I didn’t realise the word ‘gold digger’ was used on the show to mean someone who doesn’t need the investment money but comes on Shark Tank for the free publicity,” Branson writes.
“I tried to fight for her honour, and Mark called me out for not understanding the show. I playfully threw a little water over him, thinking he was giving me the go signal to do so, but he wasn’t at all impressed with the impromptu shower, so threw some water right back at me.”
Branson managed to patch things up backstage, writing that, in possession of a spare shirt, Cuban “saw the lighter side of the incident and later accepted my apology”.