Toobin Reinstated In Touching Interview: 'I Got Off Easy'
Posted on 06/10/2021 1:18:11 PM PDT by RandFan
Legal analyst Jeffrey Toobin has returned to CNN.
Toobin, a longtime pundit on the network, had been on leave since October after he exposed himself on a Zoom call with fellow staffers at The New Yorker last year, a publication he had worked at for 27 years.
After being suspended from The New Yorker following the incident, Toobin apologized and said he unintentionally exposed himself to his coworkers during a break on the call.
"I made an embarrassingly stupid mistake, believing I was off-camera. I apologize to my wife, family, friends and co-workers," Toobin said at the time. "I believed I was not visible on Zoom. I thought no one on the Zoom call could see me. I thought I had muted the Zoom video."
CNN reported on Thursday that Toobin was back as chief legal analyst at the network, and was interviewed by anchor Alisyn Camerota on "CNN Newsroom."
"I feel like we should address what's happened in the months since we've seen you," Camerota told Toobin, who joined her in-studio for the interview, before asking him, "To quote Jay Leno, 'what the hell were you thinking?' "
"Well obviously I wasn't thinking very well or very much," he replied. "I thought that I had turned off the Zoom call. Now, that's not a defense. This was deeply moronic and indefensible, but that is part of the story."
Toobin told Camerota he has spent the last seven months, which he called "miserable," trying to "be a better person."
"In therapy, trying to do some public service, working in a food bank ... I am trying to become the kind of person that people can trust again," he said.
Camerota pressed Toobin on if he has thought about what it must have been like being on the other end of that Zoom call and seeing a colleague expose themselves.
"They were shocked and appalled," Toobin said, mentioning that he had spoken with several of his former co-workers at the publication about the incident. "I think they realize that this was not intended for them. I think they realize this was something that I would immediately regret."
Toobin suggested that having covered a number of major political scandals during the course of his career has made him focused on not giving lip service to his bad behavior, or engaging in what he referred to as "a politician's apology."
He also called the New Yorker's decision to fire him "heartbreaking" but noted that an internal investigation by the outlet's parent company found no previous instances of misconduct during his decades-long career there.
"So you're saying there will be no surprise after this that will come out," Camerota asked, to which Toobin chuckled and answered there will not be.
"I've got a lot to rebuild," he said. "But I feel very privileged and lucky that I'm going to be able to try and do that."
CNN is circling the drain, trying to get a few voyeurs to watch the freak show before they go away.
His salary was $5 million per year at commie channel MSNBC. His net worth as of 2021 is $20 million, so they won't have to have any tag days for him.
Good riddance.
Leni
Clown world. Not a good look.
100%
Toobin returns, but not without constraints. He must always keep his hands above the table, unless next to Lemon or Stelter.
I thought for sure he would start a new career. Such as the P.A. announcer for the New York Yankme’s.
5 million a year? for what? hot air and snark?
Cut out the waste of money - show less commercials on every channel.
I record 90% when there is something decent to watch,, and fast forward through all commercials with my speedy thumb. The soap sellers are so stupid if they think anyone is watching.
He made Toobin’ a verb :)
Toobin Reinstated In Touching Interview: 'I Got Off Easy'
Disgusting old man.
I feel I should congratulate you. That was brilliant. ;)
Sorry I even read part of this article. Doesn’t he have something worthwhile to do? Now I’m even erasing the guy’s name from my memory.
Thanks EofL. Wish I could take credit for creating that GIF.
Post of the day!
Toobin’s butcher shop; nobody beats my meat!
But the question is will his penis return as well, for all the world to see?
He must have pulled a fast one to get reinstated.
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