including someone who vowed to run him over and another threatened to burn down his house. one lady spit in his face. he s not a republican or democrat and he s a clown and for decades been a equal opportunity jokester. i didn t do this to do hating. i did it to be funny and a joke. this clown bit has been around for generations and i didn t think more of it than what we did 15, 10, 5 years ago we did it with bush and clinton and ronald reagan. a h, but this is the first time anyone got upset over. it he meant no disrespect and if president obama showed up to the rodeo he would be delighted to shake the man s hand and would like to remind people that clowns are trying to entertain. look at the wo country as
the rodeo clown fired for mocking president obama says that he has mocked other presidents in the past without anybody saying anything. well, now he is banned for life from missouri state fair. he is speaking out in his first televised interview. athena jones has his story. i didn t do this to do any hating on anyone. i did it to be funny. i did it to be a joke. reporter: it was a joke that caused an uproar. president obama. hey, he just run around acting like one doesn t mean he is one. reporter: this is tuffy gussling that was mocking president obama ignited controversy, an act someone called racist. this got him ban from the missouri state fair for life. now he s talking to cnn affiliate kc tv. i ve had somebody threaten to run me over, one of them wanted to burn my house down. this clown bit has been around
spit in my face and walked off. one threatened to burn the house down. i didn t do this to be hating. i did it to be funny. i did it to be a joke. this clown bit has been around for generations. i didn t think anything more about it than what we have done when we have done it with bush and clinton and ronald reagan. martha: he s now apologized. he s banned from the missouri state fair which i think he has done for many years. he does have other gigs lined up. as for the presidential act, he says he don t know if he s going to do it again. this might be the moment for an e-mail from the white house. the guy s out of a job. bill: i watched the whole interview, he s very sincere. they have been doing it for 20 years making fun of everyone in the white house. i felt sorry for the guy. he sounded sincere.
hating on anyone. i did it to be funny, i did it to be a joke. reporter: it was a joke that caused an uproar. president obama. hey, i know the clown, he s just running around acting like one, doesn t know he is one. this is tuffy guess ling, who ignited controversy, an act some called racist. that got him banned from the missouri state fair for life. i ve had somebody threaten to run me over. one of them wanted to burn the house down. this clown bit has been around for generations, and i didn t think anything more of it than what we have done 15 years ago, so years ago, 5 years ago, when we ve done it with bush and clinton, and ronald reagan. some conservative talk show hosts who game to gessling s this is infant aisle.
more choice of where their kids go to school. we ll see why it is so popular in louisiana and the attorney general is seeing it never happens. and asking the state of the florida to cover the legal fees. why is that a real possibility despite the controversy despite his case. we are hearing a rodeo clown when he mocked president obama and why he found the controversy so surprising. i had someone threat eping me over. the clown bit has been around for generations and i didn t think anymore of it with what we did 10, 15, 5 years ago and we did it with bush and ronald reagan and clinton. let s play: [ all ] who s new in the fridge! i help support bones. [ ding! ] .the immune system. [ ding! ] .heart health. [ ding! ] .and muscles. [ ding! ]