[Pollster1]

Jeffrey Toobin is flattered that they refer to his play time incident as “the elephant in the room”. They should refer to it as his “little problem” or as his “tiny transgression”.

https://www.mediaite.com/tv/msnbcs-hayes-maddow-crack-each-other-up-over-agreement-to-not-cover-the-elephant-in-the-room/

[LibertyOh]

Or they should leverage David Niven’s observation after the Oscar streaker and refer to his sharing his shortcomings with his co-workers.