Rand Paul told CNN that he's "short-tempered" with not just female reporters, but also with male reporters.
"You know, I think I have been universally short-tempered and testy with both male and female reporters. I will own up to that," Paul told CNN's Wolf Blitzer.
" And it's hard sometimes. As you know, like during our interview right now, I'm looking at only a camera. I can't see you. And it's hard to have a true interaction sometimes, particularly if it's a hostile interviewer. And so I do think that interviews should be questions and not necessarily editorializing. So if you get sort of two minutes of editorializing by the interviewer that draws conclusions, you feel somewhat at a loss on the other end. You can't see the person who you think is mischaracterizing a position and not really asking a question.
"And I think I should have more patience but I think I'm pretty equal opportunity. If I get annoyed -- I was annoyed with a male reporter this morning, so I will have to get better at holding my tongue and holding my temper, but I think it's pretty equal opportunity, not directed towards, you know, one male or female."
Paul came under fire for how he handled an interview this morning with a Today Show host.