He added, "I hope to be a better person off camera as well as on camera. I didn't think other people could see me." Toobin responded, "Obviously I wasn't thinking very well or very much. Upon his return to the network, the legal analyst was grilled hard in a heavy-handed interview regarding his masturbation scandal.ĬNN anchor Alisyn Camerota asked, " What the hell were you thinking?" The attorney wasn't officially yanked from the airwaves at CNN, but he did take an eight-month "leave of absence" from the cable TV network. Toobin was discharged from the New Yorker in November 2020, following an investigation into accusations that he exposed himself during a Zoom call with colleagues. Shortly after the masturbation incident, Toobin was suspended from the New Yorker. I thought I had muted the Zoom video,” he added. I thought no one on the Zoom call could see me. I apologize to my wife, family, friends and co-workers." He will be back on a regular basis.Toobin apologized, "I made an embarrassingly stupid mistake, believing I was off-camera. Working on a new book about the Oklahoma City bombing, but I am trying to become the kind of person that people can trust again.”ĬNN had no comment on Toobin’s return. Working in a food bank, which I certainly continue to do. Vice reported on Monday that the magazine is investigating an incident where the legal pundit exposed himself to members of the New Yorker and WNYC radio staffs during a Zoom call last week. Toobin said that he has spent the seven months since then - “the most miserable months in my life” - “trying to be a better person. 3 4 5 6 7 CNN said Toobin 'has asked for some time off while he deals with a personal issue, which we have granted. This was deeply moronic and indefensible. On October 19, 2020, Toobin was suspended from The New Yorker after he masturbated on camera during a Zoom video call between New Yorker and WNYC radio staffers. I thought that I had turned off the Zoom call. “You thought that you had turned off your camera?” Camerota asked. I didn’t think other people could see me,” he said. “I wouldn’t exactly say in my defense, because nothing is really in my defense, I didn’t think I was on the call. Toobin answered, “Obviously I wasn’t thinking very well or very much, and it was something that was inexplicable to me.” To quote Jay Leno, what the hell were you thinking?” “You got it all right, sad to say,” Toobin answered.Ĭamerota then said, “OK, let’s start there. You were subsequently fired from that job after 27 years of working there, and you since then have been on leave from CNN.
Everyone took a break for several minutes during which time you were caught masturbating on camera. She went on, “In October, you were on a Zoom call with your colleagues from the New Yorker magazine.
Jeffrey Toobin Fired From The New Yorker After Incident During Staff Zoom Call
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