"I can't explain it. I had an affinity with him. You try to get that with a lot of guests, but I really had it with [Putin]. He has 'it,' whatever 'it' is." —Larry King, on his new best bro Vladimir Putin. King, the former star of CNN, has a new show on RT, which is funded and controlled by the Russian government. No, that's not the same as PBS.
Larry King has new TV show on RT, and new man-crush on Vladimir Putin
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