SAMBOLIN: Welcome back to STARTING POINT. It is one of the most memorable moments from the RNC after Clint Eastwood's improvised remarks featuring that empty chair.</s>CLINT EASTWOOD, ACTOR: What do you want me to tell Romney? I can't tell him to do that. Can't do that to himself? You're -- you're crazy. You're -- you're absolutely crazy. You're getting as bad as Biden.</s>VELSHI: Eastwood is now speaking out for the first time since that speech. The actor and director tells the publisher of his hometown paper "The Carmel Pine Cone" that his speech was unscripted and spontaneous.</s>SAMBOLIN: Eastwood says, quote, there was a stool there, and some fellows kept asking me if I wanted to sit down. When I saw the stool sitting there it gave me the idea. I'll just put the stool out there and I'll talk to Mr. Obama and ask him why he didn't keep all of the promises he made to everybody.</s>VELSHI: That's a better line of reasoning than, I thought about that for a long time and planned it that way. If I were Clint Eastwood, I would also say that I just made that up.</s>SAMBOLIN: All right, 49 minutes past the hour. Ahead on STARTING POINT, is he or isn't he? Rumors swirling that "American Idol" star Randy Jackson will be the next to leave the judge's table. We're going to ask him about that coming up next. You're watching</s>STARTING POINT. VELSHI: There he is.
Eastwood Breaks Silence On RNC Speech