What Tavis Smiley said:

"Here again, words cannot convey my abiding appreciation, my deep gratitude for the man who allowed me to express myself: before BET, before NPR, before PBS, before PRI (Public Radio International), before my New York Times best selling books, before my own imprint, SmileyBooks, before my High Quality Speakers Bureau, before … well, I think you get my point."

What Tavis Smiley Meant:

"Look at all of the marvelous things I've done! How could you not care? How could you betray me this way? Clearly, I needed all of you to love me so badly, and my ego drove me off the Tom Joyner show when you stopped. However, I'm forever grateful to Tom Joyner for helping me become more famous than he is. Did I tell you I'm famous? Like, really, really famous. And I've written lots of books. You're going to regret criticizing me, black people!"