On a day when a magazine quoted banned Los Angeles Clippers owner Donald Sterling as saying "I wish I had just paid her off," V. Stiviano, the woman behind an audio tape in which he made disparaging racial remarks, said she thinks he should apologize.

Stiviano, interviewed Friday night by ABC's Barbara Walters on "20/20," twice told Walters during the interview that Sterling should apologize. Asked if she thought Sterling would apologize: "Only God knows," she said.

Sterling talked with Walters on Friday, but ultimately declined to be interviewed on camera.

Stiviano, the woman Sterling was talking to on the recording, did speak to Walters. She characterized Sterling's current state of mind as "confused," adding that: "I think he feels very alone, not truly supported by those around him. Tormented, emotionally traumatized."

"I'm with him in a state of where I want to help him, urging him to come to his own rescue," Stiviano said. "But even so, I think he feels that he's alone."

She said she does not feel Sterling is racist, despite hearing him say derogatory things about minorities. "No," she said. "I don't believe that in my heart."

"I think the things he says are not what he feels. Anybody can say anything in the heat of the moment," she said. "I think Mr. Sterling is from a different generation than I am. I think he was brought up to believe those things. Segregation. Whites and blacks."

Still, she said, "Through his actions, he's shown he's not a racist. Through his actions, he's shown to be a generous and kind man."

Stiviano said she feels that Sterling "absolutely" should apologize and that she has discussed that with him, though she is uncertain of what he will do.