{"id":747,"date":"2015-04-02T20:08:54","date_gmt":"2015-04-03T00:08:54","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/press.nbcnews.com\/?p=747"},"modified":"2015-04-02T20:08:54","modified_gmt":"2015-04-03T00:08:54","slug":"nbc-news-exclusive-father-of-american-sniper-chris-kyle-talks-to-lester-holt-about-gut-wrenching-trial-and-his-sons-legacy","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/nbcuniversalnewsgroup.com\/nbcnews\/2015\/04\/02\/nbc-news-exclusive-father-of-american-sniper-chris-kyle-talks-to-lester-holt-about-gut-wrenching-trial-and-his-sons-legacy\/","title":{"rendered":"NBC NEWS EXCLUSIVE: FATHER OF \u201cAMERICAN SNIPER\u201d CHRIS KYLE TALKS TO LESTER HOLT ABOUT \u201cGUT-WRENCHING\u201d TRIAL AND HIS SON\u2019S LEGACY"},"content":{"rendered":"<blockquote><p><b>Wayne Kyle says he and his wife \u201cresent\u201d the media\u2019s portrayal of the murder trial<\/b><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>APRIL 2, 2015 &#8212; Wayne Kyle, the father of former Navy SEAL Chris Kyle, opened up about his son\u2019s life, death, and legacy in an exclusive interview with NBC News\u2019 Lester Holt. \u00a0The elder Kyle spoke publicly for the first time since what he called the \u201cgut-wrenching\u201d trial of Eddie Ray Routh, who was found guilty of murdering Chris Kyle and his friend Chad Littlefield.<\/p>\n<p>Holt\u2019s interview aired Thursday night on \u201cNBC Nightly News\u201d and additional portions will air Friday on \u201cTODAY.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Highlights are transcribed below and video is available online here: <a href=\"http:\/\/nbcnews.to\/1NLtqK3\">http:\/\/nbcnews.to\/1NLtqK3<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Excerpts of the interview may be used subject to the following restrictions:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Mandatory credit to NBC News on first reference.<\/li>\n<li>The onscreen \u201cNBC News Exclusive\u201d credit must be clearly visible and unobstructed at all times in any image, video clip, or other form of media.<\/li>\n<li>Embedded web video must stream from the NBCNews.com media player with the unobstructed credit as described above.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p># # #<\/p>\n<p><b>MANDATORY CREDIT: NBC NEWS \/ LESTER HOLT<\/b><\/p>\n<p><b>Wayne Kyle on the \u201cgut-wrenching\u201d murder trial and the \u201crelief\u201d of the verdict:<\/b><\/p>\n<p>LESTER HOLT: What was it like to sit in the courtroom with him?<\/p>\n<p>WAYNE KYLE: Oh gosh it was horrible. I mean, gut wrenching. And it&#8217;s just one of those deals that you just want to jump over the railing and and, you know, kill him with your bare hands.<\/p>\n<p>\/\/<\/p>\n<p>WAYNE KYLE: We never had any peace to grieve ourselves. \u00a0But once they came back with that guilty verdict, then it was like \u2018Okay, that chapter is closed.\u2019 And there was a sense of relief.<\/p>\n<p><b>On why he \u201cresents\u201d the media\u2019s coverage of the trial:<\/b><\/p>\n<p>LESTER HOLT: \u00a0It was the \u2018American Sniper\u2019 trial.<\/p>\n<p>WAYNE KYLE: That was so, so wrong. I don&#8217;t know how every branch of the media portrayed it, but &#8212;<\/p>\n<p>LESTER HOLT: I said the words. I bought into it. It was the \u2018American Sniper\u2019 trial.<\/p>\n<p>WAYNE KYLE: We resent that because it was just then about the loss of Chris. The loss of Chris was no more of a tragedy than the loss of Chad Littlefield.<\/p>\n<p><b>On the fears he felt for his son in civilian life:<\/b><\/p>\n<p>WAYNE KYLE: I told him one time, I said, &#8216;Son, I \u2014 I worry more about you as a civilian than when you were with the teams.&#8217; And he said, &#8216;Why is that?&#8217; And I said, &#8216;Because you were fully trained, highly skilled in what you did.&#8217; But I said, &#8216;There&#8217;s no training to be a civilian.&#8217;<\/p>\n<p><b>On the proposition of posthumously awarding Chris the Medal of Honor:<\/b><\/p>\n<p>WAYNE KYLE: If you knew Chris, you would know that he would never want that . 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