After yesterday’s battle royale between Al Roker, Heidi Montag and Spencer Pratt, Speidi gave what seemed like dozens of post-battle interviews. They made a video for US Weekly, complaining about “The Weatherman”. Heidi even said that Roker had been abusive towards her, saying “Please do not be rude to women in the future. Please do not be rude to me. Please watch your tone, especially if you have a mother or a wife or a daughter. I don’t think that they would appreciate you talking to them like that.”

This morning, Al Roker defended the interview in all of its glory. Roker told Meredith Vieira that he believed he asked “what a lot people wanted to know.” Roker also defended himself against Heidi’s accusation that Roker treated her poorly, and that it was some kind of larger thing about Roker hating women. Roker said, “I’ve interviewed hundreds of women; never had a complaint… They are so unused to people actually asking them a real question. They don’t know how to handle it.” So true, Weatherman. Roker also gets a really good cut in about Spencer, saying that if Spencer had gotten physical, Roker would have dropped him “like a bag of dirt.” I would have gone with “like a bag of d-cks” but I approve:

Yesterday, when The Today Show’s Al Roker dared to ask reality TV loudmouths Spencer Pratt and Heidi Montag some honest questions about their bratty behavior on the set of I’m a Celebrity… Get Me Out of Here, it was unlikely that the TV vet had any intention of making the newlyweds any more famous than they already are. But both the interview — and Speidi’s comments about it afterward — have pushed the reality stars even further into the spotlight.

On this morning’s edition of Today, Al defended himself against the allegations that he “persecuted” Spence and Heidi by not lobbing softball questions at them.

“I believe I asked what a lot people wanted to know,” Al told co-host Meredith Vieira. And as for Spencer’s statement that it was only by the grace of God that he didn’t physically attack the Today host, Roker commented, “If he had tried to come across, I would have dropped him like a bag of dirt.”

Regarding Heidi’s charge that Al has a problem with women, he countered, “I’ve interviewed hundreds of women; never had a complaint… They are so unused to people actually asking them a real question. They don’t know how to handle it.”

In the end, Roker seemed dumbfounded that two people of such meager accomplishments could cause such a stink. “There are a lot of celebrities who come on the show,” he said by comparison. “Who’ve actually done something, who act civil.”

[From OK! Magazine]

So who won the battle in the long run? I’d say Al Roker, but I’m uncomfortable with all of the added publicity those professional douches got with this controversy. Spencer Pratt is overcome with his own smug, inane, douchetastic self that he’s even talking anew about his plans to run for political office. Back in April, Spencer declared that he would want to start his political career by running for mayor of Los Angeles, then governor of California, and then he would move on to another state and run for governor there. I’m not even joking – and my guess for the second governorship was Wyoming, by the way.

With this new publicity, Spencer is now talking about running for President. Of the United States, not the Republic of Douchistan. Spencer told OK!: “When I’m in the White House as the President of the United States, this beautiful amazing, country… Then I’ll be like, ‘Okay, I’ve done what I’ve dreamt my whole life to be.’ That was the game plan to become the most famous person on the planet, so when I’m campaigning, people will know who I am. No one knew who Obama was and now he’s the President. Just imagine what I’m capable of… I plan to be the President of the United States in the next 20 years.” If Spencer is president in 20 years, I’m going to take my chances in Douchistan. I’ll marry an authentic Douche and get a Douchistan green card. Because nothing could be worse than a Pratt Administration.