Watch a clip here:
Amazingly, his audience seemed to laugh along with him, even cheer at times, though perhaps they simply didn't know what to make of what he was telling them.
Personally, I always thought the guy was a bit of a lech and a creep, and I haven't found his show funny since back in the days when he used to dress up in Velcro suits and fling himself at Velcro walls. There's always been something derogatory in the way he leers at women, the way he speaks of his wife (and of avoiding marriage as long as he could), and I feel sorry for her being dragged through the mud along with these other women who will now surely also find themselves in the spotlight.
I'm not suggesting he ought to have paid the blackmail to keep his 'creepy' misdeeds quiet--blackmail is no better than infidelity--but I am saying, I think the guy ought to have considered his public position, his wife's feelings, and the staffers as well before his own desires. Why did he have to go public about this? I suppose news of the arrest would have hit the news at some point, and Letterman was hoping to get out ahead of it. Still, I hope this decision to defuse the blackmailer's threats publicly was made in consultation with his family as well as the women with whom he had the affairs (it's not clear when he slept with them, whether before or after he finally married his girlfriend of 2 decades, Regina Lasko, though I'm not sure that would ameliorate any moral ugliness here).
Will the network keep him on? Almost certainly--he's suddenly kicking Leno's ass. Will you keep watching? I won't... but then, I found him unfunny before. Now I just find him unsavory as well.
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My nights of watching DL are over. That was TOO-MUCH-INFORMATION!
Creep with no class.
He has been a rejected weather reporter for many years in Indianpolis, IN.
His education is marginal, his military experience is NADA, his humor is
borderline ridiculous, his morals are questionable, he has a very low rating
as far as TV hosts, plus contributing very little if anything to the betterment
of this country, it's outlook, and hopes for the future!
Letterman............ A COMPLETE JOKE......I WOULDN'T WATCH HIS SHOW OR HIS
VIEWPOINTS IN THE PAPER SINCE MY PET BIRDS REFUSED TO HAVE HIS PAPERS,
OUTLOOKS, COMMENTS, OR PERFORANCE, FOR THEIR DROPPINGS.
WHAT A YO YO!!! Suggestion........get a real job and contribute to the welfare
of this country instead of poor taste, and, truly worrying about QUITE OBVIOUSLY
your "inferior complex"!!!!!
I feel more than confident he would have real problems in truly having a female
who wanted him for just himself versus just what the hell he could do for them
outside of the TV Studio.
Get a life ding dong and gain some self respect. WE DON'T NEED PEOPLE SUCH
AS THIS!!!
Signed..............
Tell it as it is!!!!
Might there not be an ethical question in deciding whether you can judge someone as creepy without knowing the facts as you admittedly do not?
There are no excuses for such bad behavior! Regardless of his intentions to excuse himself by comming clean. His format for his show offers no one any positive feelings. I used to tune in a few years ago........... However he has now established himself as mud slinger creep! Laughter can be healing.......taking part in negative humour leads one to guilty by association and a clone of David Letterman
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