David Letterman’s an Insensitive Prick: Colleen McAllister
So David Letterman is no better than the rest of them. By now, everyone’s probably heard about the spectacle known as Letterman’s on-air admission of a sexual affair with several (as in more than one) women who have worked for him over the last few decades. You’ve probably seen the video clip of the jokes he made to offset his actions and that awkward audience laughter.
You may or may not have seen the clip from his next show in which he apologizes to his wife for all of the pain he’s caused her. If I were his wife, I’d have peaced out of there with a nice fat divorce settlement before he even made it on air that following show. And isn’t it awesome that someday his son will be able to YouTube daddy admitting to and joking about having sex with other women who aren’t his mother. It wasn’t even a one-time thing. It was more than one woman!
Letterman’s cover was blown when he was blackmailed by the ex-boyfriend of one of the women he was cheating with. He obviously came forward with the scandal as a PR move before the media could get a hold of the court documents. Brilliant? Maybe. Does it take away from what he did? Nope.
I think that David Letterman is nothing more than an insensitive jackass with a superiority complex who thinks that because he is who he is, he can get away with anything he wants. Who cares if he’s in a relationship? Who cares if he’s going to hurt the families of the women he’s sleeping with? Two consenting adults! Sure, he’s a talented talk show host, but he’s still a prick. His poor wife.
And Dave, don’t plea for privacy. Your private life ceases to be private once you bring it up yourself on national television, even if it “just so conveniently” happens to increase your ratings. Probably doesn’t hurt that you’ve shown up in every news story and all over YouTube in the process. I hope you can take it as well as you dish it out to every other cheating celebrity out there.
So what do you guys think? Are you watching his show now? Still think he’s the man? As grossed out as I am?
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Well said!
I couldn’t agree more. Here is a guy who trashed John McCain for lying to him about his travel plans, trashed Bill Clinton for his affair and yet he was doing the same thing. I also have a serious problem with a boss sleeping with his or her subordinates, it is unethical and unseemly. Keep it in your pants, it ain’t that hard…TWSS
I think the biggest “ick” factor is the age of the interns.
I’ve never watched Letterman (never stay up late enough to catch any of those “late shows”) but I give the man credit for coming clean, at the very least. People screw up. A bigger man wouldn’t have cheated in the first place, but a lesser man wouldn’t have owned up to that fact. And maybe that’s not saying much about me, but I totally respect the way that he owned up to it.
What really strikes me is that he only owned up because he was caught. It’s the equivalent of a criminal signing a confession after the cops show him the proof. Yeah, he beat the blackmailer … But it’s his own fault he’s in a position to be blackmailed at all.
He didn’t own up to protect his wife and family. He didn’t own up because he felt guilty and needed to clear his conscience. He owned up to save himself some cash.
I like the guy. I think he’s very funny and probably the best at what he does. This shouldn’t ruin his career or even jeopardise his position at CBS. Personal should remain separate from professional. But that’s not to say that he should be completely absolved of his actions. Like Colleen said, this wasn’t one mistake. This was a series of affairs. But the only person that he really has to make things up to is his wife.
It’s certainly going to be a long time before he criticises anyone else’s infidelity.
And even when he does, I think he’ll find these things stay with people forever.
I have never liked Letterman. I don’t like his personality, and I don’t think he’s funny. He has always struck me as someone whose head was too big to get through the door, and after this I like him a whole lot less. The fact that his wife is still with him is mind boggling to me. I desperately hope Conan gets the ratings hold over him.
I remember seeing the clip of him confessing, I wasn’t so surprised he had the affair, or that he confessed it on his show. What shocked me the most was that the audience applauded AFTER he confessed! The fact that no one in the audience had enough moral backbone to manage a boo or something was just terrible. It shows how morally numb as a society have become, and the direction we are heading isn’t a good one.
As for Dave, sure everyone makes mistakes. But not everyone makes mistakes they will only admit to in order to avoid blackmail. It’s disgusting. I will not watch his show again. We do not have to support this nonsense.
For anyone reading this, if you could have been in the audience that night, would you have applauded or boo’d?
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