“I think they wanted me to stop bothering them. I'm a very polite botherer, but it is still a bother. Well, it is still a bother, and I know that. But they can also see I'm very sincere.”
The Journal. · October 2026
King had just described asking Jay-Z for an interview for more than five years, and pursuing Bruce Springsteen and Michael Jordan too, all people who don't have to do interviews. Asked what finally got each of them to say yes, this was her answer.
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Yeah. You know, I begged Bruce Springsteen for a long time before he finally sat down because I begged Jay-Z for over five years. He finally said yes. I begged Michael Jordan because these are all people that don't have to do interviews.
Right. With those ones, is there, do you have a sense of like what finally got each of them to a yes? Or you know, I think they wanted
me to stop bothering them. I'm a very polite botherer, but it is still a bother. Well, it is still a bother, and I know that. But they can also see I'm very sincere, you know.
Yeah, it comes from like a place of, like we've been talking about, genuine curiosity. Yes.
Yes.
Do you have any hobbies or habits most of your fans don't know about?
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