Donald Sterling Dropped by a Black Church Service in South LA for Some Reason

Embattled Los Angeles Clippers owner Donald Sterling — who in the last month has been caught on tape saying horrific racist slurs, been barred from the NBA, given one of the most cringe-inducing television interviews in a while, and possibly been declared incompetent — attended a service at Praises of Zion Missionary Baptist Church, a largely African American church on Sunday.

Why? Well, he was invited by the pastor, who met him two weeks ago. But he also brought along a news crew, so “repairing ye olde tattered image” might have something to do with it. It wasn’t a total flop, either: “I believe he did the right thing by coming here,” one parishioner said.

But mostly it was. “I feel sorry for him,” another said. “He’s a slum landlord, and I don’t think he really cares for people as he should.”

Sterling’s former mistress V. Stiviano, whose recording was the catalyst for his tailspin, isn’t having the best weekend either.

Watch footage below, via NBC News Los Angeles:

[h/t NBC News]

[Image via screengrab]

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