![]() ![]() Toobin described himself as a “flawed human being who makes mistakes” and said his conduct was “deeply moronic and indefensible.” She summarized the situation and said, “To quote Jay Leno, ‘What the hell were you thinking?’” “I feel like we should address what’s happened in the months since we’ve seen you,” Camerota said. Toobin was interviewed by anchor Alisyn Camerota on “CNN Newsroom” about that incident, and about recent legal news. Then, they shifted to discussion of a federal judge's decision striking down a California assault-weapons ban.Jeffrey Toobin returned to CNN as the network’s chief legal analyst on Thursday, eight months after he exposed himself during a Zoom call with colleagues at The New Yorker. My dad used to say, 'You can judge a person by their enemies.' And if my enemy is O.J. She wondered whether such comments would color his legal analysis. Simpson, whose murder trial Toobin wrote a book about, inspiring an Emmy-winning FX miniseries, took a shot at him. When Camerota brought up how late-night comedians had a field day with Toobin's transgression, he said, "How about two segments on 'Saturday Night Live' about me?," suggesting it was a sore point.Ĭamerota mentioned how even O.J. Other people are going to weigh in about whether it was appropriate for them to get rid of me and for CNN to keep me." Toobin said he thinks The New Yorker "punishment was excessive, but that's why they don't ask the criminal to be the judge in his own case. He told Camerota that "there are no (other) surprises out there about my conduct." Toobin, who found the New Yorker firing "heartbreaking," said the magazine told him that its investigation of his 27-year career there revealed no other complaints about his behavior. CNN made a different decision, fortunately, for which I'm very grateful." And The New Yorker made one decision about the consequences. The only issue is what should be the consequences. Because I'm a flawed human being who makes mistakes," Toobin responded. She asked why he didn't exercise better judgment. I apologize to my wife, family, friends and co-workers," he told Vice.ĬNN chief legal analyst Jeffrey Toobin was "caught masturbating on camera" in October and later suspendedĬamerota noted the irony of Toobin being caught up in such a scandal after he's covered many public figures, including former President Bill Clinton, when they faced sexual misconduct allegations. “I made an embarrassingly stupid mistake, believing I was off-camera. At the time, Toobin issued a less-detailed statement. Vice first reported on the incident in October. And that is something that I have tried to continue to do, both publicly and privately." "And it was then it was that day that I began apologizing. I think they realized that this was something that I would immediately regret, as I certainly did," he said. "They were shocked and appalled. I think they realized that this was not intended for them. Toobin said he started apologizing to New Yorker colleagues the same day. ![]() This was deeply moronic and indefensible." "I thought that I had turned off the Zoom call. "I didn't think other people could see me," he said. In confirming Camerota's description, he added a slight qualification, explaining he wasn't aware that he was on camera while masturbating. More: Jeffrey Toobin is fired by The New Yorker magazine after his naked Zoom debacle "I've got a lot to rebuild, but I feel very privileged and very lucky that I'm going to be able to try to do that."ĬNN confirmed Toobin's reinstatement as chief legal analyst but made no further comment. And I'm sorry to the people who read my work and watched me on CNN who thought I was a better person than this," said Toobin, seated next to Camerota at he CNN anchor desk. I'm sorry to my current, fortunately, still colleagues at CNN. I'm sorry to my former colleagues at The New Yorker. Above all, I am sorry to my wife and to my family, but I'm also sorry to the people on the Zoom call. "I'm trying now to say how sorry I am, sincerely. Toobin, 61, who became the butt of jokes by late-night comics after the October incident and was fired a month later by The New Yorker, where he was a staff writer, apologized for his actions in a segment with CNN anchor Alisyn Camerota, who described the incident in which Toobin "was caught masturbating on camera." Watch Video: Jeffrey Toobin fired after nude Zoom debacleĭisgraced CNN chief legal analyst Jeffrey Toobin Thursday made an abrupt and unannounced return to the cable network, and acknowledged masturbating while on a Zoom call with colleagues from The New Yorker last year. ![]()
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