DAVID BANNER - SHARPTON 'PRAYING' FOR BANNER AFTER CURSE ATTACK

LATEST: Civil rights leader REVEREND AL SHARPTON is "praying" for rapper DAVID BANNER after he refused to ban the word "n**ger" from his lyrics. The hip-hop star criticised Sharpton's campaign to pressurise large entertainment corporations to stop using derogatory terms in songs and launched a scathing attack on the activist, saying, "Tell him I said f**k him and he can suck my d**k." But Kirsten John-Foy, a leader with Sharpton's National Action Network and the head of his Criminal Justice Initiative, says Sharpton will be unfazed by Banner's comments. He says, "From time to time we do encounter people that have sexual fantasies about Reverend Al Sharpton, but they are always women and Crump's proposition is a first. "However, in keeping with the National Action Network's Decency Initiative, I am sure Rev. Sharpton would not call Crump the "N" "B" or "H" word. "And, despite Crump's personal request, I am sure Reverend Sharpton would not call him an faggot. He would just pray for him.