I think with most all of us, we want control of our image - it's part of the work that we do.
That's the heart of it: My shows were not that controversial with the American people. They were controversial with the people who think for the American people.
My parents were early converts to Christianity in my part of Nigeria. They were not just converts; my father was an evangelist, a religious teacher. He and my mother traveled for thirty-five years to different parts of Igboland, spreading the gospel.