Shark Tank star Mark Cuban admitted he made a “mistake” last week when he said Donald Trump is never seen “around strong, intelligent women.”
During an appearance on The View, the 66-year-old billionaire spoke about the US presidential election and sparked a furious reaction from the former president’s inner circle, as well as Trump supporters, following his comments.
Speaking exclusively to DailyMail.com, Cuban, who recently revealed what he buys when he shops at Target, shared his thoughts on the backlash, saying: “It’s part of politics, it was my mistake and I apologized for it.” “I certainly wasn’t saying anything negative about anyone supporting Trump.”
When asked what his wife of 22 years thought of his comments, Cuban added: ‘Tiffany watched the entire interview and had no problem. She knew what he was trying to say.
‘You also know that when I do hundreds of interviews, there will be a few that I get wrong. I failed many more interviews with the Mavs and the NBA fined me. So she’s used to it,” he added, referring to when he owned the Dallas Mavericks.
Shark Tank star Mark Cuban received backlash following his appearance on The View last week.
Mark, pictured here with Tiffany in 2015, said his wife “had no problem” with comments he made on The View.
One person in particular who publicly criticized Cuban was Trump senior adviser Alina Habba, who took to social media and fumed that his “nasty comments” were “a disgrace.”
When asked what he thought of Alina’s reaction, Cuban said, “I didn’t have any feelings one way or another. She’s obviously smart and passionate about her candidate, as she should be.”
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‘So I apologize to anyone who was offended or upset by my response. Like I said, these weren’t about Trump voters, supporters or employees. Current or previous and I prepared myself for the 6 second sound bite. No excuses. I cannot complete all the interviews.
‘My skin is quite thick. However, what bothers me is that many of the comments or media outlets, for or against me, contain some level of insult. Not only here. But everywhere.
‘I’m not blaming anyone. We are where we are. We hope that changes at least a little in a week. In the spirit of joy…I have to add that all the AI memes of me with long hair make me laugh. So there is something positive!’ he added.
During his brief stint on The View, Cuban told the panel, which included Whoopi Goldberg: ‘Donald Trump, you never see him surrounded by strong, intelligent women, ever. It’s that simple.’
‘It’s that simple. They seem intimidating to you. He doesn’t like to be challenged,’ Cuban added.
Referring to Trump, Mark stated that “you never see him surrounded by strong, intelligent women, ever.”
Host Joy Behar disagreed with him, saying that even Stormy Daniels “was smart,” and others were quick to attack the Shark Tank co-host.
The Trump campaign immediately seized on the comments as evidence to support its claim that Democrats, including Kamala Harris, despise voters who support the former president.
Trump’s national press secretary, Karoline Leavitt, said the comments were “extremely insulting to the thousands of women who work for President Trump and the tens of millions of women who proudly vote for him.”
“Joe Biden called Trump supporters trash, and now Kamala’s top surrogate, Mark Cuban, has insinuated that women who support Trump are ‘weak and stupid,'” she said.