suffered a year and a half ago.
Ed McMahon is famous for introducing Johnny Carson for 30
years, using his well-known line “Heeeeeeeere’s Johnny” and also for being the
host of the popular TV talent show “Star Search” in the 80’s and 90’s. The
former TV star’s financial problems became known in June when he revealed that
he was fighting foreclosure because he didn’t manage to pay in time the
mortgage payments on his home from
"When I was at the Wharton School of Business, I'd watch him every night. How could this happen?" Trump rhetorically asked.
The Beverly Hills house, which includes six bedrooms and five bathrooms among other rooms, had been put up for sale about two years ago. Some time ago, the crib was listed at over $7 million but its price increased up to $4.6 million this weekend. In 1990, when McMahon became the owner of the house, he paid $2.6 million, public records showed.
According to Howard Bragman, spokesman for McMahon, the official procedure for purchasing the house hasn’t been completed yet. However, the TV icon had confidence, believing that the deal will be made, Bragman told The Associated Press.
Ed McMahon is facing also a lawsuit by Citibank, which
claims that the former “Tonight Show” sidekick has to give back nearly
$200,000. On the other hand, McMahon sued a hospital, two doctors and a
homeowner over the neck injury that made him unable to work. He claims that the
doctors didn’t take an X-ray and they failed to diagnose his broken neck.