“I restrained her to stop her from attacking me,” he said.
“I don’t know what else to do. I wanted it to stop.”
Tostee was then questioned over the fact that Ms Wright could be heard screaming “no” 33 times during the audio recording which was the key piece of evidence during the trial, he replied, “Yeah, she was certainly trying to make a lot of noise.”
Tostee was reportedly paid a six figure sum for the interview, which has copped a barrage of criticism online.
“Can you understand why many people would think you’re a cold, heartless, cruel bastard?” journalist Liam Bartlett asks Tostee.
“When you put it that way, umm...” says Tostee before the preview is cut off.
This article originally appeared on Marie Claire.